Partner, Philadelphia, New York, Washington DC
28 South Waterloo Road
Suite 101
Devon, PA 19333

TEL: 610.687.9750
FAX: 610.687.9755
EMAIL: frapoport@mckennalong.com

PROFILE

Frank M. Rapoport is a senior partner and member of the firm’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Rapoport is widely regarded for his ability to strategize and implement profitable business initiatives for clients in the transportation, real estate development, construction, design and engineering, defense and aerospace, security, life sciences, healthcare and IT, and government services industries.

He recently led a real estate developer from project inception to achieve a $2B inventory in the military housing privatization initiative. His team at McKenna Long & Aldridge includes specialists in U.S. and international government contracting, government affairs at all levels, and seasoned business and economic advisors with years of transportation, infrastructure and privatization experiences, both domestic and internationally.

Mr. Rapoport’s business acumen is sharpened by his many years of “big ticket” litigation where he represented contractors in all phases of large government-funded infrastructure projects.

Mr. Rapoport routinely counsels companies on bid protests, debarment and suspension, defective pricing, procurement fraud and voluntary disclosure, change order claims, differing site condition claims, government-caused delay claims, convenience and default termination claims, breach of contract claims, subcontractor claims, business and minority issues, joint venturing, privatization, and marketing to the federal, state, and local government.

Trial Attorney

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Washington, D.C.

Mr. Rapoport served for five years as a Trial Attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Concentrating his practice in the area of federal government contracts and litigation, Mr. Rapoport litigated contract disputes and false claim matters before the then-U.S. Court of Claims, the Armed Services Boards of Contract Appeals, the Federal District Courts, and the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals. He personally briefed and argued over 20 cases at the appellate level. He also received recognition from the Attorney General for this legal work on behalf of the Department of Defense, NASA, Commerce, FBI, DEA, SBA, GSA, SEC, USIA, and the Office of the President.

Martindale-Hubbell “AV” Rating