Richard Warren Rappaport is an attorney practicing in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law, Media Law, Communications Law, Intellectual Property Law, Corporate Law and International Law and Trade, and advises clients in such matters domestically and internationally.

Mr. Rappaport’s credentials are given below.

Experience

Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law
Media Law
Communications Law
Intellectual Property Law
Corporate Law
International Law and Trade

Education

Awarded Degree of Master of Laws (LLM) in International Law and Trade, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC;

Awarded Degree of Juris Doctor (JD), The University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida; and

Awarded Degree of Bachelor of Sciences in Business Management (BS in BA), School of Management, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Bar, Court and Association Memberships

Member, The Florida Bar

Past Chair, The Florida Bar Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section (EASL)

Past Co-chair, EASL’s annual Legal Symposium on the World of Music, Film & Television, 1999-2009

Member, The New York Bar

Member, The District of Columbia Bar

Member, The American Bar Association

Member, Governing Board and Executive Committee, American Bar Association Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries

Co-chair, the American Bar Association’s annual International Legal Symposium on the World of Music, Film, Television and Sports, Miami Beach and Miami, 2010-2017, presented by the American Bar Association Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries and the University of Miami School of Law Entertainment and Sports Law Society, Coral Gables, Florida.

Member, American Bar Association International Law Section

Member, The Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States

Member, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

Member, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

Member, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Member, The New York State Bar Association, and co-founder of The Select Committee on Media Law

Member, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Honors, Distinctions and other Bar Related and Entertainment Industry Memberships

Named in the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 Florida editions of “Super Lawyers” Magazine under the category of “Entertainment and Sports Law”

Listed as an AV Preeminent Rated Attorney, Martindale-Hubbell

Presidential Appointee to the Board of Directors of the University of Miami Law Alumni Association for 2008-2017

Member, Governing Board and Executive Committee, American Bar Association Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries

Honorary Member, Golden Key International Honor Society, Miami-Dade College Chapter, 2013

Former member, Board of Directors, The Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival

Co-chair, The “FLIFF Uncorked” Gala for The Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival, 2006

Member, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (The Recording Academy)

Member, the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (The Latin Recording Academy)

Member, Suncoast Chapter. National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS and the regional News Emmys), and former member, Board of Governors.

Member, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS)

President, Rappaport Arts & Entertainment, Inc., and its divisions, A Top New York Label and Rappaport Bros. Publishing (BMI)

Co-producer and host, the “American Law” Television Vignette Series, that has been seen on the CBS Television Network stations WFOR-TV (CBS, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale and the Palm Beaches) and WCBS-TV, (CBS, New York City), and syndicated nationally by The Television Syndication Company, Inc.

Publisher and Songwriter, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)

Former member, Board of Directors, The Palm Beach International Film Festival

Chair, the Entertainment Alliance International

Former member, State Advisory Board, The DeSantis Center for Motion Picture Industry Studies, Florida Atlantic University; and

Past Member, the Special Advisory Committee for the 2003 Latin Grammy Awards in Miami;

Past co-chair, The Florida Bar’s New York Seminar and Cultural Exchange Symposium on the World of the Russian Federation and United States Entertainment Industries, New York City.

Co-founder and first two-term chair of The Florida Bar Communications Law Committee and member of the International Law Section.