Jeffrey G. Rapattoni
200 Lake Drive East
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
Jeffrey joined Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin in 2008 and is a shareholder with the firm's Fraud/Special Investigation Practice Group. Jeffrey focuses his practice on insurance fraud, bad faith and SIU related matters.
Jeffrey litigates insurance fraud and fraud-related matters throughout the state of New Jersey and has coordinated complex litigation strategy and fraud-related investigations in various other states. He has extensive training and background in provider-based investigations, underwriting fraud, policy voidance, and staged accidents. Other practice areas include large loss property claims, coverage, general civil litigation, and appellate practice. He also has significant experience in large settlement negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. As part of his practice, Jeffrey has worked with experts in the fields of cause and origin and bad faith as well as local and federal authorities.
Jeffrey is frequently asked to lecture on a variety of insurance topics including insurance fraud and bad faith. He is a regular presenter for and on behalf of several local and national insurance organizations. He also provides legal education seminars for clients and organizations across the country.
After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Villanova University in 1997, Jeffrey served as a legislative correspondent for United States Senator Arlen Specter in Philadelphia and Washington D.C., where he assisted in drafting legislation and conducting legal investigations. While attending Rutgers Law School, he served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Judge John A. Almeida, J.S.C. Burlington County-Civil Division, where he drafted tentative dispositions of the court and assisted in court-ordered mediation sessions.
Significant Representative Matters
Defeated a bad faith action where plaintiffs sought treble and punitive damages based upon coverage denials.
Secured a voluntary dismissal regarding a $750,000 fraudulently submitted homeowner's claim.
Secured a voluntary dismissal with respect to a $375,000 homeowners/bad faith matter in which the insured submitted a fraudulent contents inventory.
Through the use of medical and forensic accounting experts, Jeffrey has also been successful in collecting on behalf of insurance carrier clients large sums of money improperly paid to fraudulent medical providers.
Areas of Practice
Published Works
"Something Wicked This Way Comes," Defense Digest, Vol. 14, No. 3
Classes/Seminars Taught
"Proper Interaction and the Role of the Public Adjuster During an Arson Investigation," ICAC - National Arson Training Seminar, Las Vegas, NV, February, 2012
"Managing Public Adjuster Issues," IFMC - Insurance Fraud Management Conference, Phoenix, AZ, March, 2012
NJSIA – Anti-Fraud Training Seminar, Acupuncture Fraud and Abuse, October 2011
2010 NJSIA Auto Theft Investigations; Hail Fraud Claims; Public Adjuster and Homeowner's Fraud, Presenter
2010 IASIU Property Loss Fraud, Presenter
National Insurance Crime Bureau - 2010 - Hail Storm and Large Loss Property Claims
Multi-State Auto Theft Investigation Review, 2010 - Combating Insurance Fraud Seminar, Conshohocken, PA
2010 IFM General Convention, Point of Sale Fraud, Co-Presenter
2010 IAA & ACFE Fraud Convention, Insurance Fraud, Presenter
2009 NJSIA SIU Investigations of the Future, Presenter
2009 NSPII Medical Provider Fraud, Presenter
2009 IASIU Public Adjuster Fraud, Presenter
2008 IASIU Medical Provider Fraud, Presenter
2008 NJSIA Preferred SIU Strategies, Presenter
2008 NSPII Point of Sale and Underwriting Fraud, Presenter
2007 NJSIA Innocent Third Party Seminar, Presenter
2006 NJSIA Policy Voidance Seminar, Presenter
2005 NJSIA Public Adjuster Fraud Seminar, Co-Presenter
2004 NJSIA Underwriting Fraud Seminar, Co-Presenter
Education
Rutgers School of Law - Camden, Camden, New Jersey, 2001 J. D.
Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 1997 B.A.
Major: Political Science
Major: History
Areas of Practice
Education
- Villanova University (B.A., 1997)
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law, Camden (J.D., 2001)
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 2002
- U.S District Court of New Jersey, 2002
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 2004
Associations & Memberships
- Burlington County Bar Association
- Camden County Bar Association
- IASIU (International Association of Special Investigators)
- New Jersey Insurance Defense Committee
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- NJSIA (New Jersey Special Investigators Association)
- NSPII (National Society of Insurance Investigators)
- South Jersey Claims Association
Honors & Awards
- National Insurance Crime Bureau, Certificate of Appreciation, 2010
- New Jersey Special Investigators Association President's Award, 2009