Ellis & Rapacki LLP

Ellis & Rapacki LLP

Experienced Boston Attorneys Provide Clients in Massachusetts with Effective, Cost-Efficient Service

Ellis & Rapacki LLP

Ellis & Rapacki LLP

Experienced Boston Attorneys Provide Clients in Massachusetts with Effective, Cost-Efficient Service

Firm Overview

Since the firm's inception in 1996, Ellis & Rapacki LLP has built a solid reputation as one of the pre-eminent consumer class action, whistleblower and products liability law firms in Massachusetts.
With more than 75 years of combined experience, our attorneys are committed to providing clients with the highest quality legal service in a timely and cost-effective manner. Our attorneys have a reputation for being reliable, efficient and knowledgeable.

We place a strong emphasis on providing you with excellent, honest and efficient legal representation. Testimony to our hard work, integrity and high ethical standards is our firm's AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for our professionalism and ethics.

We can help you with:
-Complex civil litigation
-Consumer class actions
-Products liability law
-Serious personal injury
-Wrongful death

We have been appointed lead counsel in a number of class actions involving life insurance companies overcharging for premiums, bankruptcy reaffirmation agreements, unlawful collection of sales tax and price-fixing conspiracies.

You can expect personalized attention and detail-oriented & comprehensive legal services at Boston law firm
Assembling a winning team is critical in just about every arena from sports to business. But it's particularly important in law. Choosing a law firm can be a challenge. Large firms often assign junior lawyers to matters, and small firms, which give clients personal attention, do not always have the skills that clients need. At Ellis & Rapacki LLP, we offer the best of both small and large firms. We have the experience and specialized skill you will find at large firms and the responsive, cost-effective and client-focused approach that only a boutique firm can deliver.

Main Office

Main Office
85 Merrimac Street, Suite 500
Boston, MA 2114

Phone

617-523-4800

Personal Injury

The law office of Ellis & Rapacki LLP will represent your personal injury legal matters.

The law office of Ellis & Rapacki LLP will represent your personal injury legal matters.

Ellis & Rapacki LLP
Fredric L. Ellis

Partner

Practice areas
-Civil litigation
-Products liability
-Consumer class actions
-Personal injury

Admitted
-Massachusetts, 1983
-U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 1984

Education
-Harvard University, J.D.

Recognition
-AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry for professionalism and ethics

Associations & memberships
-Massachusetts Bar Association
-The American Association for Justice
-Massachusetts Association of Trial Attorneys

Biographical details
Law Clerk to Honorable Raya S. Dreben, Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1983-1984. Assistant District -Attorney, Middlesex County District Attorney's Office, 1984-1987. Member, Gilman, McLaughlin & Hanrahan, 1987-1996.

Education

Harvard University
Juris Doctorate,

Ellis & Rapacki LLP
Fredric L. Ellis

Partner

Practice areas
-Civil litigation
-Products liability
-Consumer class actions
-Personal injury

Admitted
-Massachusetts, 1983
-U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 1984

Education
-Harvard University, J.D.

Recognition
-AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry for professionalism and ethics

Associations & memberships
-Massachusetts Bar Association
-The American Association for Justice
-Massachusetts Association of Trial Attorneys

Biographical details
Law Clerk to Honorable Raya S. Dreben, Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1983-1984. Assistant District -Attorney, Middlesex County District Attorney's Office, 1984-1987. Member, Gilman, McLaughlin & Hanrahan, 1987-1996.

Education

Harvard University Juris Doctorate,


Ellis & Rapacki LLP
Edward D. Rapacki

Partner

Practice areas
-Civil litigation

Admitted
-Wisconsin, 1981
-Massachusetts, 1983
-U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1995
-U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1999

Education
-Boston University, J.D.

Recognition
-AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry for professionalism and ethics

Associations & memberships
-Massachusetts Bar Association
-Massachusetts State Ethics Commission, 1996-2000

Biographical details
Assistant State Public Defender, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1981-1983; Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County, 1983-1989; First Assistant District Attorney, 1989-1991; Chief, Criminal Bureau, Attorney General's Office, 1991-1993; Appeals Coordinator, Government Bureau, Attorney General's Office, 1994-1996.

Education

Boston University
Juris Doctorate,

Ellis & Rapacki LLP
Edward D. Rapacki

Partner

Practice areas
-Civil litigation

Admitted
-Wisconsin, 1981
-Massachusetts, 1983
-U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1995
-U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1999

Education
-Boston University, J.D.

Recognition
-AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry for professionalism and ethics

Associations & memberships
-Massachusetts Bar Association
-Massachusetts State Ethics Commission, 1996-2000

Biographical details
Assistant State Public Defender, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1981-1983; Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County, 1983-1989; First Assistant District Attorney, 1989-1991; Chief, Criminal Bureau, Attorney General's Office, 1991-1993; Appeals Coordinator, Government Bureau, Attorney General's Office, 1994-1996.

Education

Boston University Juris Doctorate,


Ellis & Rapacki LLP
Joseph M. Makalusky

Partner

Practice areas
-Civil litigation

Admitted
-Massachusetts, 1995
-U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 2000
-U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 2001

Education
-New England School of Law, J.D.

Associations & memberships
-The American Association for Justice

Biographical details
Law Clerk to Honorable Raya S. Dreben, Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1995-1996. Author: "Hate Speech," 4 J. Mass. Acad. Trial Atty's, No.1, at 31 (April 1994); "Reno v. Flores: A Violation of International Law?," 2 New Eng. Int'l & Comp. L. Ann. 1 (1996); "Hearsay Revisited," 2 Vox Prosequitor, No. 4, at 4 (Dec. 1997); "The Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters: A Procedural Guide for Massachusetts," 86 Mass. L. Rev. 47 (2001). Associate, Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, 1999-2000. Assistant District Attorney, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, 1996-1999.

Education

New England School of Law
Juris Doctorate,

Ellis & Rapacki LLP
Joseph M. Makalusky

Partner

Practice areas
-Civil litigation

Admitted
-Massachusetts, 1995
-U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 2000
-U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 2001

Education
-New England School of Law, J.D.

Associations & memberships
-The American Association for Justice

Biographical details
Law Clerk to Honorable Raya S. Dreben, Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1995-1996. Author: "Hate Speech," 4 J. Mass. Acad. Trial Atty's, No.1, at 31 (April 1994); "Reno v. Flores: A Violation of International Law?," 2 New Eng. Int'l & Comp. L. Ann. 1 (1996); "Hearsay Revisited," 2 Vox Prosequitor, No. 4, at 4 (Dec. 1997); "The Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters: A Procedural Guide for Massachusetts," 86 Mass. L. Rev. 47 (2001). Associate, Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, 1999-2000. Assistant District Attorney, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, 1996-1999.

Education

New England School of Law Juris Doctorate,


Firm Overview

Since the firm's inception in 1996, Ellis & Rapacki LLP has built a solid reputation as one of the pre-eminent consumer class action, whistleblower and products liability law firms in Massachusetts.
With more than 75 years of combined experience, our attorneys are committed to providing clients with the highest quality legal service in a timely and cost-effective manner. Our attorneys have a reputation for being reliable, efficient and knowledgeable.

We place a strong emphasis on providing you with excellent, honest and efficient legal representation. Testimony to our hard work, integrity and high ethical standards is our firm's AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for our professionalism and ethics.

We can help you with:
-Complex civil litigation
-Consumer class actions
-Products liability law
-Serious personal injury
-Wrongful death

We have been appointed lead counsel in a number of class actions involving life insurance companies overcharging for premiums, bankruptcy reaffirmation agreements, unlawful collection of sales tax and price-fixing conspiracies.

You can expect personalized attention and detail-oriented & comprehensive legal services at Boston law firm
Assembling a winning team is critical in just about every arena from sports to business. But it's particularly important in law. Choosing a law firm can be a challenge. Large firms often assign junior lawyers to matters, and small firms, which give clients personal attention, do not always have the skills that clients need. At Ellis & Rapacki LLP, we offer the best of both small and large firms. We have the experience and specialized skill you will find at large firms and the responsive, cost-effective and client-focused approach that only a boutique firm can deliver.

Main Office

Main Office
85 Merrimac Street, Suite 500
Boston, MA 2114

Phone

617-523-4800

Personal Injury

The law office of Ellis & Rapacki LLP will represent your personal injury legal matters.

The law office of Ellis & Rapacki LLP will represent your personal injury legal matters.

Ellis & Rapacki LLP
Fredric L. Ellis

Partner

Practice areas
-Civil litigation
-Products liability
-Consumer class actions
-Personal injury

Admitted
-Massachusetts, 1983
-U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 1984

Education
-Harvard University, J.D.

Recognition
-AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry for professionalism and ethics

Associations & memberships
-Massachusetts Bar Association
-The American Association for Justice
-Massachusetts Association of Trial Attorneys

Biographical details
Law Clerk to Honorable Raya S. Dreben, Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1983-1984. Assistant District -Attorney, Middlesex County District Attorney's Office, 1984-1987. Member, Gilman, McLaughlin & Hanrahan, 1987-1996.

Education

Harvard University
Juris Doctorate,

Ellis & Rapacki LLP
Fredric L. Ellis

Partner

Practice areas
-Civil litigation
-Products liability
-Consumer class actions
-Personal injury

Admitted
-Massachusetts, 1983
-U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 1984

Education
-Harvard University, J.D.

Recognition
-AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry for professionalism and ethics

Associations & memberships
-Massachusetts Bar Association
-The American Association for Justice
-Massachusetts Association of Trial Attorneys

Biographical details
Law Clerk to Honorable Raya S. Dreben, Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1983-1984. Assistant District -Attorney, Middlesex County District Attorney's Office, 1984-1987. Member, Gilman, McLaughlin & Hanrahan, 1987-1996.

Education

Harvard University Juris Doctorate,


Ellis & Rapacki LLP
Edward D. Rapacki

Partner

Practice areas
-Civil litigation

Admitted
-Wisconsin, 1981
-Massachusetts, 1983
-U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1995
-U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1999

Education
-Boston University, J.D.

Recognition
-AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry for professionalism and ethics

Associations & memberships
-Massachusetts Bar Association
-Massachusetts State Ethics Commission, 1996-2000

Biographical details
Assistant State Public Defender, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1981-1983; Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County, 1983-1989; First Assistant District Attorney, 1989-1991; Chief, Criminal Bureau, Attorney General's Office, 1991-1993; Appeals Coordinator, Government Bureau, Attorney General's Office, 1994-1996.

Education

Boston University
Juris Doctorate,

Ellis & Rapacki LLP
Edward D. Rapacki

Partner

Practice areas
-Civil litigation

Admitted
-Wisconsin, 1981
-Massachusetts, 1983
-U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1995
-U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1999

Education
-Boston University, J.D.

Recognition
-AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry for professionalism and ethics

Associations & memberships
-Massachusetts Bar Association
-Massachusetts State Ethics Commission, 1996-2000

Biographical details
Assistant State Public Defender, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1981-1983; Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County, 1983-1989; First Assistant District Attorney, 1989-1991; Chief, Criminal Bureau, Attorney General's Office, 1991-1993; Appeals Coordinator, Government Bureau, Attorney General's Office, 1994-1996.

Education

Boston University Juris Doctorate,


Ellis & Rapacki LLP
Joseph M. Makalusky

Partner

Practice areas
-Civil litigation

Admitted
-Massachusetts, 1995
-U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 2000
-U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 2001

Education
-New England School of Law, J.D.

Associations & memberships
-The American Association for Justice

Biographical details
Law Clerk to Honorable Raya S. Dreben, Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1995-1996. Author: "Hate Speech," 4 J. Mass. Acad. Trial Atty's, No.1, at 31 (April 1994); "Reno v. Flores: A Violation of International Law?," 2 New Eng. Int'l & Comp. L. Ann. 1 (1996); "Hearsay Revisited," 2 Vox Prosequitor, No. 4, at 4 (Dec. 1997); "The Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters: A Procedural Guide for Massachusetts," 86 Mass. L. Rev. 47 (2001). Associate, Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, 1999-2000. Assistant District Attorney, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, 1996-1999.

Education

New England School of Law
Juris Doctorate,

Ellis & Rapacki LLP
Joseph M. Makalusky

Partner

Practice areas
-Civil litigation

Admitted
-Massachusetts, 1995
-U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 2000
-U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 2001

Education
-New England School of Law, J.D.

Associations & memberships
-The American Association for Justice

Biographical details
Law Clerk to Honorable Raya S. Dreben, Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1995-1996. Author: "Hate Speech," 4 J. Mass. Acad. Trial Atty's, No.1, at 31 (April 1994); "Reno v. Flores: A Violation of International Law?," 2 New Eng. Int'l & Comp. L. Ann. 1 (1996); "Hearsay Revisited," 2 Vox Prosequitor, No. 4, at 4 (Dec. 1997); "The Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters: A Procedural Guide for Massachusetts," 86 Mass. L. Rev. 47 (2001). Associate, Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, 1999-2000. Assistant District Attorney, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, 1996-1999.

Education

New England School of Law Juris Doctorate,


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