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Posted: January 30, 2024
IREON New Member Profile: Matthew Rappaport, Vice Managing Partner of Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Name: Matthew Rappaport
Title: Vice Managing Partner
Company: Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Address: 265 Sunrise Highway, Suite 50, Rockville Centre, NY 11570
What year did you join ireon: 2024
Birthplace: NYU Hospital
Education: J.D., LL.M.
First job: Stocking freezer shelves at Stop & Shop
First job in real estate or allied field: Associate at L’Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini LLP
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Hanging on for dear life and building the plane as we fly it; planning to be the best law firm we can be.
One fun fact about you is: I have an encyclopedic knowledge of golden-era hip-hop music
Two words to describe your work environment: Buckle up
Three things on your bucket list: (1) Land a speaking role in a David Mamet film; (2) become proficient enough in Mandarin Chinese to hold a conversation; (3) live long enough to see the Mets, Jets, Knicks, or Islanders win a championship (will require as-yet-undiscovered technology).
Favorite streaming series: “The Wire”
Favorite movie: “Heist”
Favorite book: “Mastery” – Robert Greene
Favorite vacation destination: Italy
If you could invite one person to dinner (living or dead, but NOT related to you) who would it be and where would you go? Charlie Munger, may he rest in peace. We’d go to his business partner’s favorite spot – Smith & Wollensky on Third Ave.
Rules to live by in business: Don’t take on a client or an employee you can’t fire; it takes a lifetime to build a reputation and a moment to ruin it; no client is worth your license; hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard; “new level, new devil” (that one is from my executive coach); when a client asks you the time, don’t tell her how to build a clock
What is your DREAM job? (NOT your current job) General Manager of the New York Islanders
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