1936
Albert A. Rapport, Esq. Albert Rapport, born Abshalom Rappaport in what was then Palestine and is now Israel, hangs his shingle in Hudson after two years of practice in New York City.
1958
Rapport & Rapport. Albert's son Carmi, born in the Bronx and raised in Israel and Great Barrington, Massachusetts, comes to Hudson to work for his dad.
1968
Rapport, Kennedy & Rapport. Ten years later, Tom Kennedy becomes the Rapports' partner.
1971
Rapport & Rapport. With Tom Kennedy's death, the firm reverts to Rapport and Rapport.
1976
Rapport & Meyers. In 1973, Albert Rapport dies, and Victor Meyers joins the firm and becomes a partner three years later.
1981
Rapport, Meyers, Griffen & Whitbeck. Tom Griffen and Carl Whitbeck Jr. leave Hudson firm Meyers (Robert, not Victor), Griffen and Whitbeck to join Carmi and Victor.
1995
Rapport Meyers Whitbeck Shaw & Rodenhausen LLP. After a stint in economic crime prosecution in the Manhattan DA's office, and several years at an Albany firm, Jason Shaw joins us in 1986, and becomes a partner in 1989. After a number of years in Manhattan firms, George Rodenhausen joins as partner in 1991. Shannon Martin LaFrance joins in 1994 and becomes a partner in 2001. Christine Chale joins as a partner in 1995, after stints at NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation and an Albany practice, and Tom Griffen leaves to become Director of the NYS Office of Real Property Tax Services (ORPS) under Governor Pataki in 1996. Our newest partner, Virginia Smith, joins us in June 2006, after several years in another Hudson firm.
"In the early days, everyone did everything. If it walked in the door, you did it. Murder. Bankruptcy. Labor. We were all heroes."
— Carmi Rapport
Albert A. Rapport, Esq. Albert Rapport, born Abshalom Rappaport in what was then Palestine and is now Israel, hangs his shingle in Hudson after two years of practice in New York City.
1958
Rapport & Rapport. Albert's son Carmi, born in the Bronx and raised in Israel and Great Barrington, Massachusetts, comes to Hudson to work for his dad.
1968
Rapport, Kennedy & Rapport. Ten years later, Tom Kennedy becomes the Rapports' partner.
1971
Rapport & Rapport. With Tom Kennedy's death, the firm reverts to Rapport and Rapport.
1976
Rapport & Meyers. In 1973, Albert Rapport dies, and Victor Meyers joins the firm and becomes a partner three years later.
1981
Rapport, Meyers, Griffen & Whitbeck. Tom Griffen and Carl Whitbeck Jr. leave Hudson firm Meyers (Robert, not Victor), Griffen and Whitbeck to join Carmi and Victor.
1995
Rapport Meyers Whitbeck Shaw & Rodenhausen LLP. After a stint in economic crime prosecution in the Manhattan DA's office, and several years at an Albany firm, Jason Shaw joins us in 1986, and becomes a partner in 1989. After a number of years in Manhattan firms, George Rodenhausen joins as partner in 1991. Shannon Martin LaFrance joins in 1994 and becomes a partner in 2001. Christine Chale joins as a partner in 1995, after stints at NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation and an Albany practice, and Tom Griffen leaves to become Director of the NYS Office of Real Property Tax Services (ORPS) under Governor Pataki in 1996. Our newest partner, Virginia Smith, joins us in June 2006, after several years in another Hudson firm.
"In the early days, everyone did everything. If it walked in the door, you did it. Murder. Bankruptcy. Labor. We were all heroes."
— Carmi Rapport