Richard Perr is a partner with the Philadelphia law firm
of Fineman Krekstein & Harris, P.C., where he concentrates his practice
in complex commercial litigation. He also specializes in representing creditors,
law firms and agencies for violations of federal and state consumer protection
laws including the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting
Act and the Truth in Lending Act. Mr. Perr serves as an Adjunct Professor of
Law at Rutgers – Camden School of Law, teaching Election and Political
Campaign Law, and has appeared in numerous national, regional and local publications
and on broadcast media on the issues of politics and election law.
Mr. Perr has been involved in politics since 1987. He has served as a foreign
policy intern for then United States Senator Al Gore (D-TN). He presently serves
as Chairman of the Burlington County Democratic Committee.
Mr. Perr is a member of the Burlington County Bar Association as well as the
New Jersey State Bar Association where he served as the Chairman of the Election
Law Committee from 2003-2005. He is a member of the Members' Attorney Program
(MAP) of the ACA International where he served as the State Compliance Chair
for Pennsylvania from 2005 - 2007, and represents the firm in the Legal Netlink
Alliance. Mr. Perr has been recognized among his peers as a New Jersey "Super
Lawyer" from 2006 to the present for his expertise in business litigation.
Mr. Perr has also received the coveted distinction of being named a 2008 “Lawyer
on the Fast Track” by The Legal Intelligencer and the Pennsylvania Law
Weekly. This prestigious award is bestowed upon a select number of Pennsylvania
lawyers who have shown outstanding promise in the legal profession and who have
made a significant commitment to the community-at-large.
Mr. Perr has a B.A. (1991) in Political Science, English and History from Rutgers
College and is an International and Foreign Law Honors graduate of Rutgers – Camden
School of Law (1994). He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
and before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals
for the Third Circuit and the United States District Courts for the District
of New Jersey and for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania. He was
also a contributing author for the twenty-volume encyclopedia Constitutions
of the Countries of the World.