Matthew E. Rappaport Receives NBI’s 2025 Outstanding Faculty Award
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman is proud to announce that Matthew E. Rappaport has been selected as a 2025 Outstanding Faculty Award recipient by the National Business Institute (NBI). NBI is one of the nation's leading providers of continuing legal education, offering thousands of programs annually to attorneys across all 50 states. This award recognizes faculty members who make exceptional contributions to NBI’s continuing legal education programs.
Matthew is a frequent NBI presenter known for delivering clear, practical guidance on topics where tax, trusts and estates, and real estate law intersect. He has led NBI programs this year on various topics, including:
- Probate Process From Start to Finish: Part I (February 18, 2026)
- Taxation of Small Businesses and Pass-Through Entities: Everything You Need to Know (September 19, 2025)
- New York Probate Process from Start to Finish (September 3, 2025)
- Business Attorneys’ Guide to the Big Beautiful Tax Act (August 19, 2025)
- Trust Tax Footprints: Avoiding Unintended Consequences (August 14, 2025)
- New York Trusts Guide (August 12, 2025)
- 2025 Investment Rules, Traps, and Tactics for Estate Planners (July 29, 2025)
- New York Probate Process: In 7 Simple Steps (June 5, 2025)
- New York Estate Planning 2025: New Laws, Old Tools, and the Changes You Need to Make (May 29, 2025)
- Drafting and Administering Wills (January 23, 2025)
At FRB, Matthew serves as Vice-Managing Partner and Chair of the Taxation and Private Client Practice Groups and advises clients on tax planning, structuring, and compliance for commercial real estate projects, closely held businesses, private equity funds, family offices, and trusts and estates matters. His ability to translate complex legal and tax concepts into actionable guidance-both in his client work and his CLE teaching-reflects our firm’s commitment to practical, results-oriented counsel.
Please join us in congratulating Matthew on this well-deserved recognition from NBI. View Matthew's upcoming NBI CLE programs.
To learn more about how FRB can assist with your tax, trusts and estates, or real estate legal needs, please contact us.

