Richard A.J. Prebil, Esq.

Supervising Attorney, Veterans Advocacy Project

Acting Supervising Attorney, Community Engagement Unit

Richard A.J. Prebil helped launch LASP's Veterans Advocacy Project in mid‐2020. He was named Supervising Attorney of the unit in October 2022. The Veterans Advocacy Project provides representation, advice, and outreach to veterans, specifically those who are unhoused, at risk of becoming unhoused, income insecure, and those living with disabilities. When he joined LASP in 2019, Richard, based in the Chester City office in Delaware County, represented individuals in landlord/tenant, subsidized housing, child custody, public benefits, and unemployment compensation matters.

Prior to joining LASP, Richard was an Equal Justice Works Fellow at a nonprofit in Philadelphia where he represented veterans, current military personnel, and their families, in the areas of veterans benefits, discharge upgrades, and Chapter 7 bankruptcies, in PA, NJ, and DE. During law school, he worked with many veteran and legal service organizations from Minneapolis to Chicago to Philadelphia.

He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois Springfield and graduated from the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. He was awarded the Dorothy Day Award for Pro Bono Service, the Philadelphia Bar Association’s 2017 Eve Biskind Klothen Award for Pro Bono Service to the Community, and the American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness and Poverty’s 2015 John J. Curtin, Jr. Justice Fund Legal Fellowship. He received the Delaware County Bar Association’s Illumination Award and LASP’s Rising Star Award in 2024. In March 2025, he will receive the Emerging Excellence in Advocacy Award from the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network (PLAN).

He is also currently an adjunct professor at Villanova Law School teaching a course he created entitled, "Representing Veterans in Administrative Practice: A Substantive & Practical Introduction to Veterans Law."

Richard has spoken nationally, and written, on the areas of access to justice (especially in administrative agencies), the impact and importance of legal services for those who are unhoused or living at or below the poverty level, trauma and trauma-informed advocacy, and best practices for impactful partnerships.

Richard is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and is an accredited attorney with the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs. He is also licensed to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.