Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We have issued our report dated March 24, 2005 (except for Note 20, as to which the date is March 14, 2006) accompanying the consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report of Republic First Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of said report in the Registration Statements of Republic First Bancorp, Inc. on Form S-8 (File No. 333-57578, effective March 26, 2001).
/s/ Grant Thornton LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 14, 2006
