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 2004 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, 2006. We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of said report in the Registration Statement of Republic First Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiaries on Form S-8 (File No. 333-57578, effective March 26, 2001).

/s/ Grant Thornton LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

March 9, 2007