# Take an URI of the form http://example.com/contact/form/contact/fLastname/
# ...rewrite it as the following: http://example.com/contact/form/index.php?contact=fLastname
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/?contact/form/(contact)/([A-Z_@\.]+)/?$ /contact/form/index.php?$1=$2 [NC,PT]

#attempted the above with no success...  :(