Richard is our Managing Partner in the Tallahassee Office. He is a licensed attorney in Florida, New York, New Jersey and Washington, D.C.and admitted to all federal courts.

Richard was born in Orange, N.J. and grew up in the Morristown, N.J. area. He attended the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Economics. As an undergraduate, Richard was active in various campus civic organizations and elected to many Illinois honorary societies. While headed for a career in Journalism, Richard found the allure of the University of Illinois Law School hard to resist and graduated with a J.D. thereafter. After Law School, he returned to N.J., passed the Bar Exam and practiced with a large Newark, N.J. firm. From there, he was recruited to join the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of N.J.

As a federal prosecutor, Richard conducted the trial of many white collar criminal matters on behalf of the United States, and also achieved the recognition of being appointed Deputy Chief and then Chief of the Criminal Division in that Office. Those positions put him in supervision of all federal criminal law enforcement activities in three District Offices in New Jersey. During his federal office tenure, Richard was given several honors for his individual prosecutorial successes, including the U.S. Dept. of Justice Special Achievement Award for investigation and conviction of a bank president and five stock brokers involved in a multi-million dollar fraud and misappropriation scheme, as well as for other convictions of many government officials on public corruption charges.

Upon return to private practice, Richard has for over 20 years represented plaintiffs and defendants in civil litigation matters, inclusive of products liability, medical malpractice, construction liability and diverse other claims. He has defended police officers in civil rights cases and assisted medical professionals in claims brought against them by state and federal professional regulatory boards and agencies.

He is an elected member of The Florida Bar Board of Governors, sits on that group's Executive Committee and Strategic Planning Committee. He presently chairs its Communications Committee, which handles all internal and external media activities and public relations for The Florida Bar. Richard has co-authored the textbook Profitable Law Firm Management and regularly is invited to teach both office management techniques and clinical trial and courtroom skills at various Bar and Law School sponsored continuing legal education programs.

He has a U.S. Coast Guard 100 ton Captain's license, is an avid boater/fisherman, and has written and testified as an expert witness in marine safety matters. Richard is a runner, member of the Gulf Winds Track Club in Tallahassee and participates in local and regional running competitions.

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