Admissions

• New York

Recognitions

In 2009, Richard won the Burton Award for Legal Achievement for his co-authored article "Ebb and Flow: The Changing Jurisdictional Tides of Global Litigation," published in the Winter 2008 issue of the New York International Law Review.

Richard has been named a Best Lawyer for Commercial Litigation every year since 2013 and has been named a New York Super Lawyer by Law & Politics, a peer-reviewed publication, every year since 2007.

Education

• J.D., St. John's University 1993
  cum laude
  Executive Publications Editor, St. John's Law Review
• B.S., United States Naval Academy 1983
  with merit

Courts

• All New York state courts
• Supreme Court of the United States
• United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Memberships

• Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society of New York
• Past President of the Board of Directors, St. John's University School of Law Alumni Association
• Pro bono Counsel to Board of Directors, Greater New York Councils, Boy Scouts of America
• Board of Advisors, Center for Law & Religion at St. John's University School of Law
• Member, New York City Bar