Richard has 25 years of experience litigating and arbitrating complex commercial disputes, with a particular emphasis on transnational disputes. His geographic focus is on disputes proceeding in California and New York, although he has experience with disputes in Illinois, Florida, Texas, several other States, and various tribunals in Asia, Australia, and Europe.
Richard’s clients have included individuals of modest means, individuals with great wealth, and corporations of all sizes. He has represented dozens of American clients in disputes with foreign adversaries, but his true passion is effectively handling U.S. proceedings on behalf of foreign clients. In that connection, Richard has had the privilege of representing clients from more than two dozen countries around the world, including Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Jersey, Korea, Lebanon, Lichtenstein, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Rumania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, UAE, and Ukraine.
He began his career in San Francisco, at the highly-regarded international law firms Heller Ehrman and Latham & Watkins. Before that, Richard clerked for Judge Amalya Kearse of the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York, after receiving his law degree with high honors from the University of Michigan and his undergraduate degree with honors from Harvard.
In his youth, Richard was a car washer in Eugene, Oregon; a computer help desk consultant at Harvard Business School; and a dishwasher in Paris. He now focuses his spare time on his daughter’s exploits at Louisiana State University and his wife’s escapades during New Orleans Mardi Gras.