Clients call on Richard to handle significant and often sensitive litigation and mediation in complex cases nationwide. He represents insurance companies in some of the most high-profile matters in the U.S., including ones involving a myriad procedural and substantive issues. He is respected for his hard working and straightforward approach, and his ability to work with opposing counsel when possible. He is particularly skilled in the areas of mass tort, bad faith, and environmental insurance coverage litigation.
For more than 30 years, Richard has successfully defended clients in state courts, federal district courts, and federal courts of appeal. Notably, he secured a favorable precedential opinion in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a unique pollution liability insurance coverage matter and recently secured victories in Louisiana and Illinois state courts on significant liability claims. He also is known for successfully representing a defendant in a landmark case that effectively ended all tobacco litigation for the insurance industry.
Richard routinely defends clients in matters that have drawn media scrutiny, such as a recent case involving transgender bathroom discrimination, Catholic priest pedophilia litigation, and the Baltimore bridge collapse. He is a go-to attorney for tackling multiplaintiff concussion and brain injury litigation related to football and soccer, often representing insurers as lead national coordinating counsel in high-profile matters, such as National Football League (NFL) concussion litigation. Because of this experience, Richard is also adept at drafting new policy language, including coverages and exclusions, and has particular experience in the EPL and GL spaces.
