Diversity Committee, Member

• University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D., 1993
• Bowling Green State University, B.S., 1987

Richard is a member in Frost Brown Todd's Cincinnati office in the firm's labor and employment practice group. He defends clients in federal and state court litigation arising from claims of wrongful termination and various types of employment discrimination, including claims arising from allegations of protected class discrimination, violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and other statutory and common law claims. Richard also defends employers in workers’ compensation claims at both the administrative level and in court appeals. Richard is a frequent lecturer and author on topics related to employment law, workers' compensation, and electronic discovery.

Richard is a trustee of the Cincinnati Bar Association, the Mercantile Library Association, and the Cancer Support Community of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky and is a member of the Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati. He received his J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law where he was a member of the Law Review. He received his B.S. in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University, specializing in Management Information Systems.

Experience

Successfully defended employers in actions brought pursuant to a variety of statutory and common law claims in both federal and state courts at both trial and appellate court levels and in arbitrations;

Assisted numerous clients in reaching beneficial resolution of claims through various forms of alternative dispute resolution;

First chair jury trial experience in both federal and state courts in a variety of litigation matters.

• Selected for inclusion in Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars®, General Litigation, 2005-2006
• Cincinnati Business Courier Forty Under 40, 2002
• Ohio State Bar Foundation Fellow, Class of 2011
• Selected as member of Inaugural Panel of Arbitrators for the Cincinnati Bar Association Arbitration Services (CBAS)

• Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program, Board of Directors, 2000-present
• Defense Research Institute, Member 2011-present
• Ohio State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Cincinnati Bar Association, Board of Trustees, 2009-present
• Cancer Support Community of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, Board Member, 2007-present
• Mercantile Library Association, Board of Trustees, 2007-present
• Urban League of Greater Cincinnati, Board of Trustees, 1997-2008, Board Chair, 2003-2005
• Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati, Member, 1993-present, Vice-President, 1998-2000

Federal and Ohio Employment Law Update, Joint Meeting of the Labor & Employment and Small and Solo Practice Committees of the Cincinnati Bar Association, April 2011

"Barbarians at the Gate - The End of Employment at Will (and Civilization as We Know It),"  Lawyers Club of Cincinnati, December 2010

"Electronic Info New Challenge for Courts," Business Courier, January 2007 (Vol. 23, Pg. 17)

"In Absentia: Deciphering a Profound Change in Ohio Workers’ Compensation Law," SmartBusiness Cleveland, January 2004

"The Four Hard Drives of the Apocalypse: Staring into the Abyss," August 2009, Cincinnati Bar Association Report

"The Inevitable, Inadvertent Disclosure of Confidential ESI," May 2009, Cincinnati Bar Association Report

Advanced Discovery and Evidence Seminar, National Business Institute, November 2007; 2008