Don M. Richard was born in New Orleans, Louisiana
on November 30, 1943; admitted to Bar, 1968, Louisiana, U.S. District
Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of
Appeal Fifth Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court. After his graduation from law
school, Mr. Richard served as law clerk to Chief Judge of the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Frederick
J.R. Heebe for two years. Since serving with Judge Heebe as his law
clerk in federal court, Mr. Richard has been involved exclusively in the
litigation of civil, personal injury, admiralty, criminal, sex abuse and
commercial cases.
Mr. Richard served as an Assistant United States
Attorney from 1970-1977. During that time with the United States
Attorney’s office he devoted his time exclusively to prosecution of
white collar criminal cases including numerous cases of public
corruption, political corruption and the interstate transportation of
pornography.
Since leaving public service, Mr. Richard has
served on the Board of the Federal Bar Association in the Eastern
District of Louisiana as Secretary, Vice President and President. Mr.
Richard is one of the charter members of the Bar Association of the
Fifth Federal Circuit and since its inception in 1984 has served as the
Treasurer of the Bar Association. Mr. Richard also served as the
President of the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit in
1992-93. The Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit sponsored an
appellate advocacy seminar for 21 years. During that entire time, Mr.
Richard served as an integral part of the planning and development of
the seminar as well as a lecturer at many of the annual seminars.
Mr. Richard has received the highest rating awarded
by the Martindale-Hubbel Law Directory (AV).
Mr. Richard has served as a permanent
deacon in the Roman Catholic Church since 1976 serving the parish of St.
Catherine of Siena in Metairie, Louisiana. Mr. Richard has also served
as general counsel for the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, the
third largest theological institution in the world and continues to act
as its general counsel.
Mr. Richard’s practice areas include
extensive litigation experience in sexual abuse; sexual harassment;
anti-trust; commercial litigation; personal injury; criminal law; and
appellate practice.
