Richard is the managing partner of the firm's Los Angeles office.

Richard’s practice concentrates on corporate finance, private equity, and corporate transactions. He regularly represents a diverse array of companies in public and private mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, venture capital financings, and structuring of venture backed companies. He also provides general corporate counseling to public and privately held companies.

Richard also routinely handles corporate sponsorships of professional sports teams, leagues and organizations, and sports endorsement transactions, including league sponsorships, team sponsorships, television and other media rights agreements, and advertising and marketing agreements.

Richard has provided pro bono legal services for various organizations, including the Los Angeles County Bar Domestic Violence Project. He has served as pro bono counsel to a number of nonprofit organizations, including Garden School Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to creating teaching gardens and related projects in schools serving underprivileged communities. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.