Richard Beckler is a partner in Bracewell's white collar defense practice and head of the litigation practice in Washington, D.C. His practice focuses on complex civil and criminal litigation, including defense of corporate and individual clients, both foreign and domestic, in investigations and at trial. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Mr. Beckler is a former Chief of the Criminal Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he headed a task force on foreign payment cases and worked closely with officials from the Department of the Treasury, the SEC and the Department of State. He also represented Admiral John Poindexter in the Iran-Contra investigation and Bill Casey, former CIA Director, in "Debategate," an FBI and grand jury investigation involving debate briefing books stolen before a debate between President Carter and President-elect Reagan.