Areas Of Practice

• Workers’ Compensation

• Workers' Compensation Retaliatory Termination

Education

• St. Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1988, J.D.

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1968, 1970, B.M., M.S. 

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1988

• Missouri, 1989

• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1989

• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 1993

• U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1996

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Illinois State Bar Association

• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association

• Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys

• Madison County Bar Association

Birth Information

• 1946, Utica, New York

Biography

Richard (Dick) joined the firm in 2004. His practice focuses on state and federal workers' compensation. Additionally, he represents employees against their employers who discharge them for exercising their workers' compensation rights. For those clients who do not heal well enough to return to work, Dick helps them get Social Security Disability benefits.

At The University of Michigan, Dick earned a Bachelor of Music Degree in 1968 and a Master of Music Degree in 1970. While at The University of Michigan, he enrolled in Army ROTC and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the United States Corps of Engineers. Dick served a tour of duty in Vietnam and after returning worked on his Doctorate in Music at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. He then taught instrumental music in suburban St. Louis schools for 12 years before returning to college and earning his law degree from St. Louis University in 1988.

Dick is married and lives in Missouri. His interests include extensive international travel, photography, fishing and shooting sports as well as riding his bicycle and motorcycle.