Eric S. Richards

Eric Richards has extensive experience in securities arbitration, commercial litigation and aviation law. He earned his B.A. degree cum laude from Michigan State University in 1983, and his J.D. degree magna cum laude from Wayne State University Law School in 1986. Eric has served as a federal judicial law clerk on both the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan. Eric has practiced law in both the District of Columbia and in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Eric has authored several articles and he has also served as an adjunct professor at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Western Michigan University, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids Community College and Davenport College. Eric is also an arbitrator for FINRA-Dispute Resolution, Inc. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the District of Columbia Bar, the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the Grand Rapids Bar Association and the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association. Eric has been recognized in Michigan Super Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America. He is also a founding member and past president of the Grand Rapids Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society. Eric is an instrument-rated private pilot and lives in a fly-in community. He has a Black Belt ("Shodan" rank) in Judo and he teaches martial arts to at-risk youths in the inner-city of Grand Rapids.