Richard received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of New Hampshire in 1993 and earned a Juris Doctorate from Widener University School of Law in 1996. After working as the judicial law clerk to the Honorable Eugene D. Serpentelli, A.J.S.C., retired, for the 1996-1997 term, he joined the Atlantic City firm of Levine Staller Sklar Chan Brodsky & Donnelly, PA, where he remained until 2005.
In January 2006, Richard joined the Law Office of Christopher M. Day, LLC as a partner and continued to focus his practice in the areas of personal injury, workers compensation and municipal law. He is now a shareholder in D'Arcy Johnson Day, P.C.. Richard is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney, a distinction held by less than 2% of New Jersey attorneys. Richard is certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Civil Trial Advocate. In 2012, Richard was named a "Super Lawyer" by New Jersey Monthly Magazine.
Richard has lectured to New Jersey attorneys in the areas of automobile insurance coverage and trial strategy for the National Business Institute and the New Jersey Association of Justice. He is a Superior Court of New Jersey Arbitration panelist in Atlantic and Cape May Counties and is admitted to practice in the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as the United States District Court of New Jersey.
Richard serves as a trustee of the Atlantic County Bar Association. He has been appointed to the New Jersey Association for Justice Board of Governors. Richard is also a member of the New Jersey Bar Association and the American Association for Justice. He has served on the District I Ethics Committee, and was Chairman of the Committee in 2010. Richard has also served as an assistant municipal prosecutor in Galloway Township, New Jersey. He presently serves on the Board of Directors for the Alcove Center For Grieving Children and Families.