Richard has practiced with the firm for 46 years. Married to Dixie Ann Mayer for 47 years. Two married children with three grandchildren. Still enjoys skiing in Vail, Colorado, golfing in Scotland and Indiana, and traveling, which has included round the world in 124 days. Education Merrillville High School (1952) Indiana University - Bloomington (B.S. Degree 1956) Indiana University - Bloomington - Law School (J.D. Degree 1961) Professional Accountant for Convair Astronautics in San Diego, CA (1956-1957) U.S. Army Reserves (1956 - 1960) Admitted to the Indiana Bar, 1961 Admitted to practice before the Indiana Supreme Court and Indiana Court of Appeals in 1961 Admitted to Indiana Federal District Court in1961 Member of the Indiana Bar Association, 1961 Admitted to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in 1962 Elected Fellow to the American College of Trial Lawyer, 1988 Co-Founder and first President of Calumet American Inns of Court, 1997 Biography Richard is a life long resident of Northwest Indiana. Richard has been employed as a trial attorney at Spangler, Jennings & Dougherty, P.C. since October of 1961. In addition to court and arbitration trials, Richard has tried at least 300 jury trials resulting in multi-million dollar awards for Spangler, Jennings & Dougherty, P.C. clients, and success defenses of multi-million dollar cases for Spangler, Jennings & Dougherty, P.C. clients. Court and jury trials included personal injury recovery, commercial dispute resolutions, labor dispute and unfair labor practices, municipal annexation, zoning resolutions, contractual disputes, tax litigation, estate litigation, products liability cases, professional litigation involving architectural, engineering and medical malpractice, and insurance defense. He is also a certified mediator in Indiana.