Richard  J. Radcliffe

rjr@reichradcliffe.com

Partner

Education: Loyola Marymount University, J.D.

Accomplishments: Richard is a specialist in appellate law and is so certified by the California State Bar’s Board of Legal Specialization. He has been lead appellate counsel for myriad appeals in various courts of appeal. His appellate advocacy has resulted in numerous published opinions, which help shape the law in California. He has taught law school, and is also a published author in the field of legal scholarship.

Richard was formerly a partner in the AV-rated law firm, Capretz & Radcliffe LLP of Newport Beach, California, and has worked in the Office of General Counsel for Ernst & Young, LLP.  He also served as a litigation attorney in the First Amendment and business litigation law firm of Spach, Capaldi & Waggaman, LLP of Newport Beach and San Diego, California.  Richard is licensed to practice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and all the State and Federal trial courts in California as well as the United States Tax Court.  His practice emphasizes business and real estate litigation, appellate advocacy, and business planning and counseling.

Richard holds several graduate degrees. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School in 1991, where he was an editor of the Law Review, and received the American Jurisprudence Award in Trial Advocacy. In addition, Richard has received an advanced law degree, an L.L.M. in Taxation, from the University of San Diego School of Law. On top of his law degrees, Richard has earned an M.A. in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Theology. He obtained a B.S., summa cum laude, studying accounting, business management, and public administration, from Biola University in 1988 where he finished first in his class. Richard has also obtained a California Real Estate Broker’s License (inactive).