<p>Recognized as one of Delaware's most consistently effective and practical personal injury lawyers, Rick has achieved justice for his clients in the form of recoveries in the hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars at trial, mediation, arbitration, and negotiated settlement. He prides himself on the ability to simplify highly complex legal problems, and streamline the justice system in order to give his clients the opportunity to return to as much of the life they knew before their accident as quickly as possible.  Rick has gained the respect of the Court, arbitrators, mediators, other members of the Bar, and insurance company adjusters by his meticulous preparation, professionalism and work-ethic.  
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Rick has been chosen by his partners to be chairman of the firm's Paralegal Committee, and is past-chairman of the Personal Injury Section and Continuing Legal Education Committee.  He is often asked to educate other members of the Bar at seminars on cutting-edge issues in civil victims' rights law, and has spoken at the Delaware Supreme Court's pre-admission conference for new attorneys. 
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For a decade, Rick was a Delaware lawmaker in the Delaware House of Representatives, and rose to be his caucus' ranking member on the Judiciary, Public Safety and Corrections Committees. He also served with distinction on the Joint Finance Committee, one of 12 members of the Legislature to write the Delaware state budget. 
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He is a past president of the Delaware Trial Lawyers Association, and is Delaware State Delegate to the American Association for Justice.
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Rick's education, experience, community involvement and life lessons are reflected in his compassion and indefatigable advocacy for his individual clients, who are often opposed by the nation's largest and most powerful insurance companies. He has devoted his career to seeing everyday people have the opportunity for equal justice under the law.