Background
Brickwedde, Richard James was born on December 12, 1944 in Brooklyn. Son of George L. and Rose M. (McCarthy) Brickwedde.
Brickwedde, Richard James was born on December 12, 1944 in Brooklyn. Son of George L. and Rose M. (McCarthy) Brickwedde.
State University of New York College of Forestry. Syracuse University (Bachelor of Arts, 1966). Fordham Law School (Juris Doctor, 1969).
Worked at Green & Seifter, Attorneys, Professional Corporation (Syracuse, New York) specializing in Taxation, Real Estate, Corporate, Partnership, Pension, Probate, Estate Planning, Personal Injury, Shopping Center, Condominium Law, General Practice, Commercial and Bankruptcy Law, Copyright and Trademark, Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1970, New New York 1971, District of Columbia.
1972, United States.
District Court, Northern District of New York and United States. Tax Court; 1991, United States. Supreme Court; 1995, United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Recipient: NYPIRG Public Citizenship Award, 1980. Regional Attorney, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 1980-1991.
Company-Author: Annual Environmental Report for "The Urban Lawyer," 1993-1995. Author: "The Student"s Right to Vote," Washington, District of Columbia, 1971.
"Duke"s Tale," 1991. General Business of Law, 1971-1980.
Associate Counsel: Majority Leader New York State Assembly, 1975. Speaker of the New York State of the New York State Assembly, 1976-1977. Regional Attorney, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Syracuse, New York, 1980-1991.
Acting Regional Director, NYSDEC, Syracuse, New York, 1984.
Contributing Editor, "Network," 1975-1976. Columnist, Central New York Business Journal, 1992.
Member: Board of Directors, New York Alpha Tau Omega Student Aid Fund, Incorporated., 1972. Huntington Family Center, 1972-1989.
Salt City Performing Arts Center, 1975-1976.
Legal Services of Central New York, 1978-1981, Treasurer, 1979-1980, President, 1980-1981. Onondaga Child Care Council, 1978-1980. International Central of Syracuse, 1992.
Member: Onondaga County (Member, Environmental Law Committee), New York State (Member, Environmental Law Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law.
Urban, State and Local Government) Bar Associations. Greener & Seifter Attorneys, Professional Corporation is the successor to the practice founded by Edward South. Green in 1961.
Our mission is to provide innovative and practical solutions to the needs of our clients in a dynamic and changing world by drawing upon our unique combination of diverse skills.
Treasurer Legal Services Central New York, Inc., 1980—1981, president, 1981—1982. Goodwill ambassador International Center Syracuse, 2000. Chairman voting rights task force Democratic National Committee, 1970—1971.
Board directors Legal Services Central New York, Inc., 1978—1983, Huntington Family Centers, Inc., Syracuse, 1971—1989, New York Alpha Tau Omega Student Aid Fund, Inc., Syracuse, 1972—2000, Onondaga County Child Care Council, Inc., 1978—1980. Vice president Huntington Family Centers, Inc., Syracuse, 1980. Board directors International Center of Syracuse, 1992—2000, board directors, president, 1998—1999.
Board directors Appleseed Trust, since 2000, The Nature Conservancy of Central and Western New York, 2001—2007. Member of American Bar Association (vice chair special committee on solid waste 1998—2002, state and local government vice-chair environmental committee 1998—2000, since 2005), National Solid Waste Management Association (steering committee New York chapter 1992—2001), Onondaga County Bar Association (co-chair Continuing Legal Education committee 1999—2000, board directors 2000-2004), New York Bar Association.
Married June Minsch Gamber, September 2, 1978. Stepchildren: Stephanie, Karen, Frances.