Background
Neumeier, Richard L. was born on November 22, 1946 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Victor L. and Crystal Gladys Neumeier.
Neumeier, Richard L. was born on November 22, 1946 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Victor L. and Crystal Gladys Neumeier.
University of Chicago (Bachelor of Arts, 1968. Master of Arts, 1968). Columbia University (Juris Doctor, 1971).
Member, Board of Editors, Boston Bar Journal, since 1989.
Worked at McDonough, Hacking & Neumeier (Boston, Master of Arts) specializing in Professional Liability, Insurance Defense, Appellate Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1972, New New York 1973, Massachusetts and United States.
District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
1974, United States. District Court, District of Massachusetts and United States. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit.
1979, United States. District Court, District of Rhode Island.
1985, United States. Supreme Court. Member, American Law Institute.
Member, Board of Editors, Boston Bar Journal, 1989-1994. Member, Board of Editors, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, 1991.
Author: "Unpublished Opinions," Volume 17, Number.3, p.22, The Brief, Spring, 1988.
"lieutenant"s Time to Modify The Referral Fee Rule," 34 Boston Bar Journal 27, May/June, 1990. "Insurers" Proof of Causal Connection Between Misstatement and Loss," 57 Defense Counsel Journal, 339, 1990. Principal author "Chapter 8, Insurance and Employment Tort Claims," A Judicial Guide To Labor and Employment Law, 1990 (educated
Maria C. Walsh, Published by Flaschner Institute).
"Ethics Opinion Distorts Duty of Defense Counsel," 19 Mas. Lawyers" Weekly 1985 (7-15-91).
"Serving Two Masters: Problems Facing Insurance Defense Counsel and Some Proposed Solutions," 77 Massachusetts L. Review 66, 1992; "Civil Rights Acting of 1991: What Does lieutenant Do? Is it Retroactive," 59 Defense Counsel Journal 500 1992.
Principal author of Chapter 3, "Taking The Case: Conflicts of Interest," and Chapter 13, "Ethical Issues In Insurance Defense," Ethical Lawyering in Massachusetts 1992 (Editors: James South. Bolan and Kenneth Laurence.
Published by MCLENELI). "Who Pays? When May the Defaulting Liability Insurer Contest the Subsequent Settlement of Claims Against its Insured?," Volume 26, Number. 2 and 18, The Brief, Winter, 1997.
Member: Boston (Chair, Torts Committee, 1994-1996.
Chair, Appellate Litigation Committee, 1986-1988. Chair, Ethics Committee, 1991-1994), Massachusetts (Chair, Committee on Professional Ethics, 1980-1982), Federal (President, Massachusetts Chapter, 1989-1990) and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section.
Member, Litigation Section. First Circuit Editor, Appellate Practice Journal, 1992) Bar Associations.
Defense Research Institute.
International Association of Defense Counsel (Defense Counsel Journal. Member, Board of Editors, 1989-1992, Editor, 1992. And Member of Executive Committee, 1992-1997).
Board of directors Common Cause/Massachusetts, Boston, 1980-1991, 94-96, chairman, 1990-1991;active Town Meeting, Lexington, Massachusetts, since 1989. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association (president Massachusetts chapter 1989-1990), American Law Institute, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association (chairman ethics committee 1991-1994, chairman torts committee 1994-1996), International Association Defense Counsel (Executive Committee 1992-1997).
Married Mary Edna Malcolm, March 15, 1975. Children: Hannah Catherine, Edmund Malcolm, Thomas Richard.