Background
Gaines, Richard L. was born on October 29, 1965 in Roswell, New Mexico, United States.
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Richard L. Gaines
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Florida State University (Bachelor of Science, 1988). University of Tennessee School of Law (Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1992). Columbia University School of Law, New York (L.L.M., 1994).
Parker School Certificate in International Law (with honors) 1994.
Career
Worked at Ritchie, Fels & Dillard, Professional Corporation (Knoxville, Tennessee) specializing in Criminal, General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Admitted to the bar, 1993, Tennessee. United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Order of the Coif.
Recipient, Tennessee Law Review, Outstanding Editor Award, 1992. Executive Research Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1991-1992. Associate Editor, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 1993-1994.
Graduated Columbia University Harlon Fiske Stone Scholar, 1994.
Author: On the Road to a Pax United Nations: Using the Peace-Tools at our Disposal in a Post-Cold War World, New York University Journal of International Law and Practice (Spring 1994). Member: Tennessee Bar Association.
Ford Foundation Fellow in Public International Law, Columbia University (1993-1994). Military:.
Ritchie, Fels & Dillard, Professional Corporation, is a firm of trial lawyers engaged in criminal and civil trial practice.
The firm defends individuals and corporations subjected to investigation or prosecution by federal and state authorities, primarily in the eastern half of the United States.
The firm also conducts personal injury, worker"s compensation, civil rights, commercial, and estate litigation.
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Membership
Member: Tennessee Bar Association. Ford Foundation Fellow in Public International Law, Columbia University (1993-1994). Military:.
