Background
Richey, William L. was born on May 3, 1943 in Harlingen, Texas, United States.
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William L. Richey
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Southwest Texas State College (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1974). Spoken languages: Spanish.
Career
Worked at Richey & Diaz, P.A. (Miami, Florida) specializing in Civil and Criminal Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Appeals.
Admitted to the bar, 1975, Florida, United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida and United States.
Court of Appeals, Third, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits.
1983, United States. Supreme Court. 1987, United States. Tax Court.
Member, 1972-1974 and Articles Editor, 1973-1974, Harvard Journal on Legislation. Author: "Grand Jury Practice," Florida PreTrial Practice in Criminal Cases, The Florida Bar, February, 1987.
"Money Laundering, Wire Transfers and Currency Transactions," Law Journal Seminars-Press Third Annual Seminar on Lender Liability, New York, New York, 1990.
Company-Author: "Pretrial Restraint of Substitute Assets," Money Laundering: Asset Forfeiture & International Financial Crimes Seminar, Miami, 1993. Lecturer, Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Workshop, Attorney General"s Staff, Republic of Colombia, 1995. City Manager, City of Crystal City, Texas, 1970-1971.
Research Fellow, Kennedy Institute of Politics, 1972.
Assistant State Attorney, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, 1974-1976,1978-1981. Chief Assistant, Organized Crime and Public Corruption Unit, 1976.
Chief Assistant State Attorney, 1978-1981. Legal Advisor, Third Statewide Grand Jury, 1978-1979.
Member: The Florida Bar.
Florida Comptroller"s Money Transmitter Task Force. To provide quality legal services, the firm intentionally keeps a smaller caseload. The majority of work done by the firm is in complex commercial fraud litigation involving injunctions, attachments and garnishments.
The next largest area of practice is in white collar criminal defense.
Well over half of the firm"s work is performed on behalf of clients based outside the United States, principally in Latin America, France and Switzerland. Most of these clients are banks and other financial institutions.
Achievements
Membership
Member, 1972-1974 and Articles Editor, 1973-1974, Harvard Journal on Legislation. Fellow, Kennedy Institute of Politics, 1972. Assistant State Attorney, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, 1974-1976,1978-1981.
Chief Assistant, Organized Crime and Public Corruption Unit, 1976.
Chief Assistant State Attorney, 1978-1981. Legal Advisor, Third Statewide Grand Jury, 1978-1979.
