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Areas of Practice
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Professional/Civic Activities
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Speaking Engagements
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Court Admissions
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Bar Admissions
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Education
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Additional Information
Areas of Practice
Mr. Richey is a trial lawyer who maintains an active and broad litigation and arbitration practice. Mr. Richey concentrates his practice in the areas of construction, real estate and commercial law. He has worked on disputes involving multi-million dollar construction projects (steel, oil and gas, material handling systems, methane, LNG, polypropylene, polyethylene, wind farm, transportation, power generation, health care and civil construction) located throughout the United States as well as in Brazil, Chile, Saudi Arabia, Czech Republic, Nigeria and Egypt. He also drafts construction contracts for his clients involved in numerous industries including EPC prime contracts and subcontracts for the solar industry. Mr. Richey also has extensive experience representing clients in takings, nuisance/trespass, due process, zoning, right of first refusal, adverse possession and right-of-way real estate litigations. Finally, Mr. Richey's experience in commercial litigation has occurred through his work in representing the World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., PPG Industries, Inc. and other large commercial clients. This work has involved dealing with breach of contract, Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code, bid protest, civil rights, tort, consumer protection act, employment, defamation and wrongful death claims.
Over the past decade, Mr. Richey has represented the firm's clients in numerous federal and state court trials and appeals as well as domestic (AAA) and international (ICC) arbitrations. In this capacity, Mr. Richey has developed and executed both proactive and defensive litigation strategies in response to a variety of novel and substantial claims for some of the firm's largest clients.
Mr. Richey is a partner in the firm's Pittsburgh office and has been associated with K&L Gates since 1996.
Professional/Civic Activities
- Listed in Philadelphia magazine in 2006, 2007 and 2008 as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star
- Certified Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association (AAA); Attended AAA University for Arbitrators
- Allegheny County Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
Speaking Engagements
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"International Arbitration – Know What You Are Getting Into," presented at the Engineer's Society of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA (2010).
- "Allocating Risk in Today’s Marketplace," presented at the Construction SuperConference, San Francisco, CA (2007).
- "The Effective Expert Witness – What Compels an Arbitrator, Judge and/or Jury," presented at the Construction SuperConference, San Francisco, CA (2007).
- "Contractor Strategies for Dealing with the Financially Troubled Project," presented at the Construction SuperConference, San Francisco, CA (2005).
- "Legal Causation," presented at the Association for Advancement of Cost Engineering, Washington, D.C. (2005).
Court Admissions
- All Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Courts
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third and Tenth Circuits
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- Pro Hac Vice admission to state and federal courts throughout the Unites States, including California, New Jersey, West Virginia, Georgia, New York, Ohio, Delaware and Minnesota.
Bar Admissions
Education
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J.D.,
Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
(1996)
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B.A.,
Allegheny College
(1993)
(magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa, three-time Academic All American Wrestler)
Additional Information
Recent Published Court Opinions
Campfield v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 532 F.3d 1111 (10th Cir. 2008).
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. v. Bozell, 142 F. Supp. 514 (S.D.N.Y. 2001).
Bass v. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., 129 F. Supp.2d 491 (E.D.N.Y. 2001).
USA Cable v. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., No. Civ. A. 17983, 2000 WL 875682 (Del. Ch. Ct. June 27, 2000).
Recent Articles and Publications
- Co-author, “Consequential Damages in Today's Construction Industry,” Constructioneer, May 2008.
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“Termination for Convenience Clause: A Powerful Weapon in Contract Disputes,” 2007.
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Co-author, “Waiving Good-Bye to Consequential Damages: Drafting Effective Waivers in Today’s Marketplace,” 2007.
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Co-author, “Recovering Construction Contract Damages Using the Total Costs Method, the Modified Total Cost Method, or the Abandonment of Contract/Cardinal Change Doctrines,” 2002.
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Co-author, “Change Orders Can Create Unexpected Costs,” Construction Law and Business, 2001.
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