Richard A. Simpson

Rick is a trial lawyer and appellate advocate. Rick represents lawyers and other professionals in malpractice claims, defends insurers in coverage and “bad faith” litigation, and represents clients in commercial litigation. He also represents lawyers in disciplinary proceedings, provides legal ethics advice to law firms, has served as an expert witness on legal ethics and insurance coverage, and is Deputy General Counsel at Wiley. Learn more at https://www.wiley.law/people-RickSimpson.

Adjunct Professor, Supreme Court Program, University of North Carolina School of Law

Adjunct Instructor in Trial Advocacy, University of Virginia School of Law

Deputy Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel Curtis Emery von Kann. Had day-to-day responsibility for a confidential investigation conducted under seal

Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel James C. McKay. Assisted with the Aqaba pipeline aspect of the investigation of then Attorney General Edwin Meese, II

Attorney-Adviser, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel

Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Handled a wide variety of civil and quasi-criminal matters, including several civil litigations arising from a jeopardy tax assessment against Clarendon LLP, f/k/a Marc Rich & Company

American Bar Association (ABA): Special Advisor, ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability (2023-Present); Chair, ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability (2019-2022); Member, ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability (2015-2018)

Fellow, American Bar Foundation

American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, Committee on Litigation and Legal Priorities (2011-2023)

Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers

Permanent Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference