Washington and Lee University
Richard H. Middleton Jr. ’73, ’76L was inducted into the Order of the Coif during Homecoming Weekend. He is a senior trial attorney with The Middleton Firm L.L.C. in Savannah, Ga., which focuses on representing individuals who have been injured by powerful corporate interests throughout the U.S.
Middleton has achieved record verdicts and settlements in more than 40 states in cases involving products liability, occupational diseases, environmental claims, franchise contracts, business torts, employment litigation and insurance fraud.
Nationally recognized in civil trial practice, Middleton has instructed lawyers in trial practice in 48 states and five countries, has testified before Congress on five occasions, been honored with many awards from bar associations throughout the U.S. and has been a guest on national network and cable television, including MSNBC’s “Hardball,” C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” and HBO’s “Debate/Debate.”
He has been actively involved with a number of professional organizations, including serving as past president of the American Association for Justice, the National Crime Victims Bar Association, the American Board of Trial Advocates (Georgia chapter), the Pound Civil Justice Institute and the Savannah Trial Lawyers Association, to name a few.
Middleton has contributed to his alma mater by serving as a board member of the Savannah chapter, as chair of his chapter’s Alumni Admissions Program, as a member of his undergraduate class’ 25th and 35th reunion committees and as a member of the Washington and Lee Area Campaign Committee for the last two capital campaigns.