Education

Temple University, Beasley School of Law, J.D.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, B.S., Accounting

Bar Admissions

Florida
Pennsylvania

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Richard Hutchison

Partner
West Palm Beach
t: 561-650-8333
Ft Lauderdale
t: 954-468-7912

Rick Hutchison's practice emphasizes contract and business torts litigation. He has experience in commercial litigation, hotel operator-owner disputes, class actions and construction litigation.

Mr. Hutchison has extensive jury trial experience in state and federal courts, including complex commercial matters. He has experience in arbitrating complex business disputes, including hotel management agreements. Mr. Hutchison has been teaching trial and deposition skills as a visiting instructor for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) since 1997. He has also conducted presentations on how to successfully try premium fraud cases as a guest speaker for the American Insurance Services Group and Premium Audit Advisory Service (PAAS), and taught continuing legal education courses for The Florida Bar. Mr. Hutchison served on the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit.

Mr. Hutchison arbitrated a dispute regarding partners' rights under a limited liability partnership agreement and a major case involving an owner's claim of gross mismanagement on behalf of an international hotel brand company.

Mr. Hutchison started his legal career as an Assistant State Attorney in the Dade County State Attorney's Office, Miami, Fla., under The Honorable Janet Reno.

Professional Honors & Awards

  • The Best Lawyers in America guide, Commercial Litigation, 2006-2012

Memberships

  • Judicial Nominating Commission for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, 2006-2010 (Chairman 2008 - July 2009)
  • Defense Research Institute (DRI), DRI Commercial Litigation Class Action SLG Committee
  • Palm Beach County Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Broward County Bar Association
  • Florida Bar - Trial Lawyers Section
  • Boca Raton Community Hospital's Institutional Review Board
  • Federal Bar Association, Southern District of Florida

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. Appeals Court, Eleventh Circuit

Published Articles & Books