Richard W. Westling

Education, Mediation
700 Camp Street, P.O. Box 2326
New Orleans, Louisiana 701762326


Education

Admitted

1988, Maryland, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1990, Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1997, U.S. District Court, Easte

Law School

Tulane University of Louisiana, J.D., cum laude, 1988

Law School Graduation Year

1988

College

University of the South, B.A., 1985

Memberships

Louisiana State, American and Federal (Member, Board of Directors, New Orleans Chapter, 2001โ€”) Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 1998โ€”); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; St. Thomas More Inn of Court (Barrister, 2002โ€”).

Biographical

Member, Board of Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1987-1988. Author: The Fifth Circuit: Plea Bargaining Meets Contracts 101 -- The Prosecutor's Discretion to Not File a ยง5K1.1 Substantial Assistance Motion, 6 Federal Sentencing Reporter 283 (March/April 1994); Criminal Law and Procedure, Fifth Circuit Symposium, 39 Loyola L. Rev. 433 (1993). Adjunct Professor, Loyola Law School, 1995-2000. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1992-1997; Chief, Asset Forfeiture Unit, 1994-1997. Trial Attorney, Criminal Section, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1990-1992. Special Assistant to Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, 1992.

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