Spirit of the West
Lawyers have been the real peacemakers of the West. We have always been in the small towns promoting mining and ranching and helping families make a new life. The Spirit of the West, commissioned by Jeff Diamond, is a mural by Mark Spore. It covers the entire east wall of the Jeff Diamond Law Firm headquarters as a gift to the public and the legal profession.
Richard was born in Odessa, and, after growing up in the Houston area, he returned to west Texas in 2002 to attend law school at Texas Tech University. Richard graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Political Science from the University of Houston, where he was a vice president in Delta Upsilon fraternity. At Texas Tech University School of Law, Richard participated in the Migrant Farmworker Project and received Jurisprudence and CALI awards for academic achievement in courses in ERISA, Labor Law, Trial Advocacy, Professional Responsibility, and NAFTA.