About Jeremy Richards
For 44 years, Jeremy Richards represented every major constituency in complex financial disputes: debtors, creditors, lenders, partners, investors, and committees. He understands these disputes not as abstractions, but as lived experience: thousands of matters where the intersection of legal merits and economic reality determined outcomes.
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THE FOUNDATION
For 44 years, Jeremy Richards represented every major constituency in complex financial disputes: debtors, creditors, lenders, partners, investors, and committees.
Thousands of matters where the intersection of legal merits and economic reality determined outcomes. From boardrooms to courtrooms, from Chapter 11 proceedings to multi-party mediations — each case demanded not just legal acumen, but a deep understanding of the human dynamics driving every negotiation.
That experience shapes everything about his mediation practice. When parties present their positions, Jeremy doesn’t just hear the legal arguments — he understands the economic landscape beneath them.
Having represented debtors navigating insolvency, creditors protecting recoveries, and committees balancing collective interests, he brings an analytical precision that cuts through posturing to find where genuine resolution lives.
His approach isn’t theoretical. It’s built on thousands of negotiations where understanding the other side’s economic reality was the difference between resolution and impasse.
CAREER OVERVIEW
For 33 years as a partner at one of the nation’s leading corporate restructuring firms, Jeremy represented major constituencies in bankruptcies, workouts, and complex financial litigation across every major industry: entertainment, mass tort, manufacturing, distribution, retail, mining, intellectual property, and financial services.
As General Counsel, Jeremy brings an unmatched depth of experience, overseeing major legal departments and actively steering corporate compliance, operational risks, and global expansion strategy from the inside out.
EXPERIENCE & CREDENTIALS
Partner — 1988–2021
General Counsel — 2021–2023
Senior Counsel — 2024–Present
Full-Time Mediator — 2024–Present
B.A., 1979 | B.C.L., 1980
David Blank Scholar, 1976–79
LL.M., Frank Knox Fellow, 1981
Board of Governors Emeritus,
University of Southern California
Court Appointed Special Advocate,
CASA of Los Angeles
Volunteer, Alliance for
Children's Rights
Board Member,
Stepping Forward LA
Student Affairs Board of Visitors,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
THE APPROACH
Today, Jeremy is a mediator at Richards ADR, applying the analytical precision developed over four decades exclusively to helping parties resolve complex financial disputes. A Certified Mediator for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, a volunteer Settlement Officer with Resolve Law Los Angeles and a volunteer mediator for The LA Superior Court MVP program, he brings the same discipline to neutral analysis that he once brought to advocacy with one critical difference: it is applied precisely and equally to every party’s position to achieve fair and durable results.
Claimants receive honest assessment of what their claims are genuinely worth in terms of actual recovery
Respondents face rigorous examination of their asserted constraints—tested against evidence, not accepted at face value.
Both sides benefit from the same thing: clear-eyed analysis grounded in economic reality, focused on getting to resolution.
SPECIALIZATIONS
Bankruptcy &
Insolvency Disputes
Partnership &
Corporate Dissolutions
Creditor
Enforcement Actions
Fraud & Breach of
Fiduciary Duty
Complex Commercial
Litigation
Asset Recovery
Actions
Valuation
Disputes
Mediator · Richards ADR
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When financial complexity meets disputed resources, you need a mediator who brings the same analytical rigor to every party’s position.
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