Over 35+ years of full time experience as a Forensic Firearms & Toolmarks (Forensic Ballistics) Examiner & Criminalist. Also has worked over 16 years (both part-time & full-time) as a forensic firearms consultant, and has worked full-time for over the past 12 (twelve) years as the Laboratory Director of the Alliance Forensics Laboratory, Inc. Additionally, has worked as an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Texas teaching a course in Forensic Microscopy the past 10 (ten) years in the FEPAC accredited Forensic Science Program at UNT. Richard is a member of the Texas Association of Crime Lab Directors, and is a board member of The American Congress of Forensic Science Laboratories.

At this point in Richard's career he has worked in total well over 10,000 firearms related, toolmarks related, and gunshot residues related cases including numerous crime scene examinations & shooting scene reconstructions. In total, Richard has testified or been deposed more than 1000 times in criminal & civil cases including State, Superior, Military and Federal Courts in Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Colorado, Montana, Massachusetts, California and the Virgin Islands in the fields of Forensic Firearms & Toolmark Identification, Gunshot Residues Analyses, Arson Examinations, Crime Scene Examinations, Gun Range examinations & consultations, and Shooting Scene Examinations & Reconstructions. A current list of cases & depositions covering the last four + years is available upon request.