Richard is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Court Mediator and concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, banking & financial institutions and mediation and arbitration. He represents clients in complex business disputes, contract disputes, landlord/tenant disputes, insurance/annuity disputes, as well as real estate litigation and foreclosures. Mancini also handles contested estate and trust matters, breach of fiduciary duty litigation, and representation of the beneficiaries of estates and trusts. He is also a FINRA certified arbitrator and represents clients in securities and investor related disputes.
Richard often lectures on topics of investor relations, broker/dealer compliance issues, investment fraud, securities litigation and arbitration. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Hodges University, teaching paralegal courses in contracts, property, ethics and other courses.
Prior to law school, Richard was chief executive officer for a public/private economic development alliance in Alabama and formerly Vice President of the Greater Brandon (Florida) Chamber of Commerce where he acted as a liaison between the business community and governmental agencies concerning all aspects of community development. Prior to joining Henderson Franklin in 2008, Richard was a partner with a Naples law firm.
Richard currently resides in Naples with his wife and children.
Richard is very active in the community. He is Chairman of the Bonita Springs Estero Economic Development Council, President of the Foundation for the Developmentally Disabled and an active volunteer for Friends of Foster Children of Southwest Florida. He is also a Board member for the Great Dock Canoe Race and coaches the Gulf Coast High School Mock Trial Team.