Richard West is a past president and current Fellow of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a Diplomate of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers, a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, and? past chair of the Florida Bar's Family Law Section. Richard was Best Lawyers in America, Orlando's Family Lawyer of the Year for 2018, the third time he achieved this distinction.? Florida Super Lawyers selected him as a Top 100 in the state, and by Florida Trend magazine as “Legal Elite.”? He is?a founding member of the Central Florida Family Law Inn of Court and the Collaborative Family Law Group of Central Florida.

Richard is a frequent lecturer for the AAML, IAFL, ABA, and the Florida Bar.? In addition to substantive family law topics, he often lectures on law office management and technology.?