Richard L. Emerson

Firm Position
Dick Joined Gager, Emerson, Rickart, Bower & Scalzo, LLP as an Associate in May, 1979 after five years as an Associate with a major Fairfield County law firm. He was named a Partner in January, 1981. He practices in both the Bethel and Southbury offices.

Business Services Group

Practice
Estate Planing
Estate Settlement
Real Estate
Corporate Law
Banking
Securities Law
Venture Capital
Mergers and Acquisitions
General Business Law
Non-profit and non-stock Corporate

Professional Associations
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Executive Committee, Connecticut Bar
  Association Section of Corporations and Other
  Business Organizations
Member, Commercial and Banking Law Sections,
  Connecticut Bar Association
Member, Estates and Probate Law Section,
  Connecticut Bar Association
Member, Western Connecticut Estate and Tax Planning
  Council
Member, Connecticut Probate Assembly
Member, Danbury Bar Association

Other Professional Activities
Judge of Probate, District of Redding (1979-Present)
Republican Town Committee, Redding (1975-Present)
Planning Commission, Redding (1975-1979)

Civic Organizations
Director, Planned Giving Section of American Cancer Society
Director and President, Mark Twain Library
President and Director, Redding Open Lands, Inc.
Chairman, Pack 118, Boy Scouts of America

Education
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
(J.D., with honors, 1973)

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
(B.A., Government, 1968)

Law clerk, Appellate Division, U.S. Attorney's Office
Washington, D.C. (1972-1973)

Lieutenant, U.S. Army (Retired)

Phone: (203) 207-5400
Email: emerson@gpbethel.com