Richard Bush

Richard Bush is the senior partner of Bush & Augspurger, P.A., with offices in Tallahassee and Orlando, Florida. He has been practicing law for 37 years in Florida, as well as throughout the Southeastern United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Mr. Bush focuses on actions involving the conduct of licensed professionals. In that role, he defends lawyers, allied health care providers, accountants, real estate professionals, architects and engineers, and school districts and school leaders. Mr. Bush is a nationally recognized lecturer on lawyer conduct, and writes on the subject matter frequently. He has been cited as an authority on the subject in two (2) Law Review Articles. Mr. Bush has been recognized as a “Legal Elite” in Florida Trend Magazine, historically the premier annual listing of Florida lawyers, as well as a “SuperLawyer” in Florida, by that magazine. He has been recognized by the Wall Street Journal and Miami Magazine as a “Top Lawyer in Florida,” and has attained an “A-V Preeminent” rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating possible by his peers and judges. Mr. Bush has represented lawyers in Grievance matters before The Florida Bar. He has represented lawyers charged with ethics violations in complaints filed by The Florida Bar from inception through trial, and to the Florida Supreme Court. Mr. Bush is an editor and co-author of Professional Liability of Lawyers in Florida, chapter on Litigation. He is a member of The ABA’s Legal Malpractice Data Center. He is a member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), and chaired the Southeast Chapter of PLUS for two years. Mr. Bush is a member of the Professional Liability Defense Federation (PLDF) and has chaired the Lawyer Claims Committee. Mr. Bush currently serves on the Florida Bar’s Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee. In addition to his professional work, Mr. Bush is the proud father of two daughters and a son, and honored to be married to Stacey Allen. He is a Leave No Trace (LNT) Master Educator, and in that capacity, serves as the LNT Coordinator for the Suwannee River Area Council of The Boy Scouts of America.