RICHARD S. USHER

RICHARD USHER is an attorney and business advisor with over 30 years of varied experience. He provides business owners with personal, comprehensive, high-quality legal services to help them acquire, protect, manage and grow their businesses. His clients seek his practical, business-oriented legal guidance on a wide range of operational, contractual, and corporate matters.

A UCLA School of Law graduate, Rick began his legal career with a major Los Angeles law firm. He subsequently spent over 10 years as General Counsel and senior corporate officer of a multi-billion dollar oil refiner and marketer, where he managed legal, human resources, risk management, and environmental departments. Rick formed Furman Usher, Inc. in 1994 with Roger Furman to use his extensive legal and business experience to counsel entrepreneurial businesses and executives moving from the corporate world to business ownership. He is known for providing pragmatic and understandable advice on complex issues and realistic solutions with a bottom-line orientation. His clients rely on his expertise for business acquisitions and sales, structuring and forming entities, franchises, operational and employment issues, contracts, leases, and licenses. He often works with start-up businesses and new entrepreneurs.

Rick is a graduate of Miami University (Ohio) (B.A., Magnum Cum Laude) and the UCLA School of Law (Juris Doctor) and is a member of the California Bar.

Richard Usher
Furman Usher, Inc.
2082 Michelson Drive, Suite 300
Irvine, CA 92612
Tel: 949-788-0066
Fax: 949-788-0688
ricusher@aol.com