Richard H. Glucksman

Mr. Glucksman is a partner of Chapman Glucksman which has offices throughout California. An AV Preeminent Rated Lawyer with Martindale-Hubbell, he also has been named a California “Super Lawyer” every year since 2006 . He is well known in the business and construction community, including his representation of builders, developers, general contractors and business clients in complex multi-party actions including business, construction, environmental, commercial, public works and catastrophic events litigation.

Mr. Glucksman attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in history. He earned his juris doctor degree from Loyola Law School.

Mr. Glucksman is admitted to the State Bar of California, U.S. Supreme Court, United States District Court and Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. He is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Los Angeles County Bar Association (Trial Lawyers Section and Business & Corporations Law Section), the Orange County Bar Association, the Bar Association of San Francisco, the American Bar Association (Tort & Insurance Law Section and Environmental, Energy and Resources Section), Legal Action Committees for the California Building Industry Association, Association of General Contractors of California, California Construction Forum, Building Trades Association, the Environmental Forum and the ABA Toxic Torts and Environmental Litigation Committee, and a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America.

Mr. Glucksman has served as the National Co-Chair and featured speaker and panelist at various seminars including: AEI-Brookings Construction Seminar, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel Seminar, CPCU Society Annual “All Industry Day” (San Francisco), DRI’s Construction Litigation (Las Vegas), IMN Construction Seminar (New York), IRMI (Chicago) Construction Risk Seminar, Lorman California Mold Conference, MC2 Consultants Construction Seminar (Colorado), and West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Seminar, and Continuing Legal Education’s Building Green & LEED Certified: Negotiation, Drafting and Execution Strategies webcast.

Mr. Glucksman has been a featured speaker and panelist for various chapters of the California Society of CPA’s and Area discussion groups, Actuary Leadership Forum at California State University, Fullerton, Center for Insurance Services, and American Law Institute (“ALI”). He has experience with professional liability defense representing both accountants and attorneys.

Mr. Glucksman has authored many articles which have been featured and has been quoted in publications, including The Los Angeles Daily Journal, California Real Estate Journal, Builder and Developer Magazine, ABA’s The Construction Lawyer, The Southern California Builder, California Real Estate Journal, Arbitration Update: An Overview of Recent California Appellate Decisions, published by the California Lawyer, AmWins, The Edge including Green Building, OSHA, Arbitration Law As We Move, The Shared Economy (“Share, But Be Aware! Growing Up With The Sharing Economy”), The New EPA Underground Storage Tank Regulations: A Compliance Primer. Benefits and Challenges of Using Controlled Insurance Programs in Construction Projects. (The Edge- AmWINS Group, January, 2020). Most recently, Mr. Glucksman co-authored Construction Claims’ Winter 2020 cover article, Rebuilding the West, Construction Considerations After The Smoke Clears. Mr. Glucksman is co-author of Chapman Glucksman’s highly acclaimed annual National Construction Handbook.

Among other honors, in 2016 Mr. Glucksman received The Legends of an Era Award presented at West Coast Casualty’s 23rd Annual Construction seminar. It recognizes those in the construction community who have contributed, advocated, and influenced others for the betterment of the construction community.

Recent activities include:

• “Rip and Tear” panel participant, Perrin’s National Construction Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, November 2022.
• “Modular Construction” featured speaker, 6th Annual California Construction Law Seminar, March 2022.
• “Why Are Cases So Hard to Settle and What Can We Do to Fix it” featured speaker and panel participant, West Coast Casualty, Anaheim, CA, May 2019.
• “Green Building and Construction Defect Claims” featured speaker and moderator, Perrin’s First Western Region Construction Defect & Trial Conference, Las Vegas, NV, June 2018; and Ft. Lauderdale, FL, November 2018.
• “Leadership and Development: Green and LEED Building” featured speaker and panel moderator, Association of General Construction (AGC) of California’s Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2017.
• “Design Professionals: Liability Issues and Designing the Best Strategy for Resolution” featured speaker and panelist, ExecuSummit’s Construction Conference, Uncasville, CT, 2017.

In 2018, he was honored to be chosen by the West Coast Casualty Services community to receive West Coast’s Silver Star Award as best developer’s attorney.

Mr. Glucksman has trial, arbitration and mediation experience.