Richard M. Park is the Acting Chief of the Financial Litigation Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. Previously, he served as a Deputy Chief in the Civil Division and as an Assistant United States Attorney. In 2017, Richard was the recipient of a Department-wide Director’s Award for his civil rights work involving the California state court system.

Richard graduated from the UCLA School of Law in 2004, where he was a member of the Public Interest Law and Policy Program. Before law school, he completed graduate work at Seoul National University as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar. He graduated from Pomona College in 2000 and served as its student body president his senior year. During college, he participated in Army R.O.T.C. and graduated from U.S. Army Airborne School at Ft. Benning, Georgia.

Richard is a past or present board member of several Los Angeles-based non-profit organizations and currently serves as a deacon at Redeemer Presbyterian Church. He is also a frequent panel speaker and has lectured on the topic of federal civil practice at Seoul National University and Handong International Law School.