Top Attorney – Richard J. Wright
New York, NY/Press/– Richard J. Wright, Founder and Attorney of The Law Offices of Richard Wright PLLC is recognized and distinguished as a Million Dollar Attorney in the Top Attorneys of North America 2023-2024 edition. 
The Law Offices of Richard Wright PLLC is a general practice law firm with primary focuses in the areas of personal injury, immigration, matrimonial and estates. To date, Mr. Wright has handled over 1,000 immigration cases and over 1,000 matrimonial cases!
The firm has recovered over One hundred Million ($100,000,000.00) Dollars in personal injury awards on behalf of its clients.
- $1.8 million – Premises Liability
- $1.5 million – Bus Accident
- $9.0 million – Estate Litigation
- $675,000 – Train Derailment
- $600,000 – Construction Accident
The law firm is a staunch advocate of immigration rights, even offering free immigration services to DREAMERS as well as many asylum seekers.
Richard J. Wright was the Editor-in-Chief of John Jay High School and New York City College of Technology Yearbooks. He was awarded the Humanities Department Award as the most outstanding student in the Liberal Art Department at New York City College of Technology.
He next received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Brooklyn College, magna cum laude, in Political Science. He was awarded the Political Science Departmental Award as the most outstanding student in that field. Throughout his college years, he was consistently named as a Dean’s List recipient.
Richard J. Wright earned his Juris Doctorate from Brooklyn Law School. There, he was awarded the Prince Richardson Scholarship Award. He was also the recipient of two CALI Excellence for the Future Awards for being the highest scoring student in Civil Practice Workshop and Fundamental Legal Drafting.
Richard J. Wright was an illegal alien from Jamaica for a period of fifteen (15) years. He briefly stayed at a homeless shelter while attending law school. Because of his immigration status, he was forced to withdraw from Law school.
He was finally able to return to law school eight (8) years later. He made a vow to God that if he were ever to become an attorney, he would offer free paralegal courses. Over three hundred (300) students have completed the paralegal programs to date.
Richard J. Wright has TWO locations!
42 Broadway – 12th Floor
New York, NY 10004
124-13 Liberty Avenue
Richmond Hill, NY 11419
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Mr. Richard J. Wright, a master of eloquence, captivates the public with his impactful commentary on The New York Times articles. Check out some of his most attention-grabbing posts below.
Kamala Harris and the Influence of an Estranged Father Just Two Miles Away
As a fellow Jamaican, I must express my pride in the accomplishments of so many Jamaicans and their descendants in the USA. Tanya Chutkan, the Federal District Court Judge adjudicating the January 6 trial of Mr. Donald Trump, is another good example.
Mr. Trump derided Justice Gonzalo Curiel, a Federal District Court Judge of Mexican descent, as being biased against him in the University fraud case. Mr. Trump asserted that Judge Curiel could not objectively and impartially decide the case because of his Mexican roots. (This may only reflect Mr. Trump’s way of thinking than on Judge Curiel’s).
With Judge Chutkan releasing certain documents to the general public in the January 6 case, I would not be surprised if Mr. Trump engaged in the same line of attack as he has done to Judge Curiel.
The bottom line is that all immigrant groups and their descendants have and continue to contribute in positive ways to the great fabric and dynamic of the USA. The same immigrants that are now being demonized and dehumanized will contribute and produce children who will positively impact and improve the lives of countless Americans and others.
Mr. Trump who professed his love of the Bible needs to take heeds from the words of Jesus to treat all with compassion, love and humility. After all, “the stone the builder rejects will become the main cornerstone”.
How Trump’s Team Blew It
I am a small-time solo practicing attorney generally representing the non-wealthy in civil cases (i.e a total contrast from Mr. Donald Trump’s attorneys). Notwithstanding, I was dumbfounded and flummoxed by the extent the defense attempted to demonize Mr. Michael Cohen.
In closing argument, Mr. Donald Trump’s attorney, Mr. Todd Blanche, referred to Mr. Cohen as the G.L.O.A.T (i.e. the greatest liar of all times). This came across as schoolyard bantering and befitting the characteristics and DNA of numerous utterances of Mr. Donald Trump.
For instance, Donald Trump’s personal physician referred to him as the “healthiest individual” to ever run for office. The term the G.L.O.A.T also has the ring of a political slogan ala M.A.G.A.
It strains credulity to conclude that Mr. Michael Cohen has not made one truthful statement throughout his testimony. After all, he was truthful about his name, his years of service for the Trump corporation and his guilty convictions, among other things.
For the billions of individuals who are alive and the countless who have died, the leading liar of all time walked into the criminal trial of Donald Trump? Ironically, it only made the defense appeared to be an even greater liar than Mr. Michael Cohen.
The jurors must have smirked and found no other alternative than to render a guilty verdict.
Sudden Resignations. A Leaked Letter. What’s Happening Inside Miss USA?
Like many of the commentators, I express umbrage and offense to the “ beauty” pageants. They violate modern decency on various fronts. For one, they are clearly sexist in for instance assessing and perpetuating women’s talents, accomplishments and capabilities by a certain look and shape in a bikini.
Lest we ignore the racist dimension prevailing the beauty contests. Beauty is so narrowly defined and namely from a Eurocentric profile and concept. The contestants’ physical features are generally comprised of fair complexion, “straight” nose and long flowing hair.
Ms. Voigt, who was born in Venezuela, would have most likely not made the cut (let alone become a reigning champion) if she had appeared more Hispanic and less European.
The contestants fall within a certain height and weight categories. Had Ms. Voigt been say 10 pounds heavier or 10 inches shorter, she would not have made even to the stage and perhaps would not even consider competing.
The bottom line is that beauty can never be pigeonholed. Beauty is all-encompassing and is revealed in all colors, shapes, ages, heights, sizes, forms and features.
I am an attorney who has represented numerous clients seeking asylum in the United States of America. Their most dominant commonality is their fear and/or exposure to gun violence.
While Donald Trump rants and complains (from the inception of his first run for president) that the immigrants are bringing in drugs and other ills of society, he glaringly fails to mention the guns and ammunitions from here that are flowing to those countries. Generally, those countries do not even have a domestic gun manufacturer.
The asylum seekers are burdened with having to prove that they belong to a protected class which is generally reserved for some form of immutable characteristics (such as race, gender, sexual orientation) or close to it (such as religion or political group).
Poverty and residing in certain violence-ridden neighborhoods does not fall within the purview of a protected class. However, escaping poverty or moving to a more secured neighborhood may even prove almost impossible. Due to no fault of their own, being born into poverty and into a violence-ridden neighborhood are tantamount and functionally-equivalent to immutable characteristic.
It is a sad and simple fact that their country is plagued by gun violence that their own government cannot stymy (despite even the best of intentions). I strenuously believe that the eradication of guns manufactured and delivered on USA soil to their country would account for a significant plummeting of border-crossings.