Richard J. Clair


Corporate Counsel and Staff Attorney (1993-present)

Experience: Foundation Staff Attorney, 1979-1993; Tax Law Specialist, Exempt Organizations Division, IRS, Washington, DC, 1977-79.

Bar Admissions: Louisiana, 1976; Virginia, 1977; U.S. Supreme Court, 1982 (admitted in only LA & VA).

Law School: Loyola University, New Orleans, LA, J.D., 1976.

College: Catholic University, B.A., Spanish, 1972.

Member: Federalist Society.

Publications: “Catholic Social Teaching and the Right to Work,” monograph published by the Foundation (https://www.nrtw.org/a/Catholic.pdf).

Reported Cases: (partial listing):Machinists Local 2771 v. DynCorp, Aerospace Operations, Sheppard ENJJPT Division, 796 F. Supp. 976 (N.D. Tex. 1991); Davidson v. Cook, 567 F. Supp. 225 (E.D. Va. 1983), aff‘d, 734 F.2d 10 (4th Cir. 1984);National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation v. United States, 487 F. Supp. 801 (E.D.N.C. 1979); Food & Commercial Workers Locals 951, 7 & 1036, 329 N.L.R.B. 730 (1999).