Richard Leefe is a founder and senior partner of the Metairie law firm of Leefe, Gibbs, Sullivan & Dupré, LLC. Since 1974, Mr. Leefe has practiced in the areas of commercial litigation and maritime law. Mr. Leefe has served as an adjunct professor for Loyola College of Law for more than 26 years, and has taught law school courses in evidence, negotiable instruments and legal research and writing. He also taught American law to Chinese law students in Wuhan, China. He earned his B.S. degree from Louisiana State University, his L.L.M. degree from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, and his J.D. degree from Loyola College of Law.