Richard Henry Albritton III

Richard Albritton, III, or “Rick” to his friends and associates, is a native of Panama City and attended Bay High School before graduating from A. Crawford Mosley High School in 1987.  Following graduation, Rick joined the United States Army, serving in numerous rapid-deployment units during both Operation Desert Shield and the First Gulf War.  During his military service, Rick earned numerous honors; including the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Joint Services Achievement Medal, and the Southwest Asia Service Medal.

After his honorable discharge from military service in 1992, Rick studied at Gulf Coast Community College (which later became Gulf Coast State College) earning a degree in Respiratory Care.  He became a Respiratory Therapist, practicing for several years in critical care areas across the South; from the Hyperbaric Chamber at Bay Medical Center in Panama City, to the Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units, the Emergency Department and many more at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia.

In 2000, Rick returned to college to study business, and in 2003 he earned a Bachelor of Science degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Business Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond.  That same year, Rick returned to Florida to attend law school at the Florida State University College of Law in Tallahassee. 

In 2006, Rick graduated from F.S.U. Law with honors and served with the 14th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office as an Assistant State Attorney until he entered private criminal defense practice in 2008, founding Albritton Law Office.  Since that time, the firm has continued to grow, adding legal talent along the way and has recently expanded into new offices.