Richard Edward Custin

Richard E. Custin is a Clinical Professor of Business Law & Ethics at the University of San Diego.   In 2016 he was appointed as an Affiliate Professor of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at his University.  Rick exercises a practical approach to teaching based upon his experience as owner and manager of a law office and as a litigation attorney.  Rick is a certified mediator and serves as a Director for the InterNational Academy of Dispute Resolution. His writing, research and teaching interests are mediation, medical malpractice and business law.  Rick's most recent publication is in the Journal, Practical Tax Strategies,Social Security:  Projecting The Optimal Collection Age In An Era of Low Investment Returns.  As a member of the California Bar Association and The American Association For Justice he was also appointed to a judge pro-tem assignment in Los Angeles, California.  He served as a judicial law clerk in the Iowa District Court and was the recipient of the Hathaway Kemper Insurance Law Fellowship.  Custin holds active bar memberships in California and Illinois. He is further admitted to practice law before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, The United States Court of Federal Claims, The United States Court of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit and United States District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois, Central District of California and Southern District of California.