Rich was born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. He attended Loyola College Prep and graduated in 2004. He graduated from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and obtained his Juris Doctorate degree from the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law where he also received a Certificate in Taxation. After Loyola, Rich obtained his LL.M. in Taxation from the Georgetown University Law Center, along with a Certificate in Estate Planning. He joined the law firm of Wiener, Weiss & Madison, APC, in June of 2013 where he advises businesses, families and individuals in the areas of taxation, corporate law, securities law, mergers & acquisitions, real estate law, estate planning, successions and probate, and private foundations and other forms of nonprofit law. He is active in many professional, civic, and social organizations, including, the Shreveport Bar Association, the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Tax Planning Council for Shreveport, Sci-Port Discovery Center, Holiday-in-Dixie Ambassadors and First United Methodist Church, where he also leads the Pura Vida Sunday School Class and serves on the Church Council.

 

Rich married the former Virginia (Ginny) Broyles on November 22, 2014, and they have two dogs, Teddy, a dachshund-beagle mix, and Archie, a dachshund. They are expecting their first child in October of 2017. Rich’s hobbies include reading newspapers, history books, and biographies, socializing with friends, golf, and going out to his family’s farm, Chiggero, in west Caddo Parish.