Richard Head

Richard W. Head is of counsel to Rath, Young & Pignatelli in Concord, and of counsel to SL Environmental Law Group in San Francisco, CA. He focuses his practice on environmental law and environmental and commercial litigation. Mr. Head has experience in both the public and private sector with issues involving environmental compliance, permits, approvals and litigation. He also worked for the New Hampshire Department of Justice where he held multiple senior leadership roles throughout his tenure. As an associate attorney general, he was the director of the Division of Legal Counsel and oversaw the management of the Civil and Transportation Bureaus and the Charitable Trust Unit. As a senior assistant attorney general, he served as the Bureau Chief of the Environmental Protection Bureau and the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau. Prior to working for the Department of Justice, Mr. Head worked in the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services after spending 10 years in private practice as a litigator. He earned his B.A. degree from Clark University and his J.D. and M.S. degrees in Environmental Science from Indiana University.