Richard Sprinkle

Richard Sprinkle is a Senior Associate Attorney at Longman Jakuback, APLC in Baton Rouge, where he leads the firm's civil litigation and appellate divisions and supervises the litigation team. He has argued appeals before Louisiana's First, Third, and Fifth Circuit Courts of Appeal and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

Since joining the firm in 2019, Mr. Sprinkle has handled commercial litigation, personal injury, criminal defense, and family law cases. Before joining Longman Jakuback, he practiced at Hymel Davis & Petersen. Earlier, he served as a judicial extern to Judge Marabella of the 19th Judicial District Court, clerked with the East Baton Rouge Parish Public Defender's Office, and served as a Special Assistant District Attorney for East Baton Rouge Parish, which gave him experience on both sides of the courtroom.

After high school, Mr. Sprinkle served in the United States Marine Corps and deployed to the Persian Gulf for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, earning the Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal, Naval Unit Citation, and a Commanding General's Certificate of Commendation.

Mr. Sprinkle earned his B.A. in Philosophy, magna cum laude, from the University of New Orleans in 2014 and his J.D./D.C.L. from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where he won the Robert L. Tullis Moot Court Competition and served as Vice President of Judicial Relations for the Moot Court Board. He was admitted to the Louisiana bar and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana in 2017, and to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 2023. He was named to the Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, Personal Injury, in 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027.

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