Richard A. Hibey Biographical Summary
Dick Hibey was born in Utica, New York in 1941 to first generation Lebanese
immigrants (Delia and Anthony). In high school, Dick won multiple New York state elocution
contests, which awarded scholarship money that effectively allowed him to enroll at LeMoyne
College, a Jesuit college located in Syracuse, NY. Dick graduated from LeMoyne in 1962 with a
Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, and eventually served on its Board of Trustees.
Dick enrolled in the Georgetown University Law Center in 1962, graduating with his
Juris Doctorate in 1965. At the urging of law school dean Ken Pye, the E. Barrett Prettyman
Fellowship Program accepted Dick into its post-graduate program, which provided (and
continues to provide) legal representation to adults and adolescents accused of crimes who
otherwise might be unable to retain first-rate counsel. Dick received his Master of Laws in 1966
and thereafter joined the Legal Aid Agency for the District of Columbia as a public defender. In
1968, Dick joined the United States Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C. and served as an
Assistant United States Attorney for the next three years. In 1971, he joined Surrey Karasik &
Morse for approximately ten years, after which he and others formed their own law firm,
Anderson, Hibey, Nauheim and Blair. In 1995, Dick became a partner at Winston & Strawn,
where he continued his trial practice until 2002. That year, he joined Miller & Chevalier and
remained at the firm until his retirement.
Comfortable with speaking publicly, meticulous in preparation, and competitive in
nature, Dick spent most of his more than 50-year career in courtrooms throughout the United
States and the world. He represented indigent defendants as an attorney at Legal Aid, the United
States as an Assistant United States Attorney, and high-profile individuals and companies as a
law firm partner in private practice. The variety of matters Dick tried before a jury is staggering.
More than 120 times Dick presented cases to juries in matters ranging from murder to public
corruption to lying to Congress. Among many honors, Dick was elected to the prestigious
American College of Trial Lawyers, was a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from
Georgetown University, and in June 2002 received an honorary degree from Barry University’s
Andreas School of Law in recognition of his efforts to gain accreditation for the law school.
Dick passed away on February 19, 2024.