Bio

Rick Berndt joined Gallagher after assisting the firm's founder, Francis X. Gallagher, at the Maryland Constitutional Convention in 1967. He served as the firm's Managing Partner from 1976 to 2015. Rick counsels corporate, health care, religious, and educational clients. He is an active member of Maryland's business community and currently serves on the boards of Mercy Health Services Inc., and Johns Hopkins Medicine. Education: Johns Hopkins University, MA, 1970 , University of Maryland School of Law, JD, 1967, Villanova University, BS, 1964