Richard L. Denney was born in Yokohama, Japan, the son of a career military officer. He is "Dad" to Jessica, Michael, and Joey, "Grandad" to Amelia and Andrew, and partner in life, love, and law to his wife, Lydia JoAnn Barrett. He is a senior partner in DENNEY & BARRETT, P.C. Mr. Denney was admitted to the bar in Oklahoma in 1977. His legal education was received at the University of Oklahoma.

Mr. Denney practices in multiple jurisdictions, at the State and Federal levels, having received pro hac vice admissions in numerous states. He has also been admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Fifth Circuit, and Eighth Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma, and The Supreme Court for the United States of America.

Mr. Denney is currently a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, American Bar Association; Cleveland County Bar Association; the American Association for Justice; and the Oklahoma Association for Justice.

Mr. Denney has tried and won Criminal cases, Commercial Banking Fraud cases, Civil Rights cases, and many multi-million dollar Personal Injury and Products Liability cases all over the United States. For over two decades, Mr. Denney's energies have focused on pursuing defective product cases in both State and Federal Courts, including automobile, tire, and other part manufacturers. He has concentrated his efforts on exposing the automobile industry's knowledge of defects in various vehicles, including inertial release and spool-out of the seat belt buckles and seat backs, rollover propensity of cars such as the Ford Explorer, and 15 passenger vans, and the Ford/Firestone recall. Senior Partner, Richard L. Denney, has served as the Chair of the Trial Committee for the Ford Explorer and Firestone Tire MDL and was instrumental in forcing the recall of millions of defective Firestone Tires.

He rigorously pursues and documents the automobile industry's knowledge of deadly defects. In July of 2001, Denney was named a recipient of the Steven J. Sharp Award by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America for his work in the tire and rollover litigation and his contribution toward a safer, more just America as a result of the Ford Explorer and Firestone MDL, where he served as Co-Chair for the Trial Committee.