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Richard L. Sanders — portrait, chessboard, city skyline behind — mmxxvi —

The man behind the work

Richard L.
Sanders.

Lawyer · builder · soloist.

Utah Bar #15728, admitted 2015. Experienced in civil, criminal defense advocacy, appellate law, and federal U.S. 10th Circuit. Practice by appointment.

Designed and built the BenchSlap stack — verified-citation legal toolkit, closed-corpus authority pinning (AEGIS), deterministic verdict gating (Gravity Kernel), translation engine (Vox Omnium), multi-flagship deliberation framework (Conclave). Patent applications in progress on each.

Outside the courtroom: violin under the alias The Swansong Soloist, six pieces released 2026 as Quod Ego Solus Memini. Publishing imprint Black Ocean Books.

No greater advocate.
No more dangerously prepared enemy.

Direct contact via the secure-message form. Inbound only — by referral, by reputation, by appointment.

Bar admission

Utah · #15728 · 2015

Federal

U.S. 10th Circuit

Practice areas

Civil · criminal defense · appellate