Richard J. Mockler is a Tampa attorney and shareholder with Mockler Leiner Law, P.A. His practice focuses on family law, divorce, complex financial disputes, military divorce, child custody and time-sharing matters, appellate litigation, mediation, and civil litigation.
Richard is experienced in all phases of litigation, including discovery, motion practice, evidentiary hearings, trial, and appeal. He began his legal career in Miami, where he worked at nationally recognized law firms and handled high-stakes civil litigation involving major businesses, financial institutions, class actions, derivative claims, federal investigations, and cases with substantial financial exposure.
Since 2008, Richard has focused much of his practice on family law matters. He represents clients in contested divorces, high-net-worth divorce cases, complex equitable distribution matters, business valuation disputes, child custody litigation, relocation cases, enforcement and modification proceedings, military divorce cases, and appeals. His family law practice often involves complicated financial issues, closely held businesses, professional practices, military benefits, parental responsibility disputes, and cases requiring detailed litigation strategy.
Richard has been selected to Florida Super Lawyers every year from 2013 through 2026 and was previously selected to Super Lawyers Rising Stars from 2009 through 2012. He has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2021 for Family Law Mediation, recognized by Florida Trend as Legal Elite, and rated AV Preeminent® 5.0 Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. In 2017, he received the Theodore Millison Professionalism Award from the Tampa family law community.
Richard graduated with honors from the University of Florida Levin College of Law and earned an LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida Graduate Tax Program. He served as President of the law school’s student bar association, participated in international moot court, served as a teaching assistant in Legal Research and Writing and Appellate Advocacy, received the Levin College of Law Pro Bono Certificate, and was named the Levin College of Law Student of the Year.
Richard is admitted to practice in Florida, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Middle, Northern, and Southern Districts of Florida, and the United States Tax Court.
