Honors & Affiliations
- Listed in:
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Sports Law, 2007-2026 (listed for more than 15 years)
- Lawyer of the Year (Kansas City-KS), Sports Law, 2018, 2025
- Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Rated
- Sports Business Journal, Power Player, 2016, 2021
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Sports Law, 2007-2026 (listed for more than 15 years)
- Johnson County Bar Association
Representative Publications
- Quoted, "A new era of college sports, Part 1," The News-Gazette, June 14, 2025
- Co-Author, "Changes to NCAA Bylaw 19 and the Responsibility to Cooperate," LEAD1 Association, Name, Image & Likeness (NIL) Institutional Report: Issue #10, March 9, 2023
Representative Presentations
- An Interview with Collegiate Sports attorney Richard Evrard, Legally Bond Podcast, August 29, 2022
- Panel Member, College Athletics and Employment Law: A Conversation About Intercollegiate Sports and the Aftermath of NCAA v. Alston, Gender in Collegiate Sports, NYU Law Collegiate Sports Law Symposium, April 1, 2022
- NCAA Board of Directors Name, Image and Likeness Rule, Higher Education Committee Meeting and CLE, New Jersey State Bar Association, December 7, 2021
- An Interview with Richard Evrard, Collegiate Sports, Legally Bond Podcast, September 13, 2021
- College Athletics Update: Emerging Legal Issues, National Association of College and University Attorneys, March 14, 2018
- Presenter, Baylor University Sports Law Symposium, March 26, 2018
- Crisis Time for Athletics: Not Just the NCAA, Playing by the Rules: Law and Collegiate Sports Conference, October 20, 2017
Other Activities
- Chairman, The Monsignor Tom Culhane Endowment Fund
- Member, St. Ann's Church. Board of Trustees
Articles
- NCAA Division I Modifies Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) Rules and Penalties Effective Immediately
October 29, 2025 - NLRB Asserts Employment Protections for Student-Athletes and Seeks to Hold the University of Southern California, Pac-12 Conference and NCAA Liable
December 20, 2022 - NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo Issues Memo on Employee Status of Players at Academic Institutions
September 29, 2021 - NCAA Student-Athlete Name, Image and Likeness
July 29, 2021
Events and Webinars
- The NLRB and College Athletics: Labor Unions at the Gymnasium Door
February 28, 2024 - Title IX in Athletics 50 Years Later: Still a Ways to Go - Complimentary Webinar
June 21, 2022 - Richard Evrard to Discuss Gender in Collegiate Sports on Panel at NYU Symposium
April 1, 2022 - Playing by the Rules: Law and Collegiate Sports Conference
October 19, 2017
News
- Bond Announces Kansas City Attorney Named to 2026 Best Lawyers in America®
August 21, 2025 - Bond Announces Kansas City Attorney Named 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” and Best Lawyers in America®
August 15, 2024 - Two Kansas City Bond Attorneys Named 2024 Best Lawyers in America®
August 18, 2023 - Two Kansas City Bond Attorneys Named 2023 Best Lawyers in America®
August 18, 2022 - Mike Glazier and Rick Evrard Recognized by Sports Business Journal as Power Players: Outside Counsel
October 28, 2021 - Two Kansas City Bond Attorneys Named 2022 Best Lawyers in America®
August 19, 2021 - Bond Elects Richard Evrard to Management Committee
October 15, 2020 - Two Kansas City Bond Attorneys Named 2021 Best Lawyers in America®
August 20, 2020 - Two Kansas City Bond Attorneys Named 2020 Best Lawyers in America®
August 15, 2019 - Two Kansas City Bond Attorneys Named 2019 Best Lawyers in America®
August 14, 2018
