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RICHARD  J. LICHT

Richard J. Licht was born in Penn Yan, New York. He is a 1984 graduate of the State University of New York at Albany.  He received his law degree from Union University, Albany Law School, in 1987.  He was sworn in as a Special Agent of the FBI on November 6, 1987.

Mr. Licht began his career in the Tampa Division of the FBI in the Orlando Resident Agency, assigned to investigate fugitives, bank robberies, and other reactive crimes.  In 1988, he was assigned to investigate Foreign Counterintelligence matters.  In 1989, Mr. Licht was selected for assignment to a major espionage investigation in Tampa Division headquarters city.  His investigative efforts resulted in his being awarded the Director of Central Intelligence Exceptional Intelligence Collector award in 1990.  Mr. Licht was a member of the Tampa Division SWAT team from 1989 to 1991.  In 1991, he received a one-year appointment to attend the Department of Defense, Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California.  In 1992, Mr. Licht received his second field assignment to the Chicago Division, where he served on a joint FBI/Chicago Police Department narcotics investigation task force.  In 1996, he received a promotion to FBI Headquarters, and was detailed to the National Drug Intelligence Center as the Security Programs Manager.  In August of 1999, Mr. Licht was reassigned as the Supervisory Senior Resident Agent of the Lansing and Traverse City Resident Agencies, Detroit Division.  His assignment there required oversight for all Bureau investigative programs within these territories.  He was Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge in the Detroit Division from August through December, 2004.

Mr. Licht was appointed Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Division on May 1, 2006.

Mr. Licht has been married for 16 years.  He and his wife, Mary Ann, have three children.

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