Richard A. Sypek, a resident of Westfield, is a graduate of Fairfield University (B.A. 1980) and Western New England School of Law (J.D. 1983). Rich was a former partner in the West Springfield law firm of Murray, Fitzgerald, Sabella and Donahue and was a law clerk for the Hampden County District Attorney's office from 1981-1983. Rich was admitted to the Massachusetts and United States Federal District Court in 1983 and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and Hampden County Bar Association. He was formerly Chairman of the West Springfield Zoning Board of Appeals.