Richard William Riggs (November 21, 1938 – April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and jurist who served as the 94th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1998 to 2006.

Riggs retired from the Navy with the rank of captain and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1968.

In 1993, he helped to found the Oregon Academy of Family Law Practitioners and has worked with the organization since its inception.

[5] On September 8, 1998, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber appointed Riggs as the ninety-fourth justice to the state supreme court.

[8] He resigned from the court in September 2006 and Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski appointed Martha Lee Walters to fill the position.