Richard B. McQuade Jr. (born April 7, 1940) is an American attorney and jurist who served as a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

[1] He was an assistant prosecutor in Fulton County, Ohio from 1966 to 1968.

He was a judge of the Ohio Court of Common Pleas from 1978 to 1986.

[2] On July 28, 1986, McQuade was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio vacated by Judge Nicholas Joseph Walinski Jr. McQuade was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 12, 1986, and received his commission on September 15, 1986.

[2] Following his resignation from the federal bench, McQuade became president and CEO of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Ohio.