He received a Juris Doctor in 1937 from the Howard University School of Law.
[2] Richardson was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on March 4, 1957, to a seat on the United States Customs Court vacated by Judge William A. Ekwall.
Richardson was reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of International Trade on November 1, 1980, to a new seat authorized by 94 Stat.
His service terminated on March 30, 1982, due to his death in New Rochelle, New York.
[2] In 1942 in St. Louis, Richardson's purchase of a home led to a legal case over a restrictive covenant.