Richard P. Longaker II, an attorney who had a passion for flyfishing, died on April 22 after a six-week battle with lung cancer. He was 58. The son of Dr. Richard Longaker and Dorothy Seiler Longaker, he was born on February 21, 1950, in Madison, Wisconsin. The family moved to Pacific Palisades from Gambier, Ohio, in 1965 and Richard attended Palisades High School. In 1967, Longaker accompanied his father on sabbatical to England and attended University College School of London. He held degrees from UC Santa Barbara and Loyola Law School. As an attorney, Longaker began his career at Kirtland & Packard and went on to become general counsel of Pacific Triangle Corporation in Beverly Hills. In 1994, he started his own practice, Longaker & Associates. He was a member of the American Bar Association, the Los Angeles Bar Association, and the Santa Monica Bar Assocation (president 2005-06). In 1988, Longaker married Dianne Jones-Longaker at the Parish of St. Matthew in Pacific Palisades. He always shared his passions with his two children, teaching them to appreciate nature and to take up skiing, camping and fishing. Among his favorite places were the Sierras, Alaska, Montana and London. Longaker was a proud member of the Flyfishers’ Club and Lloyds’ Flyfishing Society, both in London; and Descendants of the 10th Mountain Division. He is survived by his son, Andrew, 19, a UCLA freshman; and daughter Hannah, 14, a Palisades High School freshman; his father Richard (stepmother Mollie); his sisters Sarah Gardner and Rachel Longaker; and his brother, Stephen Longaker. A memorial service will be held at St. Matthew’s Church on Saturday, May 10 at noon.
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