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Richard Cullen
Partner / Chairman 
One James Center
rcullen@mcguirewoods.com901 East Cary Street Richmond, Virginia 23219-4030 F: 804.698.2035    |
Mr. Cullen is the firm's chairman, and has been with McGuireWoods since entering practice in 1977. He represents corporations in complex civil commercial litigation, and advises corporations and key executives facing investigation by prosecutors or other governmental investigative agencies. His practice includes representing corporations in dealings with state attorneys general.
He was appointed U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia by President George H.W. Bush in 1991, a position he held until April 1993. In 1997, Governor George Allen appointed Mr. Cullen Attorney General of Virginia, where he served from June 12, 1997, until January 15, 1998. He is a member of the firm's Executive Committee.
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Government, Regulatory and Criminal Investigations
- White Collar Defense
- Accountants Defense
- Chairman
- Named One of the "Best Lawyers in America," Woodward/White, Inc., 2009, 2010
- Named One of America's "Leading Lawyers," Chambers USA, 2008, 2009
- Named to Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers in America List
- Named One of Virginia's "Legal Elite," Virginia Business, 2009, 2010
- Named a Virginia "Super Lawyer," Law & Politics, 2009
- University of Richmond Distinguished Alumni Award 1998
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Virginia Law Society, Fellow
- Attorney General of Virginia, 1997-1998
- U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 1991-1993
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EDUCATION University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, J.D., 1977
University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1971-1972 Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, B.A., 1971 ADMITTED Virginia U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit |