Background
CULLEN, RICHARD was born on March 10, 1948 in New York, New York, United States.
attorney general chairman editor in chief
CULLEN, RICHARD was born on March 10, 1948 in New York, New York, United States.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Cullen was raised in Staunton, Virginia. He majored in political science and played varsity football at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina (U.S.), earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971. He attended the University of South Carolina School of Law in Columbia, South Carolina (U.S.), from 1971-1972, and earned a law degree in 1977 from the University of Richmond"s T.C. Williams School of Law in Richmond, Virginia., where he served as editor in chief of the school’s law review.
Currently, he is the chairman of McGuireWoods Limited Liability Partnership. Cullen has been with McGuireWoods Limited Liability Partnership since entering practice in 1977. Cullen was the lead attorney for former United States. Republican Tom DeLay, R-Texas, during a six-year Justice Department investigation into alleged links between the congressman and former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Number criminal charges were filed against the former House majority leader.
In 2010, it was reported that Cullen is among the lawyers representing Bank of America in a multistate investigation into the bank’s foreclosure practices. Since joining the firm, Cullen has taken leave three times for public service assignments.
In 1987, he served as special counsel to United States. Senator. Paul South. Trible Junior., R-Virginia., during the Iran-Contra investigation.
He was appointed by President Heriot-Watt University Bush in 1991 as a United States. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, serving until 1993.
In 1997, Virginia Government. George Allen appointed Cullen Attorney General of Virginia to fill the unexpired term of Jim Gilmore, who resigned to conduct a successful run for governor. Cullen is married and has four grown children.
He majored in political science and played varsity football at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina (U.S.), earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971. He attended the University of South Carolina School of Law in Columbia, South Carolina (U.S.), from 1971-1972, and earned a law degree in 1977 from the University of Richmond"s T.C. Williams School of Law in Richmond, Virginia., where he served as editor in chief of the school’s law review.
Member Juvenile Criminal Commission. Member Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission. Co-chairman Governor's Commision on Parole Abolition and Sentencing Reform.
M. Agnes Tullidge; children: Thomas, Anne Gray, Elizabeth, Richard.