Background
Richter was born c 1946 in the then Kirghiz Republic, a federal state of the former Soviet Union.
Richter was born c 1946 in the then Kirghiz Republic, a federal state of the former Soviet Union.
Richter was admitted to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws in the late 1960s.
Born in Kyrgyzstan c 1946, Richter"s family arrived in Australia in 1959. He was called to the bar on 5 August 1971. A prominent critic of human rights violations and advocate for the rule of law, he often represents plaintiffs unpopular in public opinion, some of them high profile.
He is an Adjunct Professor at Victoria University.
Richter was admitted to the degrees of the Bachelor of Arts, and the Bachelor of Laws with honours from the University of Melbourne. Richter was Editor of the Melbourne University Law Review.
Richer was President of the Victorian Council for Civil Liberties from 1994 to 1996. In addition to his business as a barrister, Richter was also a part-time Commissioner of the Law Reform Commission of Victoria from 1989 to 1992.
In 2002 Richter acted for Ray Williams in the HIH Insurance Royal Commission and the inter-related court cases.
In 1998 Richter led the defense for now convicted "Hoddle Street Massacre" perpetrator Julian Knight. In 1987, Richer acted for surgeon Doctor Ian McGoldrick who was indicted on 11 charges of procuring abortions contrary to the then sections 64 to 66 of the Victorian Crimes Acting 1958 The case was dismissed at committal hearings, the presiding Justice following Justice Menhennitt"s reasoning in 1969 matter of R v Davidson VR 667 at 670
In 2000 and 2003, Richter acted for then ATSIC chairman Geoff Clark.
In 1996 Richter successfully defended John Elliott against charges that he allegedly illegally moved A$ 66.5 million from Elders IXL, to "Equiticorp Tasman Limited", a shelf company Elliot was alleged to control. In 1994, Richter successfully defended Victorian Police officer Cliff Lockwood in the Supreme Court of Victoria against charges that Lockwood allegedly murdered Walsh Street police shootings suspect Gary Abdallah in 1989. In 2005, Richter successfully defended Melbourne underworld crime figure Mick Gatto against the charge of murdering suspected underworld hitman Andrew Veniamin.
Richter was a committee member of the then "Criminal Bar Association of Victoria", and the Victorian Bar Council from 1997 to 1999.
