Richard Cullen (attorney)

Richard Cullen
Counselor to the Governor of Virginia
In office
January 15, 2022 – January 17, 2026
GovernorGlenn Youngkin
Preceded byCynthia Bailey
39th Attorney General of Virginia
In office
June 12, 1997 – January 17, 1998
GovernorGeorge Allen
Preceded byJim Gilmore
Succeeded byMark Earley
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
In office
October 1991 – March 23, 1993
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Preceded byKenneth E. Melson
Succeeded byKenneth E. Melson
Personal details
Born (1948-03-10) March 10, 1948
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
PartyRepublican
SpouseAgnes Tullidge
Children4 including Thomas
EducationFurman University (BA)
University of South Carolina, Columbia
University of Richmond (JD)
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Richard Cullen (born March 10, 1948) is an American attorney who served as counselor to Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin. He is a former attorney general of Virginia, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and partner and chairman of McGuireWoods LLP.

As a partner with McGuireWoods, he represented high-profile clients such as U.S. vice president Mike Pence; Sepp Blatter, the eighth president of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA); Dwight Clinton Jones, the then-mayor of Richmond, Virginia; former U.S. Congressman Tom DeLay and Elin Nordegren, the ex-wife of professional golfer Tiger Woods.