Robert E. Eicher

Mr. Eicher received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia. He was awarded his B.A. with honors in 1958, and his LL.B. in 1961. He was one of three students in the Political Science Honors Program and received the Z Society Book Award in Political Science. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Raven Society. In law school, he was a writing director for the Student Legal Research Group and a faculty student assistant. Mr. Eicher passed the bar examination in 1960 after his second year in law school. Following his graduation in 1961, Mr. Eicher practiced law with Copenhaver & Tremblay in Charlottesville, Virginia, for several months until he entered the U.S. Air Force as a legal officer for three years. He joined what is now Williams Mullen as an associate in March 1965 and became a partner in the firm on January 1, 1968. He serves as counsel to the firm and is chair of the Virginia State Bar’s Disciplinary Board for a term expiring on July 1, 2009.

Mr. Eicher received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia. He was awarded his B.A. with honors in 1958, and his LL.B. in 1961. He was one of three students in the Political Science Honors Program and received the Z Society Book Award in Political Science. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Raven Society. In law school, he was a writing director for the Student Legal Research Group and a faculty student assistant. Mr. Eicher passed the bar examination in 1960 after his second year in law school. Following his graduation in 1961, Mr. Eicher practiced law with Copenhaver & Tremblay in Charlottesville, Virginia, for several months until he entered the U.S. Air Force as a legal officer for three years. He joined what is now Williams Mullen as an associate in March 1965 and became a partner in the firm on January 1, 1968. He serves as counsel to the firm and is chair of the Virginia State Bar’s Disciplinary Board for a term expiring on July 1, 2009.

Mr. Eicher is a former member of the adjunct faculty in the Paralegal Program of J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. He taught courses in evidence, civil procedure, and the administration of decedents’ estates. He was also an instructor for the City of Richmond Adult Education Program in wills, trusts and estates. In addition, Mr. Eicher has been a lecturer, contributing author and moderator on various courses presented by the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Virginia Law Foundation, including The Law of Damages, Chancery Practice, Avoiding and Handling Fiduciary Litigation, and Professional Ethics for Virginia Lawyers. He has been a panel member and lecturer on professional ethics programs for the Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Bar Association, the Richmond Bar Association and Lorman Education Services and a lecturer for the University of Richmond’s 31st Annual Estate Planning Seminar on Reducing the Risk of Fiduciary Litigation.

Mr. Eicher’s principal area of practice is civil litigation in commercial, business, and wills, trusts and estate-related matters. He serves as chair of the firm’s Opinion Letter Committee and the Conflicts Committee. He was a member of the Standing Legal Ethics Committee of the Virginia State Bar and served as chair from 1997 to 1999, a member of the faculty of the Virginia State Bar’s Professionalism Course, and a member of the Virginia State Bar Standing Committee on Lawyer Discipline. Mr. Eicher has been named a “Super Lawyer” by Virginia Super Lawyers magazine and in 2001 was inducted as a Fellow in the Virginia Law Foundation.  In addition, Martindale Hubbell has rated Mr. Eicher an AV attorney, its highest rating available. 

Mr. Eicher has represented clients in cases in Virginia circuit courts throughout Virginia, the Virginia Supreme Court, federal district courts in the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, Bankruptcy Courts in the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has appeared as counsel pro hoc vice in the Probate Court of Sullivan County, Tennessee, federal district court in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He has appeared in federal district court and Virginia circuit courts as an expert witness on reasonableness of attorneys’ fees in attorneys’ fee award disputes.