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  • Virginia

  • College of William & Mary, School of Law, Virginia
    JD - 1976

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    BS - 1973

  • Virginia

  • College of William & Mary, School of Law, Virginia
    JD - 1976

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    BS - 1973

John W. Richardson is the newest member of our Real Estate Team, and brings with him years of valuable experience and depth of knowledge as a legal practitioner. Beyond his work as legal counsel with WRG, John continues to serve as a Commissioner of Accounts for the Circuit Court of the City of Virginia Beach.

  • American Bar Association

  • Past-President, Virginia Beach Bar Association

  • Virginia State Bar Council, Delegate, 1999-2005

  • Virginia Beach City Circuit Court, Commissioner of Accounts, 1992-present

  • Past-Chair, Virginia State Bar, Committee on Lawyer Discipline, 1992-1999

  • Virginia Beach City Circuit Court, Commissioner in Chancery, 1990 - 1998

  • Virginia Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad, Legal Advisor, 1988-1990

  • Selected as a Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers peer review, 2024.

  • Selected and listed as one of Virginia’s “Legal Elite” (Real Estate/Land Use), Virginia Business Magazine


  • Selected as one of Coastal Virginia Magazine’s, “Top Lawyers”

  • William & Mary Law Review

  • Virginia Beach Development Authority, 2006-present; Vice-Chair, 2009-2010; Chair, 2010 - present

  • Virginia Beach Foundation, Board of Directors, 2003-present

  • Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation; Board of Directors, 2001-present

  • Virginia Beach Vision; Board of Directors, 2000-present

  • TowneBank, Board of Directors, 1999 - present

  • Virginia Beach SPCA, Board of Directors, 1992-present, President, 1994-1996

  • Virginia Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad, EMT/Active Duty Member, 1991-2003

  • Virginia Beach RUSH Soccer, Youth Soccer Coach, 2009 - 2012

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