Robert Richter QC was appointed was admitted to practice as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria in 1970, was involved in the establishment of the Fitzroy Legal Service and the Aboriginal Legal Service in 1972 and appointed as a Queen’s Counsel in 1985.
He has been a member of the Victorian Bar Council 1975-6, 1998-9, Chairman of the Criminal Bar Association of Victoria 1986-89, a part-time Commissioner of the Law Reform Commission of Victoria 1989-1992, President of the Victorian Council for Civil Liberties (Liberty Victoria) 1994-6, was appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Victoria University in 2015 and since 2016 has been the Victorian President of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation.
Robert is in full time practice specialising in criminal law and associated fields as well as civil matters requiring strategic tactical and cross-examination skills.