JAMES EICHNER

EICHNER, James A., retired Richmond lawyer and former Times-Dispatch reporter, died late Saturday night, November 20, 2010. He was 82 years old. Mr. Eichner was a former senior assistant city attorney and lawyer in private practice specializing in trial and appellate litigation. He was a former member of the executive committee of the Richmond Bar Association, of the Board of Governors of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, and a former adjunct associate professor of law at the University of Richmond. Mr. Eichner was a Lt. Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He also wrote several books about American history and government. He was an active member of his church and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, the READ Center and other groups in the community. Mr. Eichner was a native of Geneseo, New York; he was a 1949 graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and a graduate of the University of Richmond Law School. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Dorothy Wade Eichner, also a native of Geneseo, New York; two daughters, Katharine E. Stewart of New York City, and the Rev. Patricia E. Mouer of Asheville, North Carolina; a son, Richard A. Eichner of Alexandria, Virginia; and seven grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 6000 Grove Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23226 or the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 1400 K St. N.W., Suite 725, Washington, D.C. 20005. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, November 23, 2010, 11 a.m. at Saint Stephen's Church. The burial will be later in Geneseo, New York.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.