Board of Trustees Biographies

Robert E. Richardson, Jr. is an attorney with Cook, Portune & Logothetis.  Mr. Richardson's practice areas include labor and employment, products liability litigation and general litigation.

Mr. Richardson received both his BSE in electrical engineering and his J.D. from the University of Cincinnati.  While at the University of Cincinnati he established the first college chapter of the NAACP in the Tristate and was elected Student Body President in the spring of 2001.  In 2002, Mr. Richardson was awarded the UC Presidential Leadership Medal of Excellence.

Mr. Richardson made history by being the youngest person ever to be appointed to serve on the Board of Trustees at the University of Cincinnati. Mr. Richardson currently serves on several others boards which include the Cincinnati Branch of the NAACP, the Central Park YMCA and the Cincinnati Park Board.  Mr. Richardson also serves as co-chair for the political advocacy committee of Agenda 360.