Goodwin Counsel Richard M Wyner, from Washington DC, is a member of the firm’s Office of the General Counsel. Learn more about Richard.

Richard M. Wyner

Of Counsel
Richard M. Wyner
Washington, DC
+1 202 346 4244

Richard Wyner is Goodwin’s Deputy General Counsel. He was a partner of the firm from 2004-2021, specializing in complex litigation, and was a partner at Shea & Gardner from 1989 through its merger with Goodwin in 2004. From 1991 through 1992, he served as a Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Education under then-Secretary Lamar Alexander. At Harvard Law School, he was an Editor and Notes Office Chair on the Harvard Law Review.

Credentials

Education

JD1982

Harvard Law School

(magna cum laude)

BA1979

Harvard College

Clerkships

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Hon. Harrison L. Winter, Chief Judge

Admissions

Bars

  • District of Columbia

Courts

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia