2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 241
Celebrating the life of Richard Edelin Crouch.
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 9, 2026
Agreed to by the Senate, March 11, 2026
WHEREAS, Richard Edelin Crouch, a distinguished attorney in Northern Virginia who made transformational contributions to the practice of inter-state and international family law, died on December 24, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Richard Crouch grew up in Arlington, where he graduated from what is now Washington-Liberty High School, then earned a bachelor's degree and a law degree from The College of William & Mary; and
WHEREAS, Richard Crouch served the nation as an attorney in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, then returned to Arlington and worked as a legal writer and editor for the legal publisher BNA, while also practicing law in Virginia; and
WHEREAS, over the course of his career, Richard Crouch was admitted to try cases before the U.S. Court of Military Appeals, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and the U.S. Supreme Court; and
WHEREAS, Richard Crouch ultimately served in the firm Crouch & Crouch with his son, John, until his retirement in 2018; and