Richard W. Nichols

Conflict, Mediation
555 Capitol Mall, 9th Floor
Sacramento, California 95814


Conflict

Admitted

1962, California; 1968, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law, LL.B., 1961

Law School Graduation Year

1961

College

Stanford University, B.A., 1958

Memberships

Sacramento County, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California.

Biographical

Law Clerk to the Hon. Sherrill Halbert, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, Northern Division, 1961-1963. Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1968-1974 and Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1974-1978, Eastern District of California. Lawyer Delegate, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1979-1981, 1983-1985. Member, Advisory Committee on Local Rules, Eastern District of California, 1981-2003. Chairman, 1991-1995 and Member, 1997, Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group, Eastern District of California. Member, Judicial Advisory Committee, Eastern District of California, 1998-2003.

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