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Richard M. Sims, Jr. (c. 1910 – November 9, 1985) was an Associate Justice of the California First District Court of Appeal, Division One from 1940 to 1978 and the District Attorney of Marin County from 1950 to 1953. Born in Berkeley, California, Sims attended Stanford University, where he received his bachelor's degree and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He went on to obtain his law degree from Harvard Law School.〔〔 After law school, Sims joined the law firm of Knight, Boland & Reardon in San Francisco. He left the firm to enter the United States Navy during World War II. After leaving the Navy as a lieutenant commander, Sims moved to Marin County, where he became Assistant County Counsel and eventually became County Counsel.〔〔 Sims was elected District Attorney of Marin County in 1950. He left that post in 1953 having been elected a Judge of the Marin Municipal Court in 1952. He occupied that office until he was appointed a Judge of the in 1960 by Governor Pat Brown. In 1964, Brown appointed Sims as an Associate Justice of the California First District Court of Appeal, Division One, a position he held until 1978.〔〔 His son, Richard M. Sims III, was appointed to the in 1980 and to the Third District Court of Appeal in 1982, receiving both appointments from Governor Jerry Brown (whose father was Pat Brown, the governor who had appointed the elder Sims to the Marin County Superior Court and to the First District Court of Appeal).〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard M. Sims, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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