Richard Lowell Nygaard
 

Hon. Richard Lowell Nygaard
Firm: United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Address: 17 South Park Row, Suite B-230
Erie, PA 16501
Phone: (814) 464-9640
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Web site: http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/
Position Bar Admissions Education
Honors Affiliations
Current Employment Position(s):
U.S. Court of Appeals Judge (Senior)


Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania, 1972
Education:
The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1971
J.D.

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1969
B.S.
Honors: cum laude

Honors and Awards:
Faculty Letter of Merit Award, University of Southern California, 1969

Mayor's Certificate of Merit for Community Betterment Through Outstanding Judicial Performance, 1982

Recipient, Mayor Louis Tullio Celebrated Citizen Proclamation - Judge Nygaard Day in Erie, 1982

Community Service Award, Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1982

Erie County Grange Community Service Award of the Year, 1983

Multiple Sclerosis Society Award for Community Service, 1984

Life Member, NAACP

Central and Eastern Law Initiative

Professional Associations and Memberships:
Erie County Bar Association
Member

Pennsylvania Bar Association
Member

International Conference on Free Elections, 1982
Delegate

Past Employment Positions:
Court of Common Pleas, Sixth District of Pennsylvania, Erie, Judge, 1981 - 1988

Erie County, County Councilman, 1977 - 1981

Orton, Nygaard & Dunlevy, North East, Pennsylvania, Private Practice, 1972 - 1980

United States Naval Reserve, 1958 - 1964

Birth Information:
1940, Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States of America
Profile Last Updated:
5/19/2013
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