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Richard Lowell Nygaard

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988

Richard Lowell Nygaard , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Richard Lowell Nygaard (born July 9, 1940) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Education

  • University of Southern CaliforniaB.S., 1969
  • University of Michigan Law SchoolJ.D., 1971

Career

U.S. Naval Reserve, 1958-1964; Private practice, North East, Pennsylvania, 1972-1980; Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Erie County [Pennsylvania], 1981-1988

Biography

Richard Lowell Nygaard (born July 9, 1940) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

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