Background
Carpenter, Richard Norris was born on February 14, 1937 in Cortland, New York, United States. Son of Robert P. and Sylvia (Norris) Carpenter.
Carpenter, Richard Norris was born on February 14, 1937 in Cortland, New York, United States. Son of Robert P. and Sylvia (Norris) Carpenter.
Syracuse University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1958). Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, 1962). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi.
Pi Sigma Alpha.
Rotary Foundation Fellow at the University of the Panjab, Lahore, Pakistan, 1959-1960. Special Assistant Attorney General, 1963-1974. Member, Interstate Mining Compact Advisory Board, since 1982.
Worked at Carpenter & Nixon, Limited liability partnership (Santa Fe, New Mexico) specializing in Litigation, Water Law, Utility Law, Natural Resources Law, Environmental Law, Legislative Law, Corporation Law, Real Estate Law, and Probate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1962, New New York 1963, New Mexico; United States.
Court of Appeals, Tenth and District of Columbia Circuits.
United States. Supreme Court. United States. District Court, District of New Mexico.
United States. District Court, Northern District of New New York
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Pi Sigma Alpha. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America (Natural Resources and Public Utilities).
Who"s Who in American Law. Rotary Foundation Fellow at the University of the Panjab, Pakistan, 1959-1960.
Member, Interstate Mining Compact Advisory Board, 1982-1987.
Member: State Bar of New Mexico. Former lead partners of the Bigbee firm, the firm provides legal services to corporate, governmental and individual clients, outsourcing and associating additional resources as may be required to meet a client"s specific needs.
Member of advisory board Interstate Mining Compact, New Mexico, 1981-1988. Elder 1st Presbyterian Church, Santa Fe, 1978-1980, 86-89, trustee, 1975-1977, president, 1977;board directors Santa Fe Community Council, 1965-1967, St. Vincent Hospital Foundation, Santa Fe, 1980-1984. Trustee Santa Fe Preparatory School, 1981-1984, president, 1982-1984.
Trustee St. Vincent Hospital, 1980-1986, 87-, chairman 1985-1986, 90-93,98-. Board directors Santa Fe Young Men’s Christian Association, 1964-1969, president, 1969. Trustee Santa FePrep.
Permanent Endowment Fund., 1987-1990. Member American Bar Association, New Mexico Bar Association, 1st Judicial Bar assosiation, New York State Bar Association Beta Kappa, Pi Sigma Alpha, Phi Beta Phi.
Married Elizabeth Bigbee, August 1961 (divorced June 1975). 1 child, Andrew Norris. Married Leslie Nordby, July, 1991.