Background
CATES, RICHARD was born in 1925 in New York, New York, United States.
CATES, RICHARD was born in 1925 in New York, New York, United States.
Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, 1947). University of Wisconsin (Bachelor of Laws, 1951). Order of the Coif. Lecturer on Negligence Law, 1962, Trial Courses, 1958-1977 and Evidence, 1979-1981, University of Wisconsin.
Deputy District Attorney, Dane County, 1957-1959.
Born in New York City, Cates served in the United States Marine Corps during World World War II and the Korean War. Cates served as a Dane County, Wisconsin assistant district attorney. He then served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1959 and 1960 and later on the Madison, Wisconsin school board.
In 1973, Cates served as one of the lawyers on the House Judiciary Committee concerning the impeachment of President Richard Nixon because of the Watergate scandal.
Wisconsin Legislature, 1960-1961. Board of Visitors, University of Wisconsin, 1965-1973. Madison School Board, 1966-1967.
Senior Associate Special Counsel Impeachment Inquiry House Judiciary Committee, 1973 Member: Dane County Bar Association.
State Bar of Wisconsin (Member, Medical Malpractice Committee, 1975-1977).