Background
Sims, Richard P. was born on November 11, 1941 in Pasadena, California, United States.
Sims, Richard P. was born on November 11, 1941 in Pasadena, California, United States.
San Diego State College (Bachelor of Science, 1965). Columbia University (Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1968).
Worked at Rutan & Tucker, LLP (Costa Mesa, California) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Municipal Law, Real Estate, Corporate, Securities, Employment and Labor Relations (Management and Public Sector), Taxation, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate, Environmental and Land Use Law, Municipal Finance, Water Rights, Education Law, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights. Admitted to the bar, 1969, California.
Phi Alpha Delta. Co-Author: "California Real Property Sales Transactions," California Continuing Education for the Bar Book, 1981. Member: The State Bar of California. Firm founder, Alexander Rutan, began practicing law in Orange County in 1906.
In 1936 he formed the firm of Rutan & Tucker with former Utah Superior Court Judge James B. Tucker. Today, with more than 100 attorneys, Rutan & Tucker is the largest Orange County, California based law firm. The Firm's practice extends throughout the United States and includes both the representation of foreign companies doing business in the United States and domestic companies engaged in activities abroad.
Member: The State Bar of California.