1933
Born to Louis Jacquelyn Richards and Inez Vivian (Richardson) Hall in Monrovia, CA.
1948
Serves in the U.S. Army as a sergeant and major through 1967.
1956
Receives an Engineering Award from General Electric.
1957
Earns a Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, from Lafayette College; Receives the Wesley S. Mittman Bible Prize.
1963
Achieves a Master of Science from Purdue University.
1967
Receives a Decorated Army Commendation Medal.
1967
Serves Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as a computational physicist turned assistant laboratory counsel through 1993.
1976
Obtains a JD from Golden Gate Univ. and is admitted to the State Bar of CA; Is an attorney in sole practice in Livermore, CA until 1978.
1977
Serves the Housing Authority of the City of Livermore, CA as commissioner, vice chairman and chairman through 1979.
1978
Serves the Eastern Alameda County Bar Association as secretary, board member and chair of the Lawyers Referral Committee through 1993.
1980
Serves as president of Housing Choices, Inc. until 1984; Is a policy advisor for the Fed. Lab. Consortium for Tech. Transfer until 1988.
1983
Is a panelist and delegate at the White House Conf. on Productivity; Is a board member for Valley Volunteer Center in Pleasanton, CA.
1984
Serves as president of the board of directors for the Valley Volunteer Center in Pleasanton, CA until 1986.
1986
Marries Mary Lou Richards on December 27.
1994
Is an attorney in sole practice in Oceanside, CA until 1997.
1998
Is a staff attorney for Contra Costa Senior Legal Services until 2014, serving as a board member since 2009.
1998
Is named emeritus attorney and a pro bono participant with the State Bar of CA; Teaches construction law at Controllers State License Schools.
2003
Publishes “Jimmy;” Is a member of the Board Administration of Appeals for the City of Antioch, CA until 2005.
2005
Serves the Contra Costa County Advis. Council on Aging as a member, secretary, first vice president and president, continuing in the latter.
2010
Is named Pro Bono Attorney of the Year by the Contra Costa County Bar Association; Is elected a member of the CA Senior Assembly.