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Jun. 22, 2020

Telling the story

Nolan Barton & Olmos attorneys work as a team to explain their client's life to the jury.

Telling the story

Thomas J. Nolan still reflects on the case that molded his future law firm's character.

It was 1980 -- four years after the death penalty was reinstated in California and not long after he graduated from UC Davis School of Law and started what's now known as Nolan Barton & Olmos LLP.

He was appointed to represent Robert Anthony Nelson in a death penalty case in San Mateo.

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