
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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