Richard Maury Sims Jr. (September 20, 1910 – November 19, 1985)[1] was an American judge who was Associate Justice of the California First District Court of Appeal, Division One from 1940 to 1978 and the District Attorney of Marin County from 1950 to 1953.
[2][3] Born in Berkeley, California, Sims attended Stanford University, where he received his bachelor's degree and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa society.
He left the firm to enter the United States Navy during World War II.
He occupied that office until he was appointed a Judge of the Marin County Superior Court in 1960 by Governor Pat Brown.
In 1964, Brown appointed Sims as an Associate Justice of the California First District Court of Appeal, Division One, a position he held until 1978.