Joseph P. Nichols

Joseph P. Nichols was born in Norwood, New York. He was admitted to the bar in 1983. He was a former member of the Library Board in Malone, a Committee Chairperson for Troop 61 Boy Scouts, and a Finance Committee member of the Diocese of Ogdensburg and Past President of the Franklin County Bar Association. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the New York Trial Lawyers Association, Franklin County Bar Association and St. Lawrence County Bar Association.
Joseph Nichols, who practices law in Malone, New York, and serves St. Lawrence, Franklin and Clinton County was selected to Super Lawyers for 2015 – 2021. This peer designation is awarded only to a select number of accomplished attorneys in each state. The Super Lawyers selection process takes into account peer recognition, professional achievement in legal practice, and other cogent factors.
Education
- Union University Albany Law School
Degree: J.D. – 1982
Admission to Practice: New York State
Year: 1983
- Niagara University
Major: History
Degree: Bachelor of Arts, History
Year: 1979
Summa Cum Laude
Courts of Practice
- All Courts of New York State
- United States District Court –
(Northern District and Western District) - United States Court of Federal Claims
- Supreme Court of the United States of America
Legal Experience
May 1983 – present
Poissant, Nichols, Grue, Vanier & Babbie, P.C.
367 West Main Street
Malone, New York 12953
518-483-1440
Position:
Associate 1983-1987
Partner 1987 to present
Practice:
General Practice with emphasis on litigation
1989-1990