Boswell, H. James, "American Blue Book Western Washington," Seattle, Lowman and Hanford Co., 1922. p. 30. RICHARDS, N.C.: One of the leading and most successful attorneys in the Northwest, is N. C. Richards, of Yakima. Mr Richards was born in Michigan in 1865, and was educated in Hillsdale College, in southern Michigan. He was granted admission to the bar in Illinois in 1888, and to the bar of Washington the year following, and began the practice of law in Tacoma: later he moved to Yakima to develop electric transportation in the Yakima valley for the Union Pacific Railway system. In 1914 he organized the firm of Richards, Fontaine & Gilvert, as it exists today. In 1904 Mr. Richards served as delegate to the Republican National Convention for the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt and in 1920 as delegate to the Republican National Convention that nominated Harding for the presidency. In 1918 he was president of the Washington State Bar association. Mr Richards belongs to the modern school of lawyers, who represent business interest with a view, whenever possible, of keeping clients out of costly litigation, but when he has to fight he believes in fighting hard and his court work is at all times thorough and convincing . A man of pleasing personaltiy and unswerving loyalty to his associates, Mr. Richards has cultivated and retained friendships as few men can. In 1900 he married Miss Maidie L. Rinker. He is a member of the Elks, Shrubem Commercial club, and county, state and national bar associations. He is also a thirty-second degree Mason. Submitted by: Judy Bivens * * * * Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Washington Biographies Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biographies.