Phil Nicholas

Phil Nicholas
President of the Wyoming Senate
In office
January 13, 2015 – January 10, 2017
Preceded byTony Ross
Succeeded byEli Bebout
Member of the Wyoming Senate
from the 10th district
In office
January 2005 – January 2017
Preceded byIrene Devin
Succeeded byGlenn Moniz
Personal details
Born (1955-03-16) March 16, 1955 (age 69)
Lander, Wyoming, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materOregon State University
University of Wyoming

Philip Nicholas (born March 16, 1955) is a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate for the 10th district, encompassing Albany County.[1][2][3]

Biography

Nicholas was born in Lander in Fremont County in central Wyoming.[1][2] He graduated from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, with a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. He received a Juris Doctor from the University of Wyoming College of Law.[1][2][3] He works as an attorney for the law firm Nicholas & Tangeman, LLC in Laramie.[1][2][3][4]

He served as a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1997 to 2004.[1][2][3][5] Since 2005, he has served as a member of the Wyoming Senate.[1][2][3][4] From 2011-2012 he was the Senate Vice President.[6] From 2013-2014, he served as the Senate Majority Floor Leader.[6] From 2015-2016, Senator Nicholas was President of the Senate.[6] Nicholas did not run for re-election to the State Senate in 2016.[7]

He is a member of the Laramie Rotary Club, Co-Chairman of the Laramie Beautification Committee, and an Ex-Officio Member of the Laramie Chamber Business Alliance (formerly the Laramie Economic Development Corporation).[6]

He is married with four children.[1][2] He is a Roman Catholic.[1][2]

His younger brother, Bob Nicholas, is a member of the Wyoming House from District 8 in Cheyenne.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Legislature biography
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "SENATE DISTRICT 10 MEMBER - Phil Nicholas". legisweb.state.wy.us.
  3. ^ a b c d e Law firm biography Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b "Wyoming state bar event".
  5. ^ "Wyoming GOP legislature". Archived from the original on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  6. ^ a b c d "Senator Phil Nicholas". Wyoming Legislature. Archived from the original on August 28, 2009.
  7. ^ Funk, Joel (April 8, 2016). "Phil Nicholas to retire from politics". Laramie Boomerang.