Harlan Mickey "Mike" Richter

Mike Richter was helpful to me as a beginning lawyer, and solicited recommendations from me on behalf of my students when I became a law professor. He was a wonderful friend and mentor.

Mike was a wonderful teacher and mentor. Here's a memory from my first summer at Pillsbury. "Mike had a trial in San Jose on behalf of the owner of an apartment complex that was suing a contractor because a balcony railing had failed injuring a tenant. Analysis had disclosed that the contractor had used watered-down concrete. Every morning Mike would pick me up on a street corner and we would drive down to San Jose for the trial in Superior Court. I sat in the audience and could only...

What a lose to all that knew him. A great father, husband an friend. We have lost one of the most wise and humble, brilliant and kind men in this world. Libby Repplier

Our sincerest condolences to all of the family. We have wonderful memories of our outdoor adventures with Mike and Ann - canoeing the Missouri, being blown away in tents in the Mohave. Our paths have crossed fewer times in recent years, but Mike kept us smiling with his plentiful jokes online. We've stopped by and had lunch from time to time but its never quite enough. We will miss him. as our David said "he was a good guy."