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.