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Frederick Mortimer Nicholas (May 30, 1920 – June 28, 2025) was an American lawyer specializing in
real estate development Real estate development, or property development, is a business process, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw Real Estate, land and the sale of developed land or parce ...
and
lease A lease is a contractual arrangement calling for the user (referred to as the ''lessee'') to pay the owner (referred to as the ''lessor'') for the use of an asset. Property, buildings and vehicles are common assets that are leased. Industrial ...
s. He was known as "Mr. Downtown Culture" for his role in building the
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) is a contemporary art museum with two locations in greater Los Angeles, California. The main branch is located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, near the Walt Disney Concert Hall. MOCA's ori ...
, the Geffen Contemporary, the
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and for the founding of
Public Counsel Public Counsel is the largest provider of pro bono legal services in the United States. Initially called the Beverly Hills Bar Association Law Foundation, it was the first bar-sponsored public interest law firm in the United States. Background ...
, the largest pro-bono law firm in the nation. He died on June 28, 2025, at age 105.


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The Frederick M. Nicholas Archive
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholas, Frederick M. 1920 births 2025 deaths 20th-century American lawyers University of Southern California alumni American businesspeople in real estate American men centenarians United States Army officers United States Army personnel of World War II