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bruce nickerson in august 2007 border lawyer 21 june 1941 brucenickerson.jpg bruce william nickerson
 bruce william nickerson stanford university and golden gate university
bruce william nickerson

bruce william nickerson -lrb- born june 21 , 1941 -rrb- is a civil rights and gay rights attorney in california .
he is also a leading authority on lewd conduct law in the united states .
he currently operates a solo legal practice in san carlos , california .
nickerson is recognized as having `` made a sort of mini-career out of defending these cases '' on lewd conduct and police sting operations targeting gay men .
openly gay himself , he has argued in front of the california supreme court and u.s. federal circuit courts regarding civil rights issues affecting gay people .
in the late 2000s , he was interviewed by bill o'reilly on fox news regarding a series of cases which he had been arguing on behalf of several hundred defendants related to a sting operation targeting gay men in fresno , california .
