Nancy O'Malley for Alameda County District Attorney
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BEATING CANCER SHAPED CAREER PATH FOR ALAMEDA COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
By Paul T. Rosynsky, Oakland Tribune (via FJCA)
January 3, 2010
OAKLAND — A year after graduating from college, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley was diagnosed with lymphoma, sparking a battle that taught her lessons she continues to employ today.
O'Malley, 56, defeated the illness with a year's worth of chemotherapy, but the lessons she learned through the ordeal — and those that were instilled in her as one of nine children of longtime Contra Costa County District Attorney Bill O'Malley — changed the way she viewed life.
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O'MALLEY LOOKS TO MAINTAIN "SUPERIOR TRADITION"
AT ALAMEDA COUNTY DA OFFICE
By John Grennan, OaklandNorth.net
October 26, 2009
During a recent morning at the Alameda County Supreme Court building in Oakland, lawyers with arms full of legal briefs raced in and out of the District Attorney’s office on the top floor. These members of the county’s legal team were busy preparing court cases dealing with everything from the BART station shooting of Oscar Grant to white-collar crime and street-corner drug deals. Decisions made here directly affect the safety and security of the more than 1.4 million people living in a county that includes Oakland, Berkeley and Fremont.
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MONDAY PROFILE: DISTRICT ATTORNEY NANCY O'MALLEY
By Michele Ellson, The Island
October 12, 2009
On September 15, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors appointed Alamedan Nancy O’Malley to fill the remainder of longtime District Attorney Tom Orloff’s term, making her the first woman DA in the county’s history.
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BART SHOOTING CASE A TRIAL BY FIRE FOR NEW D.A.
By Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross, San Francisco Chronicle
May 19, 2010
The upcoming murder trial of ex-BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle promises to be quite a high-wire act for Alameda County's new district attorney, Nancy O'Malley.
O'Malley's crew began setting up shop this week in an L.A. hotel in advance of jury selection, which is scheduled to begin June 1.
Having inherited the politically explosive case from her former boss, ex-D.A. Tom Orloff, O'Malley is not shying away. In fact, she plans to be on hand in Los Angeles for the opening statements.
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OAKLAND FIGHTS SEX TRAFFICKING
By Angela Woodall, Oakland Tribune
April 3, 2010
OAKLAND — On any given night on International Boulevard, workers from the Victory Outreach Oakland church encounter more than a dozen victims who have been forced into prostitution. Many are victims of sex traffickers. A disturbing number are teenagers as young as 13.
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LAWYER ACCUSED IN BAY AREA FRAUD SCHEME SURRENDERS
CBS5
March 30, 2010
OAKLAND -- Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said Tuesday that Los Angeles attorney Susana Ragos Chung surrendered on an arrest warrant for her alleged role in a widespread automobile insurance fraud scheme in the Bay Area.
O'Malley said Chung has been charged with 28 felony offenses following a long investigation known as "Phantom Menace" that was conducted jointly by the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, the fraud division of the California Department of Insurance and the California Highway Patrol.
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COMMUNITY POLICING: WHO ARE OAKLAND’S ADVOCATES AND
DOES THE CITY COUNCIL GET IT?
By Mike Ferro, OaklandLocal.com
March 25, 2010
MOBN! members should be aware that we have another progressive leader in Oakland with regard to our public safety: Nancy O'Malley Alameda County District Attorney. Like Chief Batts, O’Malley is extremely-well informed, progressive, efficient, knows what she is doing and has strong leadership qualities. Also like Batts, she is articulate and accessible.
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O’MALLEY WILL RETAIN POST AS ALAMEDA COUNTY’S DISTRICT ATTORNEY
By Jeff Shuttleworth, Bay City News
March 13, 2010
Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley was assured of another four years in office today when no one filed papers to challenge her in the June 8 election.
A group of about 30 prosecutors from her office who joined her at the Registrar of Voters office in the basement of the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse cheered O'Malley when the 5 p.m. filing deadline passed.
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O’MALLEY OFFICIALLY ENTERS RACE FOR ALAMEDA COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
By Paul Rosynsky, Oakland Tribune
March 8, 2010
OAKLAND -- Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley officially filed papers today to become a candidate for the seat she was appointed to six months ago.
O'Malley, 56, who declared her candidacy on the day she was appointed, said in a statement she is running because of her commitment "to the pursuit of justice."
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WITH FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER, COUNTY IMPLEMENTS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
By John Grennan, OaklandNorth.net
December 28, 2009
On the first Friday of every month, people in Department 4 of the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse testify about bruised faces and broken bones. Judges in the downtown Oakland courthouse often hear stories of violence, but these are different. In each case, the victim and aggressor were in a romantic relationship.
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ALAMEDA COUNTY’S NO.2 PROSECUTOR GETS TOP JOB
By Henry K. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle
September 16, 2009
OAKLAND -- The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to appoint outgoing District Attorney Tom Orloff's second-in-command to lead the office pending an election next year.
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CWL PRESIDENT NANCY O’MALLEY NAMED FIRST WOMAN
DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF ALAMEDA COUNTY
CWL.org
September 15, 2009
On September 15, 2009, CWL President Nancy E. O’Malley was appointed the District Attorney for Alameda County. Ms. O'Malley is the first woman to serve in this position. Prior to her appointment, since 1999, Ms. O'Malley has served as the Chief Assistant District Attorney for Alameda County.
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PERATA CARJACKER GETS 18-PLUS YEARS IN PRISON
By Henry K. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle
August 13, 2009
OAKLAND -- A defendant in the Oakland carjacking of former state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata has been sentenced to more than 18 years in prison, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
Ryan McGough, 29, was one of two men who carjacked Perata on Dec. 29, 2007. Ten days later, the other carjacker, Jared Adams, robbed a gas station during which he fired shots. One of the bullets paralyzed a 10-year-old boy as he practiced the piano at a music school across the street.
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PARALYZED BOY TO GUNMAN: ‘I FORGIVE YOU’
By Demian Bulwa, San Francisco Chronicle
June 17, 2009
OAKLAND -- The 12-year-old boy paralyzed by a robber's stray bullet as he was taking a piano lesson in Oakland last year had a message for the gunman Tuesday:
"I forgive you."
Christopher Rodriguez delivered his words after rolling in his wheelchair to the front of the Oakland courtroom where Jared Adams, 26, had just been sentenced to 70 years to life in prison. Then he shook the convicted man's hand.
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ONE STOP SHOPPING: PUTTING AND END TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Oakland Magazine
June 2006
LaToya (not her real name) is bipolar, has lost custody of her daughters and lives in a domestic violence shelter. She was recently hospitalized after her partner attacked her. It wasn't the first time he abused her--he has repeatedly physically and sexually assaulted LaToya.
"Why do I continue to choose men who abuse me? I want to be at peace," she says in a spring interview at the Alameda County Family Justice Center. "This situation has made me get serious about life."
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CHRONICLE WATCH RESULTS: WORKING FOR A BETTER BAY AREA
By Suzanne Pullen, San Francisco Chronicle
October 4, 2005
Volunteers help Alameda County victims: More than two dozen ChronicleWatch readers answered last month's call to help victims of violence at Alameda County's new Family Justice Center.
Nancy O'Malley, chief assistant district attorney for the county, said 27 volunteers signed up after reading about the pilot program that is designed to streamline aid to victims of domestic, sexual and child abuse.
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THIS INFLUENTIAL EAST BAY FAMILY BOASTS JUDGES AND LAWYERS
IN ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA
By Sonia Giordani, The Recorder
April 28, 2000
It’s one thing to have a pair of prosecutors for parents. Now, Jake O’Malley, 5, and his 3-year-old brother, John, are entering their pleas for toys and negotiating lighter bedtime sentences with two Contra Costa Superior Court judges.
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