District Attorney Selected as Outstanding Citizen of the Year

The Lions Club of Livermore has selected Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley to be the “2015 Alameda County Outstanding Citizen Of The Year”.

She joins early recipient, Earl Warren, the District Attorney in 1926. He ultimately became an unprecedented three-term Governor of California and Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court.

Others include US Senate Majority Leader Bill Knowland (1948), University of California President Clark Kerr (1960), Herbert York, the first director of Lawrence Radiation Laboratories (1956), Thomas Caldecott of Caldecott Tunnel fame (1938), Chester Stanley (1954), after whom Stanley Blvd is named, and many other luminaries. These folks have been part of a process honoring Alameda County outstanding leaders each year since 1926.

The Tri-Valley Community Television Foundation and the Dublin Partners in Education Foundation have joined with the Lions Club to present the affair. They are assisting past recipient, Alameda County District 1 Supervisor, Scott Haggerty, in providing leadership and fiduciary consistency to the effort.

U.S. Congressman Eric M. Swalwell, Jr., will be a principal speaker to honor O’Malley. The new Bella Rosa Event Center of the award-winning Garré Vineyard & Winery at 7986 Tesla Road, Livermore, is the venue. A specialty chef-designed dinner of New York steak and Grilled Salmon Morel has been selected.

The event starts at 5:30 pm. on Saturday, January 24th. Tickets are on sale now and may be purchased by using the following web address: http://coty.tri-valleytv.org or by calling Dr. Marshall Kamena at 925.784.3448.

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors appointed Nancy E. O’Malley as District Attorney of Alameda County on September 18, 2009. She was sworn in as the County’s first female elected District Attorney on January 3, 2011.

Ms. O’Malley has been an attorney in the District Attorney’s office since 1984, and had held the position of Chief Assistant District Attorney since 1999. During her career in the office, Ms. O’Malley has served in many supervisory roles. She was the head of the Sexual Assault Unit, the leader of a Felony Trial Team as well as the Felony Preliminary Hearing Unit.

Additionally, she was the assistant team leader of the Law and Motion Department, and an Assistant Branch Head of the DA’s Office at the Wiley Manuel Courthouse in Oakland.

Nancy O’Malley was the President of the California Women Lawyers. In 2004, Ms. O’Malley was inducted into the Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame, Justice Category. In 1998, she was honored by the California Senate with the “Woman of the Year” award. It was granted for her leadership in ending Violence Against Women and for her legislative contributions.

Under Ms. O’Malley’s leadership and vision, Alameda County opened the Alameda County Family Justice Center, a one-stop shop for victims of family violence, sexual assault, elder abuse and child abuse. The ACFJC is a model throughout the nation.

--Information and photo via Tri-Valley Community Television Foundation

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