Candidate for
Judge of the Superior Court; County of Riverside; Office 12

Richard T. Nixon is a retired Riverside County Deputy District Attorney with a part-time law practice located in Temecula. Nixon honorably served the people of Riverside County for 18 years, successfully prosecuting numerous types of criminal cases including career "Three Strikes" offenders, gang members and drug dealers.

Nixon was also an expert prosecutor for the County in the area of environmental crimes, successfully prosecuting companies that were polluting the land, air and water of our communities.

Born and raised in New York, Richard Nixon moved to California after earning his Bachelor's Degree from the State University of New York. Working in the banking industry in the early 1980's, Nixon developed an interest in the law and decided to go to law school. He earned his law degree from Western State University College of Law in 1986 and began practicing law shortly thereafter.

In 1988, Richard Nixon became a prosecutor for the Riverside County District Attorney's Office.

As a Deputy District Attorney, Richard Nixon brought Riverside County's Drug Court to national prominence. His work was featured on the CBS news program "48 Hours."

Nixon also developed Riverside County's environmental crime prosecution program. He successfully prosecuted developers and contractors for dumping hazardous waste on the Morongo and Soboba Reservations.

From 1992 to 1994, working with the United States Department of Justice Nixon was assigned to the American Prosecutors Research Institute to develop a national center to support local environmental crime enforcement throughout the United States.

During that time he was called to testify before the United States House of Representatives regarding illegal hazardous waste dumping in Riverside County and throughout the United States. Nixon also trained other attorneys in the prosecution of environmental crimes for the California District Attorneys Association, the National College of District Attorneys, and the University of California, Riverside.

In 2006, Richard Nixon retired from the Riverside County District Attorney's Office. Today he has a small part-time private practice which is focused on criminal and juvenile dependency cases. He also volunteers his legal services to the less fortunate members of the community.

Richard Nixon has been married 29 years to his wife Maureen who is a school teacher. The couple has two children who are in college.