
Alameda County (Alameda) Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed as an Alameda County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2015; commissioner, Alameda County Superior Court, 2002-15; attorney, private practice, 1998-2002; partner, Quaresma, Benya, Hall, Connich, O'Hara and Nixon, 1989-98; associate, Quaresma, Benya, Hall and Haun, 1984-89
Law School: Santa Clara University School of Law, 1984
Career Highlights: Appointed as an Alameda County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2015; commissioner, Alameda County Superior Court, 2002-15; attorney, private practice, 1998-2002; partner, Quaresma, Benya, Hall, Connich, O'Hara and Nixon, 1989-98; associate, Quaresma, Benya, Hall and Haun, 1984-89
Law School: Santa Clara University School of Law, 1984
By Phil Johnson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
ALAMEDA - Every Saturday at 7 a.m., Alameda County Commissioner Thomas J. Nixon's
phone rings. For the last 30 years, the voice on the other end has been that of his
father, Marvin Nixon.
The father and son chat for an hour or so. Sometimes Marvin tells his son about a
golf course he played recently. Sometimes Thomas tells his dad about a round he shot
under 80.
The call is part of the punctu... (continued)