Nancy O'Malley
Nancy O'Malley is an American attorney who served as the 29th district attorney of Alameda County from 2009 to 2023.
Biography
O’Malley graduated from Carondelet High School in 1971.O'Malley was appointed Alameda County district attorney in 2009 by the Board of Supervisors when her predecessor, Tom Orloff, retired. She ran unopposed in 2010 and 2014.
In November 2017, O'Malley investigated a high-profile shooting of a pregnant teenager by Fremont police officers. While investigating the case, she accepted a $10,000 contribution from the Fremont police union, which was the largest single contribution that she had at that point received from a police union. One of the police officers who shot the teenager was the president of the Fremont police union. She later cleared the Fremont police officers, including the union president, of any wrongdoing in the shooting.
On June 13, 2019, just after the Toronto Raptors clinched the NBA title over the Golden State Warriors, Raptors President Masai Ujiri was allegedly involved in an altercation with an Alameda County sheriff's deputy. The sheriff's office was expected to file reports with the district attorney's office. If filed, O'Malley would decide whether to bring charges against Ujiri. The investigation ended on September 21. Following a private meeting on October 21, 2019, with Ujiri, his attorneys and Assistant District Attorney Terry Wiley, which was held at the sheriff's department, Assistant District Attorney Teresa Drenick wrote in an email to The Toronto Star that the district attorney's office would not be "taking any further action". O’Malley did not charge the sheriff deputy who was proven to have lied in sworn reports.