Former Judge Ursula Jones Dickson Appointed District Attorney of Alameda County
February 18, 2025 Oakland, CA - Today, Ursula Jones Dickson was appointed as the new District Attorney of Alameda County. Ms. Jones Dickson was sworn into office by California Appeals Court Judge Charles Smiley before a large gathering of her family, friends, and supporters in the Chamber of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. The audience was also filled with many past and current members of the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson began her legal career in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, where she was hired by then-District Attorney Thomas J. Orloff. She served as a Deputy District Attorney from 1998 to 2013 before Governor Jerry Brown appointed her to the bench at the Alameda County Superior Court, where she has served for the past 12 years. “The job is the job. We need to do the job of…