Alpine district attorney seeks seat on bench

Alpine County District Attorney Will Richmond is a candidate for Alpine County Superior Court judge.

Richmond, who had served as a circuit prosecutor for Alpine County since 2000, was first appointed district attorney in 2003, and has been elected twice since then, in 2004 and 2006.

"The move to superior court judge is a natural step at this point in my career," he said. "I have 40 years experience in the courtroom to contribute to governing fair and even handed proceedings and achieving firm and clear results for all matters brought to the Alpine County court. Plus, I have a real sense of our community and my fellow Alpine County residents, where I have lived and worked and participated since first becoming district attorney."

Richmond is a graduate of Stanford University and Hastings College of the Law.

In addition to his two terms as Alpine County district attorney, his career has included three terms as the elected district attorney of Tulare County, periods of private practice in Visalia, Calif., and the San Francisco Bay Area, and prosecuting crimes as an assistant U.S. attorney and as a deputy district attorney in both Tulare and Santa Clara counties.

"My practice has always been courtroom related, whether it was during periods of public service or private practice. It has taken me to courtrooms in rural as well as metropolitan areas, at both appellate and trial levels, in federal as well as state courts, and on civil as well as criminal matters. If elected, I will bring this broad professional experience with me to the bench in Alpine County."

Richmond lives off the grid in Alpine County and has four grown children.

"Though they are now spread out from California to Montana to the Midwest to Maryland, the highlights of the year are my visits to them or their gatherings here, and the time with my grandchildren. I also enjoy skiing and hiking, tending to the demands of my home's energy independence, and participating in activities of the Alpine County Watershed Group, the 50 Plus Club, the Alpine County Historic Society, the chamber of commerce, Friends of the Library, and other organizations contributing to life in Alpine County."