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Michelle Paradise
Assistant District Attorney, County of Riverside
44.0% in JuneTrellis court record
Riverside Assistant DA and county public safety executive; self-reports 100+ jury trials. Her ballot designation was challenged, and she is named in a pending, unproven discrimination suit.
On your ballot. Riverside County Superior Court, Office No. 10. Choose one: Michelle Paradise or Andrea Garcia.
Qualifications
Ballot designation. Assistant District Attorney, County of Riverside
Outside rating. No bar association rating found for this race.
Background. Joined the Riverside DA's office in 1997; line prosecutor, chief deputy DA, then Assistant DA; Assistant County Executive Officer for Public Safety from 2023. Self-reports 100+ jury trials.
Conduct
A voter petition challenged her ballot designation in March 2026; the court docket does not show the outcome, and her November designation differs from June's. She is also a named defendant, with the county, in a pending disability discrimination lawsuit by an employee; the allegations are unproven.
Endorsements
DA Mike Hestrin. Self-reported: Presiding Judge Jacqueline Jackson, Sheriff Chad Bianco, retiring Judge Harold Hopp.
Court records
Trellis attorney record · civil cases only
Appears as prosecutor in two Riverside criminal cases (2013, 2016) and as a party in the ballot designation challenge and the employment suit. No civil cases as counsel.
Covers civil state trial court records. Criminal cases are a known blind spot, so an empty or short record usually reflects a criminal practice, not a lack of experience.
Sources: NBC Palm SpringsIE Law News
Others on the same ballot
- Andrea GarciaSan Bernardino County deputy public defender; formerly Riverside County's first in-house immigration specialist and ran her own immigration practice. No controversies found.