A deputy district attorney has accused DA Ursula Jones Dickson and other senior attorneys in the DA’s office of retaliating against her after she tried to alert them to what she describes as ethical breaches and violations of the law.
In a 42-page whistleblower complaint filed with the county in February, Deputy District Attorney Alexandra Grayner claims there was a serious conflict of interest between the DA’s office and the Alameda County Civil Grand Jury that wasn’t properly addressed in 2021 and 2022, the period immediately preceding her hire. According to Grayner, the DA’s office should have recused itself from its traditional role advising the grand jury because the jury was simultaneously looking into wrongdoing by then-DA Nancy O’Malley and her staff.
Grayner claims in the complaint that the conflict of interest was so stressful that it contributed to the death of the grand jury’s legal advisor, a deputy DA, by suicide in late 2021…