Rolanda Pierre Dixon

ALF National Representative

Rolanda Pierre Dixon is the retired Assistant District Attorney for Santa Clara County. She also served as the county’s expert on domestic violence and as Human Trafficking liaison for the District Attorney’s office.

Ms. Pierre Dixon is a graduate of San Jose State University with a BA degree in Political Science. She received her JD from the University of Santa Clara in 1980. She has handled all types of criminal prosecutions; including drunk driving, assault and battery, child abuse, robbery, juvenile, narcotics and domestic violence.

She established the first domestic violence unit in Santa Clara County in 1991 and was the supervisor of the unit until January 2006 when she was promoted to Assistant District Attorney. She also supervised the Family Violence Unit which includes domestic violence, child abuse, physical elder abuse and child abduction. In this capacity the unit members prosecuted over 5,000 domestic violence cases per year and were considered to be one of the premiere units in California.

She also supervised the Dependency Unit, Burglary Assault Unit and Narcotics Team, as well as the Narcotics, Burglary/Assault, Victim Restitution, Victim Witness and Dependency Units. She chaired the Domestic Violence Death Review Team beginning with its inception in 1994.