Michelle Paradise

Candidate for Superior Court Judge, Riverside County, Office No. 10

Michelle Paradise is running for judge. Her race is Riverside County Superior Court. It is Office No. 10. She advanced from the June 2, 2026 primary. She moves to the November 3, 2026 general election. The race is nonpartisan. She is not a sitting judge. Paradise worked as a prosecutor. She was at an office. It was the Riverside County District Attorney's Office. She held that job for more than 25 years. She handled several kinds of cases. These included child-molestation and murder. They also included other serious felonies. She took more than 100 cases to jury trial. These were serious and violent felony cases. She also handled more than a dozen civil jury trials. She now serves as Assistant County Executive Officer. This is for Riverside County. In this role, she oversees a portfolio. It covers public safety. That portfolio includes several agencies. These are the Sheriff's Department and the District Attorney's Office. They also include the Public Defender's Office. It also includes Probation, Fire, and Emergency Management. Before her legal career, Paradise worked as a 911 emergency dispatcher. She dispatched for the Riverside police and fire departments. Campaign materials say she has 40 years of public service. That is her total time. She holds a law degree. It is from the University of San Diego School of Law. She earned that degree in 1997. Reported endorsements include U.S. Representative Ken Calvert. They also include State Senator Jeff Stone. She is also backed by several police officers' associations. Other endorsers include the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. They also include the Riverside County Presiding Judge. They include the Riverside County District Attorney too. They include the Riverside County Sheriff as well. Other candidates ran in the June 2026 primary for this seat. They were Andrea Garcia and Jennifer R. Loflin. Both ran as nonpartisan candidates. Garcia also advanced to the November general election. Loflin was eliminated in the primary. No bar-association rating for Paradise was found in available sources. No public judicial-discipline record was found for her either. Neither was an attorney-discipline record. This means no record was found during this research. It does not mean the State Bar issued something. That would be a clean-record certificate.

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