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May 8, 2015

Thomas J. Nixon

Commissioner Thomas Nixon has the rare ability to cut through the tension in family law matters.

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Thomas J. Nixon
Alameda County (Alameda) Superior Court

By Phil Johnson

  Daily Journal Staff Writer 

  ALAMEDA - Every Saturday at 7 a.m., Alameda County Commissioner Thomas J. Nixon's
  phone rings. For the last 30 years, the voice on the other end has been that of his
  father, Marvin Nixon.  

  The father and son chat for an hour or so. Sometimes Marvin tells his son about a
  golf course he played recently. Sometimes Thomas tells his dad about a round he shot
  under 80. 

  The call is part of the punctu... (continued)

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