Rick Romley

Rick Romley (Richard M. Romley) (born 1949), a Republican, was the County Attorney for Maricopa County, Arizona from 1989 to 2004.

=Early life=Romley is a native of squad leader. He received numerous commendations for his service in that war, including the Purple heart medal.fact|date =January 2008 He was severely wounded by a land mine, losing both legs above the knee and suffering other injuries.cite news|accessdate=2008-01-26
url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2004-12-16/news/balls-in-the-air/full
title=Balls in the Air: Steely County Attorney Rick Romley's going, but he's not gone
author=Rubin, Paul
date=December 16, 2004
work=Phoenix News Times] Following the war, Romley went to Arizona State University in Tempe as a business management student, and graduated in 1974. He later attended ASU's law school and attained his Juris Doctor degree in 1981.

=Career highlights=In 1989, Romley was elected county attorney (the equivalent of a district attorney) of Maricopa County, currently the fourth most populous in the United States, with approximately 3.4 million people. The office, the fifth largest in the country, is responsible for more than 40,000 cases a year. One of his highest publicized cases was when he was the prosecutor of the infamous "AzScam" scandal of the early 1990s, the largest public corruption scandal in Arizona history.fact|date =January 2008 In 2002, he initiated an investigation of the Catholic Diocese of Phoenix and their part in the pedophile priest scandals, that led to an admission of wrongdoing by the then Bishop Thomas O'Brien.

In 2001, he received the Disabled American Veterans' (DAV) Outstanding Disabled Veteran of the Year.cite web
accessdate=2008-01-26
url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0LFT/is_1_44/ai_82609381
title=Rick Romley receives Unsung Hero Award - Disabled American Veterans
work=DAV Magazine
date=January-February 2002
author=Wilborn]

After leaving the county attorney's post, Romley served as a special advisor to the Arizona Attorney General for six months.cite web|accessdate=2008-01-26
url=http://www.azag.gov/messages/RomleyContributionsJuly2007.html
title="Rick Romley Made Many Contributions"
date=July 12, 2007
authort=Terry Goddard, Arizona Attorney General] In August 2007, he became a personal adviser to James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in Washington, D.C.cite web|accessdate=2008-01-26
url=http://www.azag.gov/messages/RomleyContributionsJuly2007.html
title="Rick Romley Made Many Contributions"
date=July 12, 2007
authort=Terry Goddard, Arizona Attorney General]

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* [http://www.maricopacountyattorney.org/ Maricopa County Attorney's Office]