Bruce Silva

​Bruce joined RESDC a few months after retiring from San Diego County in 2016. He had been a Deputy District Attorney with the San Diego District Attorney’s Office for nearly 30 years before retiring. During his time as a prosecutor, Bruce handled hundreds of criminal cases while assigned to many of the divisions in the office, including the Superior Court, Family Protection, North County, South Bay, Drug Court, and Economic Crimes Divisions. He spent the last 11 years of his career in the DA’s Office in Economic Crimes prosecuting white collar criminal cases such as auto insurance fraud, identity theft, credit card and check fraud, and embezzlement.

Bruce has a BA in Political Science from Fordham University (New York) and Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of San Diego School of Law. Before joining the DA’s Office in 1986 he was an attorney with a small private law firm that specialized in family law matters.

Since retiring, Bruce has become a volunteer at the Vista Public Library and has become involved in sup-porting the non-profit jazz radio station, KSDS Jazz 88.3, at San Diego City College. In addition, he has become a member of the Senior Volunteer Patrol at the Vista Sheriff’s Department.

Bruce enjoys daily walks with the family dog, Ella, attending as many jazz concerts as possible, reading, cooking, and spending time with family and friends. He and his wife, Jane, who is a teacher in the Vista Unified School District, have been married for 22 years. Between them they have four children, the youngest of which is in her last year of high school.