For more than 40 years, Virginia M. Blumenthal has practiced criminal defense law in Riverside. Ms. Blumenthal was elected to her third term on the Riverside Community College District Board of Trustees, where she long served as President. She has served as President of the Riverside County Philharmonic, is one of the founders of the Riverside County High School Mock Trial program, and is a founding director for the Riverside Police Foundation. She earned her B.A. from California State Northridge before attending California Southern Law School, where she earned her J.D.