Bob Pacheco


Robert "Bob" Pacheco is an American attorney and politician who represented California's 60th State Assembly district from 1998 to 2004. He served on the United States Naval Academy Board of Visitors from 2006 to 2007. He has served as a member of the Walnut City Council in Walnut, California since 2013.

Education

Pacheco received his Associate of Arts degree from East Los Angeles College and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from California State University, Los Angeles. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, California. Pacheco was admitted to the California State Bar in 1974.

Career

Before becoming a lawyer, he served as an AVP commercial lending officer for a California bank. He owns his own law firm called Pacheco & Pacheco which is based in Walnut, California. Him and his wife currently own, and successfully operate, a multi-million dollar manufacturing company in Walnut.
During the 1990s he served on the Walnut Planning Commission. From 1996 to 1998 he served on the Walnut City Council in Walnut, California. He was appointed to the council again in July 2013 replacing Thomas King who retired.
Pacheco succeeded Gary Miller after Miller was elected to Congress. Pacheco left office in 2004 due to term limits.
In April 2005, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Pacheco to a spot on the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health Board of Occupational Safety & Health Standards which he served on until 2010. Later, Pacheco was appointed by President George W. Bush to the United States Naval Academy Board of Visitors which served on from 2006 to 2007.