Superior Court Kern County (Bakersfield)
Career Highlights: 1960-2023<br/> Elected commissioner of the Kern County Superior Court, November 2014; court appointed arbitrator, Kern County Superior Court, 1994-2014; partner, private arbitrator, LeBeau Thelen, LLP, Bakersfield, 1989-2014; associate, Menke, Fahrney & Carroll, Costa Mesa, 1985-89
Law School: Pepperdine Law School, 1985
Career Highlights: 1960-2023<br/> Elected commissioner of the Kern County Superior Court, November 2014; court appointed arbitrator, Kern County Superior Court, 1994-2014; partner, private arbitrator, LeBeau Thelen, LLP, Bakersfield, 1989-2014; associate, Menke, Fahrney & Carroll, Costa Mesa, 1985-89
Law School: Pepperdine Law School, 1985
By Arin Mikailian
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
BAKERSFIELD — As a court arbitrator for 20 years, Commissioner Steven Shayer presided over many civil disputes, but it wasn't until he took the bench that he made a decision he would never have expected.
While overseeing a family court calendar last year, he was handling a matter involving a man who had raised a child with his wife, who conceived the b... (continued)
