Superior Court Kern County (Bakersfield)
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Kern County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2010, and retired December 2023; assistant county counsel, deputy county counsel, Kern County, 1985-2010; associate, Chain, Younger, Lemucchi, Noriega, Cohn, Stiles & Rodriguez, Bakersfield, 1984-85; associate counsel, City National Bank, Beverly Hills, 1982-84; associate, Pierson & Letteau PC, 1979-82
Law School: UCLA School of Law, 1979
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Kern County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2010, and retired December 2023; assistant county counsel, deputy county counsel, Kern County, 1985-2010; associate, Chain, Younger, Lemucchi, Noriega, Cohn, Stiles & Rodriguez, Bakersfield, 1984-85; associate counsel, City National Bank, Beverly Hills, 1982-84; associate, Pierson & Letteau PC, 1979-82
Law School: UCLA School of Law, 1979
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
BAKERSFIELD - The Japanese characters for "justice" decorate one wall of Judge Stephen D. Schuett's chambers.
The framed wall hanging was a gift from his wife, Karen, a school teacher who once taught English in Japan.
Schuett, Kern County's former longtime assistant county counsel, has been on the bench only 16 months. In that relatively short period of time, however, he has gained the re... (continued)
