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May 8, 2020

The Teacher

Judge Nancy Shaffer runs a tight ship and is eager to help other judges learn the ropes too.

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The Teacher

Nancy Case Shaffer

Sonoma County (Santa Rosa)

Career Highlights: Elected to the Sonoma County Superior Court, 2011, retired July 2021; commissioner, Sonoma, 2008-10; ADR program coordinator, Sonoma County Superior Court, 2006-07; of Counsel, Beyers, Costin & Case PC, Santa Rosa, 2003-06; shareholder, managing partner, Misuraca, Beyers, Costin & Case PC, Santa Rosa, 1984-2003; associate, Cooper, White & Cooper, San Francisco, 1979-82; associate, Law Offices of Peter M. Stanwyck, Oakland, 1978-79

Law School: University of San Francisco School of Law, 1977
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SANTA ROSA -- Judge Nancy Shaffer enjoys sharing her years of experience either anecdotally or in hard cover.

She compiled four binders worth of forms and other documents to give new bench officers a crash course in misdemeanor courts ranging from law and motion to the mechanics of a jury trial and the costs associated with granting a motion for dismissal.

"I think of them as zero to 60 ... (continued)

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