Background
Pahl, Stephen Donald was born on July 23, 1956 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Donald Alfred and Verlene Virginia Pahl.
Pahl, Stephen Donald was born on July 23, 1956 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Donald Alfred and Verlene Virginia Pahl.
University of California at Santa Barbara (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1977). University of Santa Clara (Juris Doctor, 1980). Member, Honors Moot Court Board.
Associate Editor and Published, Santa Clara Law Review, 1979-1980.
Worked at Pahl & Gosselin, A Professional Corporation. Admitted to the bar, 1980, California and United States. District Court, Northern District of California.
1981, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of California and United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1987, United States. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California.
1989, United States.
Supreme Court. Member, Honors Moot Court Board. Associate Editor and Published, Santa Clara Law Review, 1979-1980.
Author: "Environmental Law: Shell Oil Company v. Train," 19 Santa Clara Law Review
809, 1979; "A Court Divided: An Analysis of Polarization on the United States Supreme Court," 19 Santa Clara Law Review
985, 1979. Judge Pro Tem, Santa Clara County Superior Court, 1986. Planning Commissioner, Town of Los Altos Hills, 1989-1994.
Chair, 1993-1994. Lawyer Representative, 1991-1994.
Chair, 1993-1994, Northern District of California Judicial Conference. Executive Committee, 1994-1997, and Chair, 1996-1997, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference. Member, Board of Visitors, Santa Clara University Law School, 1992.
Special Master, Arbitrator, United States.
District Court, Northern District of California. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco.
Santa Clara County (Member, Real Estate, Labor Law and Executive Committees), Federal (Vice President, Northern District of California) and American Bar Associations. State Bar of California (Member: Conference of Delegates Resolutions Committee, 1988-1989.
Federal Courts Committee, 1987-1990.
Committee on Administration of Justice, 1990-1993). Defense Research Institute. (Resident, San Jose Office).
Bar Association of San Francisco. Santa Clara County (Member, Real Estate Executive Committee), Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation. Real Property; Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations.
State Bar of California (Member: Conference of Delegates Resolutions Committee, since 1988.
Federal Courts Committee, since 1987). Defense"Research Institute.
Married Louise A. Dodd, February 10, 1978.