Background
Mayer, Steven L. was born on April 3, 1949 in New York, New York, United States.
Mayer, Steven L. was born on April 3, 1949 in New York, New York, United States.
Oberlin College (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1970). Yale Law School; Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1974). Phi Beta Kappa: Order of the Coif.
Recipient, Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, 1970-1971.
Extern Law Clerk to Judge James R. Browning, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1974. Staff Attorney, 1974-1975 and Assistant Supervising Staff Attorney, 1975, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Berry v. County of Sonoma, 30 F. 3d 1174 (9th Circuit 1994); Kern County Farm Bureau v. County of Kern, 19 California Appendix 4th 1426 (1993); International Telephone And Telegraph World Communications, Incorporated. versus City and County of San Francisco, 37 California 3d 859 (1985).Worked at Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, A Professional, Corporation (San Francisco, California) specializing in Appellate Practice, Public Agency Representation, Constitutional Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1974, California. Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Recipient, Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, 1970-1971.
Extern Law Clerk to Judge James R. Browning, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1974. Staff Attorney, 1974-1975 and Assistant Supervising Staff Attorney, 1975, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Author: "Litigating Federal Constitutional Claims in State Court," 6 California Lawyer 25, July, 1986. "Appealability of Discovery Sanctions: Two More Districts Join the Fray," 14 California Continuing Education of the Bar Civil LItigation Reporter 81, March, 1992.
"Appealability of Discovery Sanctions: The Debate Continues," 14 California Continuing Education of the Bar Civil Litigation Reporter 26, February, 1992.
"Conflict Continues on Appealability of Discovery Sanctions Despite Legislation," 13 California Continuing Education of the Bar Civil Litigation Reporter 310, November, 1991. Member, 1978-1982 and Chairman, 1979-1982, City of Berkeley Fair Campaign Practices Commission. Member, 1980-1988, Board of Directors and Chairman, Legal Committee, 1984-1988, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California.
Member American Civil Liberties Union (board directors Northern California chapter 1980-1988, chairman legal committee 1984-1988), American Bar Association, National Lawyers Guild, State Bar California, Bar Association San Francisco, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.