Palvir Shoker J.D. ’01 has been appointed to serve as a judge in the Contra Costa County Superior Court. Shoker is a democrat and has served as a commissioner at the Contra Costa County Superior Court since 2021. She was also court mediation director for the Congress of Neutrals from 2018 to 2021 and a sole practitioner from 2014 to 2019 and from 2008 to 2013. Shoker was also a Partner at Ladva, Shoker and Associates from 2002 to 2007.