The Honorable Palvir Shoker

Hon. Palvir Shoker is a commissioner for the Contra Costa County Superior Court in California. She was appointed to the bench in November 2021.

In that position, Shoker presides over traffic, unlawful detainer, small claims, restraining orders, and misdemeanor arraignments.

Prior to her appointment, she served as a temporary judge of the Court, where she presided over similar matters since 2018.

Shoker had also maintained her own private mediation practice in Walnut Creek, the Shoker Law Group, since 2014. At the firm, she mediated cases involving personal injury, contract disputes, workplace disputes, real estate disputes, probate and will disputes, and divorce and custody disputes.

In addition, Shoker served as the court mediation director for The Congress of Neutrals (2019 to 2021), a non-profit organization that provides mediation services in the Contra Costa County Superior Court at no cost.

Before opening her mediation practice, she worked as a sole practitioner at the Law Offices of Palvir Shoker (2008 to 2014) and a partner at Ladva, Shoker & Associates (2002 to 2007).

Shoker was a prolific volunteer mediator in cases involving personal injury, neighbor disputes, civil harassment, landlord-tenant disputes, and small claims issues.

She also taught as an adjunct professor at Chabot College.

Shoker received a B.S. in accounting from California State University, Sacramento in 1998. She went on to complete a J.D. at Santa Clara University School of Law in 2001.

Her memberships have included the ADR Section of the Contra Costa County Bar Association (past president).

Shoker, who identifies as Indian American, speaks fluent Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu.

She is married and has two children.