Stephen Pahl

Stephen D. Pahl serves the Bank as Chairman of the Board of Directors. He is currently a Partner in the national law firm of Spencer Fane LLP. He was previously Senior Partner and Chairman of Pahl & McCay. His practice focuses on all aspects of real estate transactions and litigation, employment matters exclusively representing management, and commercial litigation. Mr. Pahl has been an active member of the United States District Courts and served a three-year term on the Executive Committee of the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference and the Judicial Council. He has also previously served several terms as Vice President of the Federal Bar Association (Northern District of California).

Outside of law, he is also active in business and local government, previously serving on the Los Altos Hills Planning Commission and currently serves on the boards of several organizations. Mr. Pahl and his wife Louise have also established The Pahl Center on the Study of Critical Social Issues at University of California, Santa Barbara, to fund interdisciplinary research and teaching on major social issues. For 13 years, Mr. Pahl has been selected to Super Lawyers, an exclusive list of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. During his tenure on the Bank's Board of Directors, Mr. Pahl has previously chaired the Directors' Loan Committee and also served the Bank as its Corporate Secretary.