Jul 27, 2017
Malcolm Sher
CASA of Contra Costa County [Court Appointed Special Advocates]

Malcolm Sher has served on the Board of Directors of CASA for approximately fifteen years and was its president for four years.  He is passionate about the need for competent representation of foster children and youth in the juvenile justice system, and particularly those who have become “dependents” of the court because they have been abused, neglected and abandoned by their families. Before joining the Board of Directors, Malcolm completed the entire CASA Volunteer training program so he could fully appreciate the wonderful work done by the CASA Volunteers and the extent to which the CASA Volunteer, “independent” and separate from the lawyers and social workers, advocates only for that child or youth and is their “Voice in Court.”  In 1998, the Contra Costa County Juvenile Justice-Delinquency Prevention Commission honored Malcolm with its Annual Juvenile Justice Award as “Outstanding Community Volunteer.” Born in Zimbabwe, (formerly Rhodesia) Malcolm obtained his law degree from London University in 1969 and practiced law in the U.K. before immigrating to California in 1975, where he litigated for thirty five years before becoming a full-time mediator. He has been married ​to his wife, Kathy for forty years, has two adult children and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.