Shari Dean was raised in Vallejo, California where she attended public schools and graduated from Vallejo High School. Shari subsequently attended Cal Berkeley School of Business Administration, supported by scholarships and part-time employment. She then attended John F. Kennedy University School of Law in the evenings, while working full-time, and received her law degree.

Shari worked with the Vallejo City Attorney’s office then established a non-profit legal clinic with offices in Vallejo and Fairfield to serve the legal needs of those for whom the cost of conventional legal services was out of reach. The clinic also received a grant from the Area Agency on Aging to provide legal services to senior citizens of Solano and Napa counties.When Shari left the legal clinic, she purchased 40 remote acres in Lassen County, built a rough and rustic cabin without water or electricity and lived there for four years while practicing law out of a Main Street storefront office in Fall River Mills, CA. Following that, Shari was the Modoc County Public Defender for four years. For the next twelve years she was deputy public defender in the desert area of Riverside County, California. She retired late in 1999, moved to Cibola, Arizona, became a certified pilot car driver, and spent the next four years escorting oversize loads from coast to coast.
Family concerns brought Shari to Nevada City in 2003, where her parent’s had moved in 1971. So, while a new resident, Shari is well acquainted with the area. Since taking up residence here she has been active in various volunteer activities, and is a member of the Nevada County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team with training in ground search, incident command and crisis intervention.
Shari brings to the office a solid business background, legal expertise, and a keen sense of adventure.

Office (530) 273-1336 x 103
Cell (530) 913-6788
sldean@global101.com.