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Aug. 24, 2026

Commissioner Margaret Beare makes being heard a priority on the bench

San Bernardino Superior Court Commissioner Margaret Beare draws on years in dependency and mental health law to ensure litigants -- particularly those representing themselves -- have a meaningful opportunity to present their case.

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Commissioner Margaret Beare makes being heard a priority on the bench

Margaret Beare

San Bernardino Superior Court

Career Highlights: Appointed commissioner, San Bernardino County, April 10, 2023; referee, Mental Health Hearing, Los Angeles County, 2016-23; staff attorney, Law Office of Katherine Anderson, Monterey Park, 2013-16; staff attorney, Family Legal Advocates, San Jose, 2009-13; staff attorney, National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse, Alexandria, Virginia, 2008-09; conflicts attorney, Santa Clara Juvenile Defenders, San Jose, 2007-08; staff attorney, Dependency Legal Services, San Jose, 2006-07

Law School: Golden Gate University School of Law, 2005
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FONTANA - San Bernardino Superior Court Commissioner Margaret Beare remembers what it felt like to stand on the other side of the bench and believe a judicial officer had stopped listening.

"One of my biggest pet peeves as an attorney was being cut off," she said. "I always found it frustrating."

As a court-appointed dependency attorney, Beare wanted to finish her argument not simply for herself, but so the parent beside her knew someone ha... (continued)

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