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Aug. 30, 2010

Jacqueline H. Lewis

Superior Court Commissioner Jacqueline H. Lewis thrives on guiding youths to rise above the challenges that bring them to her dependency courtroom.

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Jacqueline H. Lewis

Jacqueline H. Lewis

Los Angeles County (Monterey Park)

Career Highlights: Elected to the Los Angeles County Superior Court in November 2014, retired July 10, 2025; joined the Superior Court as a juvenile dependency referee in 1997, a post she held until 2008, when the judges of Los Angeles County Superior Court elected her a commissioner.
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By Pat Alston

Daily Journal Staff Writer

MONTEREY PARK - There was something about the 15-year-old gang member in Jacqueline H. Lewis' dependency courtroom. The boy, permanently injured in a drive-by shooting, had more than a little attitude.

"He was not an easy kid," Lewis said.

Everyone told Lewis, a Superior Court referee at the time, that she was wasting her time. But she encouraged the teenager to keep moving forward.

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