Hon. Mark A. Juhas Receives Flexcom's Lifetime Achievement Award

• Publication year: 2017
• Author: Sherry Peterson

Hon. Mark A. Juhas Receives FLEXCOM's Lifetime Achievement Award

Sherry Peterson

Hon. Mark A. Juhas

On Friday, August 18, 2017, FLEXCOM presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Hon. Mark A. Juhas at its reception during the Sections Convention. Sherry Peterson presented the award to Judge Juhas. The following are her remarks made at the presentation.

We have all come to the practice of family law from different places, and for different reasons. Some of us by choice. Some of us not. Judge Juhas was assigned to family law almost fifteen years ago and from the very start, redefined "embracing the assignment."

It did not take long for his strong conviction to surface that represented or not, family law litigants deserve the due process protections afforded by the Evidence Code and the Code of Civil Procedure. It is only by honoring these codes that we truly elevate the practice of family law and afford access to justice for all.

Just having this vision was not enough for Judge Juhas. So, he rolled up his shirt sleeves and actually did something to carry this vision forward. In addition to presiding over his complex family law litigation department in Los Angeles County, he co-chairs the Family Law and Juvenile Advisory Committee and chairs the Access and Fairness Committee. He is a member of the Judicial Education, Media and Community Outreach Committee for the L.A. Superior Court, and was a member of the Elkins Family Law Task Force as well as the Elkins Implementation Committee. He is a member of the Task Force on Self-Represented Litigants to the Judicial Council, the CJER governing committee and the CJA Family Law Committee, and the drafting team...