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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
Los Angeles County (Monterey Park)

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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