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Feb. 25, 2026

Probate Judge Daniel Juarez notes the emotion, but rules on the instrument

LA County probate judge works to understand each side's perspective

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Probate Judge Daniel Juarez notes the emotion, but rules on the instrument
Los Angeles County Superior Court

Career Highlights: Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, Dec. 27, 2013; administrative law judge, California Office of Administrative Hearings, Los Angeles, 2005-12; associate managing attorney, staff attorney, Protection & Advocacy Inc., Los Angeles, 1995-2005; staff attorney, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, 1992-95

Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1992

LOS ANGELES - The last book Superior Court Judge Daniel Juarez finished was "The Broken Spears," Mexican historian Miguel León-Portilla's reconstruction of the Spanish conquest of Mexico through Aztec and Nahua accounts.

"We've seen the history from the conqueror," Juarez said. "We haven't seen it from the conquered."

León-Portilla's project was to retell a familiar story by stepping into the consciousness of those... (continued)

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