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Thursday, Mar 28, 2024

Arabian Wins Fernando Award

Justice Armand Arabian won the Fernando Award on Friday night, the top Valley honor for public service. The announcement was made by L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at a dinner at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills. Arabian, a former California Supreme Court justice, has donated funds to create Lawyers Resource Centers in the Van Nuys and San Fernando Superior Courthouses. He is a nationally recognized leader in the reform of rape laws. Annually, since 2002, Project Sister presents the Justice Armand Arabian Healing the Heart award to persons devoted to giving hope and dignity to victims of sexual assault. Since 1999, Pepperdine Law School’s Fall Moot Court Competition has been named the Armand Arabian Advocacy Tournament giving scholarships based on his endowment fund. Yearly, the Armand Arabian Leaders in Public Service awards and scholarships are presented by the Encino Chamber of Commerce. The other four finalists for the Fernando Award were Jill Banks Barad, Dorothy Jean Jauck, Ed Rose and Pauline Tallent.

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