Fourth Judicial Circuit Court Judge John Guy received the Jurist of the Year Award from the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers at the 2026 AAML Institute meeting May 2 in Tampa.
The award honors a judge who exemplifies the highest standards of professionalism, legal knowledge, fairness, integrity and service to the family law community.
Guy was appointed to the bench in December 2015 and currently is the administrative judge for the 4th Circuit Family Law Division.
He is a member and past president of the Florida Family Law American Inn of Court and a member of The Chester Bedell American Inn of Court.
Guy is on the faculty of the Florida Judicial College, the Florida Conference of Circuit Court Judges and the Florida College of Advanced Judicial Studies. He has presented at the Marital and Family Law Review Course sponsored by the Family Law Section of The Florida Bar and the American Association of Matrimonial Lawyers as well as the AAML Institute.
Founded in 1962 to “promote the highest degree of professionalism and excellence” in family law, the organization’s members represent people in all facets of family law including divorce, annulment, prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements, marital settlement agreements, parenting plans, business valuations, property valuations and division, alimony and child support.