Judge Victoria S. Marks retired from the bench in 2009 after 21 years of service – 15 years as a Circuit Judge and 6 years as a Family Judge. Judge Marks has presided over hundreds of trials and has conducted thousands of settlement conferences.During her career on the bench, she served as the Criminal Administrative Judge and was assigned as the Lead Judge of the Domestic Division.

Judge Marks was recognized as Honolulu Best Lawyers Arbitration Lawyer of the Year in 2012. In 2003, Judge Marks was named the first Jurist of the Year, an annual award given by the Hawaii Judiciary. In 2003 she also received the Distinguished Service Award by the Hawaii Joint Police Association. In 2006,

Judge Marks was recognized as one of the top 500 Judges in the United States by Law Dragon. Judge Marks was selected by her peers to be included in The Best Lawyers in America, 19th edition for her work in the practice areas of Arbitration and Mediation. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Marks was the Supervising Attorney for the Regulated Industries Complaints Office of the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Before her government work, Judge Marks was in private practice handling personal injury, antitrust, construction, and commercial disputes.

Currently, Judge Marks serves as a director of the following organizations: The Mediation Center of the Pacific; United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii; Hawaii Women’s Legal Foundation; The American Judicature Society – Hawaii Chapter; and The Hawaii Soccer Association.