Hon. Jeffrey S. White See Rating Details
District Judge See Comments
N.D.Cal.  
Average Rating:3.3 - 9 rating(s)
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*Temperament:   (1=Awful,10=Excellent)
*Scholarship:   (1=Awful,10=Excellent)
*Industriousness:   (1=Not at all industrious,10=Highly industrious)
*Ability to Handle Complex Litigation:    (1=Awful,10=Excellent)
*Punctuality:    (1=Chronic`y Late,10=Always on Time)
*Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation:    (1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
*Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation:   (1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Flexibility In Scheduling   (1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)
General Inclination Regarding Bail (1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases, Pre-Trial:   (1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
Involvement in Civil Settlement Discussions:   (1=Least Involved,10=Most Involved)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases, Trial:    (1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases, Sentencing:    (1=Most Lenient,10=Most Harsh)
Typical Discount Off Guidelines for Cooperators:    (1=10%,10=100%)
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Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: 34673
Rating:1.0
Comments:
Judge Jeffrey S. White ignored federal rules for restitution and ordered a restitution amount that the government entirely manufactured and provided no evidence to support the amount they requested. Judge White sent first time offenders to prison who other judges would have given probation. He didn’t take mental illness into consideration at all.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: 34551
Rating:2.4
Comments:
Judge White issued a ruling that wholly ignored pertinent portions of the record. It was clear that he made up his mind on the case and wrote an opinion to fit that view. Poor quality opinion; poorly reasoned, sloppy and lazily written. Did not hold oral argument. Poor judge. I have no reason to think he's biased, but rather just doesn't take his job very seriously.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: 33767
Rating:1.0
Comments:
After his clerk told us to submit a request for oral argument on a motion, Judge White denied the same the same day he received it, canceled a status conference, and has now sat on the (relatively simple) motion for six months. He personifies the saying that justice delayed is justice denied.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: 20772
Rating:2.7
Comments:
During a hearing on a motion to dismiss, which was supposed to be based on the pleadings, he asked defense counsel to submit evidence which was not subject to cross examination. On top of that, the evidence submitted was both vague and irrelevant, and he seemed to have no problem with that despite objections. He asked questions indicating that he clearly didn't understand the complex litigation, and his opinion misstated facts. Lawyers representing large corporations love this guy because he goes out of his way to make sure that they win.

Other

Comment #: 19601
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Very angry and appears to be over emotional and losses control and forgets during the sentencing process.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: 19025
Rating:2.0
Comments:
Lazy, never has hearings, superficial reader of papers at best, reaches completely incorrect factual conclusions on a regular basis. No bias, but a terrible draw -- results will be random.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: 12803
Rating:6.7
Comments:
Even though he is not one of my preferred judges to be arguing in front of, and he can be very harsh on criminal defendants, I give him credit for his intellectually honest.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: 11675
Rating:9.2
Comments:
He is very active in narrowing down issues and takes the time to separate fact from fiction.