"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Lawrence Killoran	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
Humboldt County	See Comments

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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=Chronically Late,10=Always on Time)
* General Ability to Handle Pre-Trial Matters		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
* General Ability as a Trial Judge		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
Flexibility In Scheduling		(1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)

Criminal Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation		(1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
General Inclination Regarding Bail		(1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
Involvement in Plea Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved, 10=Very Involved)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Pretrial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Trial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Sentencing Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)

Civil Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation		(1=Not at all Evenhanded,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Involvement in Settlement Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved,10=Very Involved)
General Inclination		(1=Pro-defendant, 10=Pro-plaintiff)

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Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA48226
Rating:1.3

Comments:
This judge allowed a child predator to have unfettered access to said minor, and willfully ignored multiple mandated reporters with credible and NEW reports of NEW INCIDENTS of abuse to be categorized as already addressed and determined that since it was deemed unfounded once, new incidents were also considered unfounded, regarless of those being seperate, new instances of abuse reported MID TRAIL - and cared not a bit about reviewing the newly presented evidence, but then ordered reunification therapy for the minor and his abuser - in spite of the child articulating to Minor's Counsel that the child had disclosed to her directly. Attorney Sarah Kaber, minor's counsel, is not worth the gum on the under side of the Judge's seat...

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA47150
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Negligent does not even begin to cover it. HJLK fails to consider best interest of the child/ren repeatedly, and would rather split the baby than make a ruling which acknowledges abuse. DQ him.

More than one ruling he made has continued to allow physical abuse to child involved, and fails consistently to take into account established abuse.

Other

Comment #: CA46277
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
I dealt with Judge Neel first then the case got transferred to Judge Killoran. I thought he was going to be fair but I was wrong, he side with the other party, when court papers get filed he doesn't read them and yet he makes decisions not on facts but who is friends with him.

Other

Comment #: CA44500
Rating:1.0

Comments:
He listened to 4 mandated reporters testifying that a minor child reported being abused and still allowed the abuser rights to visitation with the child. Not only rights, but increased the visits from one day a week to three and removed supervised visits to non supervised with the abuser.

Other

Comment #: CA42904
Rating:2.0

Comments:
I heard rumors about Humboldt Family Courts protecting sex offenders, overlooking abuse and drug crime. I had the previous judge in office removed from our case for his bias to protect abusers. I hoped this new judge would be better but he has estranged me from my son and given the father who is a textbook sexual abuser temporary full custody. This court house should be shut down or heavily monitored by the state. This judge is close with most local attorney’s and leans on patriarchal bias, completely evading evidence of abuse and neglect. Previous comments validate my experience. Please help!

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA42054
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This judge, presiding over a family law trial (on custody and visitation involving accusations of sexual assault of the child by the father), recently decided to modify visitation before coming to a conclusion as to allegations of pedophilia which warranted supervised visits prior to trial - to unsupervised visits, multiple times per week - after having heard multiple witness accounts of child sexual abuse and general neglect by mandated reporters testifying to multiple accounts of disclosures by the victim minor child. ZERO REGARD FOR BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD, AND IGNORED PROFESSIONAL OPINIONS REGARDING ABUSE - WHILE ALSO CONTINUING THE TRIAL TO A DATE SEVERAL WEEKS DOWN THE LINE. "negligent" doesn't even begin to cover it. That's just the tip of the iceberg in Humboldt County Family Law division. seems that the back-office training he is getting for Presiding Judge Greggory Elvine-Kreis is creating another failure in the system, repeating mistakes made routinely by JEK immediately prior to Killoran taking over the FL dept.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA39563
Rating:3.4

Comments:
THIS JUDGE DOES NOT BELONG IN A FAMILY LAW COURT ROOM. HE GIVES NEW MEANING TO THE PHRASE "SPLIT THE BABY" AND OVERLOOKED GLARING PARENTAL NEGLIGENCE IN SPITE OF EVIDENCE.