"The Robing Room: FL State Judges

Hon. John M. Alexander	See Rating Details
Circuit Court
St. Johns County 7th Circuit	See Comments

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Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: FL8229
Rating:1.9

Comments:
My case went to the 5th District Appellate court where they ruled against Alexander. I do not believe for one minute that Alexander believed his ruling was lawful. This man made up his own law for over twenty years terrorizing families of St. John's County. Why? Because he knew thet most people could or would not appeal due to the high cost financially and emotionally. Horrible man.

Litigant

Comment #: FL7953
Rating:1.0

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Judge Alexander is a disgrace to the profession. There is no justice under him. He made up his own laws and even failed to enforce the Orders set by his district court. This cost families huge amounts of money forced into appeal after appeal for justice or unable to afford justice. Good riddance.

Litigant

Comment #: FL7796
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Acts with reckless disregard of the laws with judical abuse of discretion, even his own prior orders on enforcement, issues repeated deferred contempt ( which has no legal definition), or contempt with no sanctions and just regurgitates the prior orders he issued. He is operates at a grand master level of kick the can in cases. Denies parents due process. His retirement as a Judge will not come soon enough and the wake of his deviation will be reverberating for years on families in St. John’s County.

Litigant

Comment #: FL7734
Rating:2.0

Comments:
Appears to often splits the difference regardless of the evidence --- whenever possible.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: FL7637
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Obviously he doesn’t believe in rotating custody and always rules for the females (just review his appeals). He needs to be voted out. Rotating custody is prevalent throughout the country. This guy thinks he’s a big fish in a little pond.

He oversaw my case in which asked for shared physical custody. These are some observations I had from the court room:

1. He allowed evidence (a negative job review) that wasn’t declared beforehand which is a clear violation of law. The court reporters left this off the transcripts.

2. The custody evaluator he prefers Sherry Riche knows that he wants every other weekend for the father and knows she has to stick this if she wants to remain in his favor. She had recommended 5 out of 14 days for me, but then she retracted a bit in court after he gave her a weird look.

3. He totally gets off on ruling against men. He stared a me towards the end of my case like wanted me to cry (which I didn’t). He seems to think he’s an alpha male.

I saw where he publishes interviews on Father’s Day and says he has faith the ex wives are mature enough not to be controlling or vindictive. Very insincere to say the least.

Other

Comment #: FL7612
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Condescending, biased, partial, Bully, displays misogyny. As a witness I was asked to explain an incident I had been present at. When I repeated my conversation with the person in question Alexander interrupted and told the attorneys to 'disregard my statement as Hearsay'.

I replied 'it is not hearsay if I was present and part of the actual conversation'.

He instructed me to be quiet and repeated to the attorney that my statement must be disregarded.

Either he doesn't understand the legal definition of 'Hearsay' or he is blatantly partial.

He should not be wearing a judicial robe.

HEARSAY Definition: Information received from other people that one cannot adequately substantiate; rumor.

REPEATING A CONVERSATION I HAVE BEEN PART OF IS NOT HEARSAY AS IT IS NOT REPEATING SOMETHING I WAS TOLD BY OTHERS. I WAS PART OF AND WITNESS TO THE CONVERSATION.

Alexander is unfit.

Litigant

Comment #: FL7594
Rating:1.0

Comments:
John Alexander is not a judge. He is wholly unfit and is a mental midget. He just barely graduated from St. John's River Community College because he is/was less than even a c- student. The basic qualifications of a judge necessitate being able to process information and J. Alexander has an IQ of an idiot. He is entirely unable to comprehend facts, evidence or even the simplest of relevant information beyond simple 1 syllable words and he destroyed my family, and the lives of my three miner children. He also committed aggravated sexual assault on me when I was a law student and he was a visiting professor here in Florida. This miserable excuse for a human being should be stood up in front of a wall and have a firing squad shoot him starting from his feet upwards. He has caused unimaginable pain and suffering for hundreds of thousands of minor children and their parents. He is so very feeble minded that once he rules for one party, he is never able to process new information to deliver any form of justice whatsoever, in subsequent filings. May it take my lifetime, but I will file an aggravated sexual battery and assault case against him and I will also work towards gaining the hundreds of thousands of humans he wronged to file a class action lawsuit against him. John Alexander also accepted bribes from my previous husband and given the fact that he raped me using a loaded gun, should have at least had the humility to recuse himself from my family court case. He has the hubris to hide his extraordinarily low IQ and mental retardation behind his undeserved show of power as a judge. I will also be suing the State of Florida in a class action lawsuit for the individual who appointed this moron into his circuit judge position. To say he is incompetent and dangerous is the understatement of the year. I will expose him for the fraudulent, con-artist and belligerent retarded moron for which he is. One day, when his reckoning comes, there will be no mercy for this half-assed racist redneck who deserves to be on death row. If he were to read this, he wouldn't be able to comprehend my statement because he didn't even graduate from an accredited law school, and at that, he was at the bottom of his class. He is actually stupider and more evil than Donald Trump.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: FL7466
Rating:1.3

Comments:
Judge Alexander is incompetent and dangerous. He needs be removed from the bench. He does not understand the law, he is grossly incompetent, he jumps to erroneous conclusions and he acts without any regard to due process.
If he were in a District that offered genuine appeal opportunities he'd be overturned regularly. The District Appeals Court he is under is very restrictive.

Judge Alexander graduated from a law school that is not ranked nationally. His law school is ranked 2nd from the bottom in the State of Ohio. Judges need to be required to publish their law school class ranks, undergraduate and law school Grade Point Averages and LSAT score as part of their nomination and election criteria. Judge Alexander is at the very very bottom in all categories. If you look at his peers in the 7th Circuit Court only one has a negative rating, Judge Alexander has no positive ratings and 18 negative ratings. Judge Alexander was clearly biased against men, he did not display any concern about the law, he refuses to admit valid and meaningful evidence, he allows opposing counsel to ask leading questions, he ignores his own procedural rulings and he jumps to rulings without due process. He is a genuine menace to society and he needs to be taken off the bench and disbarred. Other reviewers call him a scumbag and a racketeer. In my case he clearly engaged in racketeering behavior. The FBI and Office of Public Integrity needs to investigate him and his rulings thoroughly.

Litigant

Comment #: FL7055
Rating:1.0

Comments:
A true scumbag. Allows his cousin who is on opposing council to run the show. I've had 3 different attorneys try to help and each was never allowed to speak and threatened to be held in contempt while his cousin spewed lies curses and hatred. He must be taking bribes. This man deserves the death penalty for premeditated murder of families.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: FL7036
Rating:1.0

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My child’s mother filed an injunction on me with completely erroneous claims (of course the way the system is set up you are guilty until you prove yourself innocent). While searching for an attorney I had consultations with several that looked at the case, then the evidence, and stated it should be an easy win. Each time they would ask who the judge was and I told them Alexander, their responses were all the same. He’s a wild card and you are probably screwed because will heavily favor the female petitioners. Luckily, the free attorney through the Betty Griffith House basically told my Ex she needed to make a deal and drop it.

Fast forward a few months later and she did the exact same thing. Again, we went to court and again we made a deal.

Fast forward almost 2 years later and what do you know, she tried it again. If you haven’t figured it out yet my ex uses the injunction system as her own personal punishment system when I someone doesn’t do as she says.

My attorney this time was unfamiliar with Alexander as he was from another county. He was extremely confident we would win as I had all the evidence pertaining the case. My ex got on the stand, cried crocodile tears and Alexander was sold from there forward. He literally accused my witnesses of lying and told me that my current marriage certificate was fake. It was very obvious he didn’t want to deal with what was the law or not. All he did was give her what she wanted to shut her up and get her away from the courts. My attorney said it was the most absurd thing he had ever seen.

He is a horrible judge and I couldn’t be happier that he is retiring soon. Bye!

Other

Comment #: FL6930
Rating:1.0

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If I could give this man a 0 rating I would. He is awful!!! Absolutely ZERO regard for the child's best interest. I moved out of state with my other sons father and with my oldest son's father's permission. Since we have No legal documents minding me here (I.e. NO parenting plan/visitation order), I moved and his father decided to be a jerk and file a motion to enjoin (prevent) my move AFTER I had already moved 650 miles north. And in our court hearing the father admitted to agreeing to the move and (long story short), Judge Alexander gave me 10 (Yes TEN) days to relocate back to Florida... 10 days to uproot BOTH of my children out of school, pack up EVERYTHING I own (Again), break a lease and find another place to live in Florida (which is impossible in 10 days), register them in a new school (and without a place of residency you CAN'T DO!), quit my new job where I was making better money and find a new job back in Florida, oh and scrounge up $4000 in layer fees (that his father isn't reaponsible for) and $7,000 in relocation fees (which judge Alexander only made his father pay $1,700 of)... Etc etc etc... It was absolutely Asinine of him to make that judgement! And neither one of my children were considered in his decision. Worst judge ever! Ohhhh and to top it off, this was the second time I appeared in front of him... The first time was for an injunction against my abusive ex. And i had proof of him threating me and pictures of the abuse and guess what, Judge Alexander denied my injunction too! So good luck if you go in front of this judge... He is the most unjust human being there is!

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: FL6908
Rating:1.5

Comments:
He has the ability to be a decent Judge; he just refuses to do it.
He is extremely biases against males and does not seem to care about the merit (or lack of merit) to the underlying facts. He essentially allows vindictive females to abuse the system and forces males into untenable situations. He wrecks havoc on people's lives with little consideration to the consequences. He should frankly step down or be replaced.

Other

Comment #: FL6574
Rating:Not Rated
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Although, the case did not go in my forever, I stand by Judge Alexander and his statements, I appreciate him for letting DCF know how and why they have failed and was not scared to tell them so. He said he would communicate with Congressmen on this matter and attempt to fix the system. And just to hear that... is a huge leap in the right direction.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: FL6289
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Alexander is a racketeer who works for the racketeering enterprise. His duty is to generate revenue for the enterprise and nothing more. As for his attacking men in divorce court.. this goes back to his childhood when he was picked on by other boys and was very much a pampered child. His family was very well off and they had many political connections in order to get this honorable Judge his position. These are the facts now let's see if you most honorable attorneys post this... have a good day..

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: FL6164
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Judge Alexander should not be allowed to hold an judgment over family law. After 2 years of a custody battle, gathering evidence, multiple therapist, a GAL, and several DCF investigations all of which named the father as the better parent he chose to ignore all their findings and rule in favor of the mother. The mother had not worked in over a year because she had to complete a pre-trial drug program for theft of a narcotic from the hospital she worked, clearly alienated the father, lied on the witness stand, did not follow any of the other court rulings, and generally disregarded the legal system. Judge Alexander still ruled that she should be primary resident parent.
This judge destroys families. The only hope is that he will retire soon.

Other

Comment #: FL6075
Rating:1.0

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This judge is biased against men, he also is biased against people who cannot afford legal representation. He seems to give the female involved in the case full support believing all evidence and not even giving the male an opportunity to present any evidence. My son was in an abusive relationship with a woman for three years. She abused him verbally,emotionally,physically and sexually. He had a child with her and tried to stay in the relationship for the sake of the child.he finally couldn't tolerate the abuse any longer and he left.She harassed him over the phone and would not allow him to see his son. When he went to see her to try to get his son she tried to seduce him,when he refused she verbally abused him.He went to Betty Griffin for help and they said stay away from her. HE filed papers to establish paternity and went to court to apply for some custody of his son. He faced Judge Alexander . His ex lied blatantly saying he abused her,abused her other child,he drank excessively,she said he abused her sexually,she has filed an injunction against my son and she hated him into responding to a Facebook message she sent and the reported him for violation of injunction.Judge Alexander believed all of her accusations with her made up evidence and refused to hear any of my son's evidence. She had a betty Griffin lawyer because they also believed her lies without any investigation and my son has to defend himself in court with no council. HE MADE the injunction permanent and gave the female 100% custody. pending a psych eval possibly giving my son supervised visitation.I watched Judge Alexander in court with other cases and he continually favored the female over and over again,whether the people had legal representation or not. There was a case where a young man wanted permanent custody of his children ,the mother was in drug rehab and had abandoned the children an he still was unsympathetic. My son is 150lbs his ex is 250lbs and still the judge would not believe that she physically abused him and believed that my son physically abused her with no evidence or proof. My son has now been ordered to take batterers classes for 6months which he needs to pay for . I've never been so disillusioned with the legal system in my life. I always believed that the system would be fair .Judge Alexander has let his personal biases interfere with justice in his court room. MY son did everything he was told to do by the courts and was still treated unjustly

Other

Comment #: FL6063
Rating:2.0

Comments:
He is not interested in the truth or justice. If you expect someone to be professional and respect the fact that these are people's lives, it won't happen in his court room.

Other

Comment #: FL5894
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This person and I use the term lightly is the biggest piece of garbage I have ever seen! I He cares not for the children at all breaks the law and is an over all piece of garbage! Makes me wonder what he gets in return from them!!

Other

Comment #: FL5805
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Worst judge I have ever seen. He already had it marked down what the verdict was and sentencing before the case was heard. I saw it written when I was near him. Did not care what was said and cut any comment he did not agree with down. Was not accommodating to people lives and work schedule basically said I do not care if you loose your job yiu will be here in 3 hours. Very unprofessional judge

Other

Comment #: FL4865
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
This judge is very biased against men/fathers trying to have a relationship with their child, in this case a five month old baby girl. My son had previous misdemeanor charges from seven years ago that were brought up in the courtroom...why? My son was the plaintiff and he had a very timid attorney. Unfortunately, the defendant's attorney was the judges cousin, it was obvious they were all in cahoots. My son now has to have visits that are supervised at a bridge house only when convenient for the mother. The reason my son started this whole process was to protect his parental rights because the mother would never let him see his daughter, now he's being punished!!!!!This family type judge/attorney cousin relationship should NEVER be allowed!!!

Other

Comment #: FL4804
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
I do feel badly for him, as he is clearly overworked and dealing with an incompetent DCF staff. However, upon substantial compliance with my case plan, I was not reunified (although it was the concurrent goal along with the other goal of 'maintain and strengthen with father'). Father awarded custody and 'mother's visitation to be addressed in upcoming family law case'.

Ultimately I've had to file for divorce, which turned my aggressive and vindictive husband even more so. My father had to pay for the divorce lawyer as I have no money left. My children were never (in reality) dependent on the state, however Alexander's ruling that they were in fact dependent has ruined MANY lives, the most atrocious being the lives of my 4 and 2 year old sons. He needs to do what is right and not what keeps the money flowing. His actions in my case are nothing less than a disgrace, both to his charecter and the Florida judicial system.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: FL4104
Rating:2.4

Comments:
Judge John M. Alexander does not care about the Law of Florida 'He makes his own Law' and destroys Families without mercy. Witch-hunt is what is been done in his Court room. Evidences DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME ! HE makes his Judgement within the first 5 min of the case and sticks with it and nothing can be done to change that. It does not matter if your evidences are correct and right and the other side has none or is not even there or even dead and unrepresented (like in my case) He makes a decision which side he is taking and than the other side is DONE. Do not expect mercy or any kind of legal balance If you are male there is no chance for you, do not waste your money for attorneys unless they are connected and go fishing with him or have a close relationship to his family.

This Judge is a disgrace to the Florida Judicial System !!

Litigant

Comment #: FL3998
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Judge prejudged case without even hearing the other side. Refused to listen to one side and let his "favorite" write the ruling for him! He berated us and our attorney! He should not be a dog catcher let alone a judge!

Litigant

Comment #: FL3997
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Judge Alexander refuses to believe in Parental Alienation Syndrom. He allow video testimony from my twin 9 year olds and primarily based his findings on this. J.A. constantly refuses to enter professional testimony from psychologist and attorney of Ad litem to substantiate the PAS my children are living. He has also stripped me of all parental rights, refuse to enforce family counseling and berates me every chance he gets. The man is a disgrace to family law and and to his profession. A man of this arrogance should NOT hold this position in any court. J. Alexander is a bias individual and sides with the female gender for the most part. After five years and numerous court dates I finally started to get through to J. Alexander and we set another court date and he unprofessionally kicks the case to a new lower magistrate. Apparently he has a problem after brutally berating someone and destroying a loving family and look them in the face and correct his lethal findings even when proven wrong. This is a man that hides behind close door and makes his rulings. I have sincere empathy for any family facing the man in family law. What a disgrace!!!

Litigant

Comment #: FL2096
Rating:1.0

Comments:
He was unprofessional, refused evidence, berated attornies, did not go by the law...made his own "LAW". He has tried to backrupt me, destroy my home and its value, took my property away from me. He is a menace to society!

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: FL2095
Rating:1.3

Comments:
This judge refuses to go by the law, he makes it up as he goes along. He refuses to hear real evidence, he goes by what his budy attorneys tell him. He is prejudice and extreme. He is out of control and should be fired immediately!