"The Robing Room: FL State Judges

Hon. Alicia Polk	See Rating Details
Circuit Court
Pasco County 6th Circuit	See Comments

Attorney Average Rating: 1.2 - 5 rating(s) Non-Attorney Average Rating: 2.0 - 11 rating(s)	Please send me alerts on this judge E-mail Address:

Add your own rating

E-Mail Address ()

* *

Confirm E-mail Address

* * *

Zip

Occupation

Add a comment only

Only items marked with (*) are averaged into the displayed overall rating.

General Rating Criteria

* 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)

Comments

Please type what you see below:

Not an even number!

What others have said about Hon. Alicia Polk

Comments

Other

Comment #: FL9638
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This judge is a joke.
She is very unfair. She does not like women.
It was not ok for me and my children to live with my dad but it was ok for my children to live with their father and his girlfriend of 2 months, if that, at her parents house. Hmmm. The judge and the ex's lawyer along with the new girlfriends family all personally know each other. When I wanted my lawyer today something about it, he removed himself from my case. They went on and did not allow me time to get another one. Also, the hearing was always in judge's chamber and if I wanted it recorded then I had to pay to have it recorded. She is ridiculous and needs to leave the judge stuff up to the ones that know how to actually do their job the right way. She feels that just because she is a judge she can do what she wants and it's bullshit.

Other

Comment #: FL9636
Rating:1.0

Comments:
She is one of the most biased judges I have ever seen.A person should not be able to be a Judge in the same county that they grew up and graduated high school.

Other

Comment #: FL8589
Rating:1.0

Comments:
From the very beginning of my divorce hearing 7 years in the running Judge Polk has favored my ex wife regardless of how many times my ex was shown to purger herself to the judge she still showed favor to my ex wife with zero consequences. There’s fraternization between Judge Polk and apposing council. Judge Polk has openly stated apposing council is a reserve judge when sitting judges are absent. Due to perjury of my ex wife Judge Polk overturned her previous ruling in an appeal. IMO Judge Polk is very transparent in her biases, does not show equal fair unbiased judgements and is emotionally driven. When a sitting judge states openly “I’m tired of seeing this case on my docket I just want it to go away” when if involves someone’s future for the next 10 years is beyond unprofessional.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: FL8458
Rating:1.0

Comments:
returned here simply to add ratings because I overlooked that portion of this site, before hastily adding my comments below

Other

Comment #: FL8457
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
2015: I have NEVER known it to be acceptable behavior for a judge to step down from the bench to console one half of a high-conflict, divorcing couple. Polk offered tissues, placed her arm around, and gave favorable advice to the Petitioner who happens to be an Alienating Parent.

2020-to present: after many years of inflicting abuse, the aforementioned Petitioner is back in court, but NOW as the Defendant. The children escaped after realizing their situation had been based on lies and full of abuse.

With the tables turned and facing the same judge...

How do you think this will play out?

Will Polk make any concrete decisions?

Will she take responsibility for her prior (incorrect) judgments that horribly impacted the lives of 2 ypung children and their Targeted Parent?

Will she offer an reparations to the Targeted Parent and the innocent children who have been in therapy for the last two years?

Or,will she turf everything to other "professionals" so they can decide any wrongdoing on the part of the Alienating parent; which inevitability costs the victim even more time, money, and needless anxiety.

Additionally, the area's "best" Guardian at Litem was part of this travesty. He believed the Alienating Parent - hook, line, and sinker. And so did the Hillsborough Child Protective Service's "investigators" (and I use that term loosely)

This, and the Nation's, Family Law system is completely broken. What will it take for people to take action for change?

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: FL8414
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
I PERSONALLY WILL SAY SHE NEEDS TO BE A HUMAN BEING BEFORE ANYTHING, SHE HAS NO MERCY WHEN IT COMES TO FEMALES NO FEELINGS WHATSOVER MAYBE SHE HAD A BAD RELATIONSHIP WITH A WOMEN AND IS WHY SHE HATES FEMALES OR MAYBE SHE HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE WITH HER OWN MOTHER AND NOW SHE IS TAKING IT ON ALL THE MOTHERS OUT THERE, SHE IS TAKING KIDS AWAY FROM THEIR MOTHERS WITH NO REASON AT ALL WITHOUT CARING ABOUT THE HURT THAT SHE COST TO THOSE CHILDRENS AS WELL AS THEIR MOMS IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A GOOD JUDGE THAT WILL HELP YOU WIN YOUR CASE SHE IS NOT THE ONE FOR YOU SPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A FEMALE YOU WILL DEFINITELY LOOSE YOUR KIDS, SHE NEEDS TO BE SERIOUSLY BE REMOVED FROM THE SYSTEM BEFORE SHE KEEPS HURTING MORE CHILDRENS AND MORE MOTHERS OUT THERE SHE DOES NOT GO BY ANY EVIDENCE ALL SHE CARES IS ABOUT THE MONEY SHE WILL GET

Other

Comment #: FL8327
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
She’s a very biased judge. The lady is very incompetent, does not look at factual evidence, goes by her emotions and feelings (pretty scary). Can you imagine all the mothers and fathers she has ruined because of her proceedings? This shows you judges like her should not be in the justice system at all. Very disrespectful lady, she took an oath to protect the laws of the land and uses it to destroy families. For anyone that has gone or is going through the pasco court with this lady good luck is all I can tell you. She will extend your case, suck more money out of you and leave you in Financial ruins.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: FL8060
Rating:2.1

Comments:
This judge should do an in-depth education on domestic violence, cycles of abuse, and narcissistic behaviors in relationships. She awarded almost $2k per month in permanent alimony, the house, and my entire 401k to my ex-husband. A man who was arrested for strangling me and who put me through years of abuse, who has more education than I do, who was once employed as a stock broker and who has owned several restaurants; all of this was brought to her attention but it was irrelevant. I feel like I’m being punished for having the strength to survive and get out of an abusive relationship.
I’m surprised to hear men say she is anti-men because my experience has been the opposite. She seemed cold, indifferent, & biased from the start, she stated that I was being mean and vindictive toward my soon to be ex-husband. She was not reasonable in rulings over legitimate concerns and unreasonable with financial decisions. She either has a personal dislike for females or for some reason a serious bias. She only listened to one account instead of hearing out both sides. I was the only one sworn in and questioned during the trial. It didn’t seem to matter what was presented, all his claims were taken as facts, whereas my information was here say. She treated my ex-husband & his attorney with so much respect that I wondered if the three of them knew each other in some manner.
If she has experienced her own past traumas & cannot prevent her feelings from clouding her courtroom decisions, perhaps she should remove herself from the job altogether.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: FL8029
Rating:1.0

Comments:
this lawyer needs to be fired!!! she only listen and takes one side. Please look pass this lawyer and get u a good one that's listens to both side and gets the job done! smh

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: FL8028
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Injustice is all I can say. She has never gone by actual evidence. Has been favoring a criminal with backed up child support and has never do a thing for the best interest of his kids. Has taken testify from a 7 and a 9 y/o with a speech impairment kids who were coerced and manipulated by their father to try and have himself removed from the system. More then enough testimony and evidence to show how unfit of a father he is and she doesn’t even that this in consideration for the best interest of those innocent boys, mentally damaging them in the long run. It’s injustice to ruin a healthy house hold for not doing her job to do further investigation to determine if indeed there has ever been abuse. How is she giving quality work for the people if she doesn’t go out her way to truly examine the situation this is the kind of judge we want working for us the people. She needs to either be removed or questioned on how she’s handling her cases cause it’s certainly not with care.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: FL7888
Rating:1.0

Comments:
She does not go by real evidence, she seems to lean more towards the wrongful one Instead of hearing out both sides and not just one. She shouldn’t be re-elected cause she doesn’t seem to know what she’s doing. She needs to seek another profession cause this is definitely not it.

Litigant

Comment #: FL7690
Rating:8.0

Comments:
Having had to learn far more about the family law process than anyone should ever have to do, I find many of the comments on here to be likely biased and unfair. I’ve won some with Ms Polk and lost some, and it’s largely been through peculiarities of the law. She definitely understands parental dynamics and is looking out for the best interests of the children, but sometimes the law simply doesn’t care due to vague wording and technicalities. I’m 100% certain my ex would give her a terrible rating because Ms Polk has been able to see through her irrationality. The lesson I’ve learned from all of these proceedings is better off if you can sort things out between yourselves and not be caught by the whims of some legislators completely removed from the situation writing up stuff late on a Friday before they hit the bar...

Other

Comment #: FL7654
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Here we are, 6 years after Alicia Polk sided with the twisted mother of 2 young girls; girls who were being slowly and completely alienated from their father. The father is an educated, successful physician. The mother barely has a grasp on her abusive childhood and her infantile emotions. The father is the one who requested a GAL (who was also duped by the theatrics of the mother). The mother did everything within the past 7 years to paint the father an unloving monster. The mother accused the father of domestic abuse and the father subsequently incarcerated (charges dropped). The father sought constant legal assistance and counselling to no avail, while the mother continually disobeyed the court-ordered terms. Sadly, the father attempted suicide due to victimization, trauma, and loss of relationship with his beloved daughters; while the mother enjoyed 80K a year in alimony + (non-disputed) child support along with half of the father's hard-earned pension. Fortunately, God had other plans for this soft-spoken father and his daughters who miraculously showed up on his doorstep last Saturday; the Saturday before Father's Day 2020. One daughter has sought out counselling all on her own, while the mother now threatens to withhold payment. And, both daughters now see their 50 year-old mother as an immature, narcissistic, emotional siphon who attempts to control their every thought and action. The father and daughters have spent the past 6 days hugging, crying, listening, healing, and making hopeful plans for the future. The daughters are hesitant to leave the mother - for fear of what the mother "might do to herself" (covertly implied). The father has encouraged continued counselling for his children, opened up his home to them and wants to pursue legal custody - but doesn't wish to be in the presence of Alicia Polk ever again.

Damage done.Years lost. Much work remains.

PARENTAL ALIENATION is REAL and should be a PUNISHABLE OFFENSE as well as FALSE ACCUSATIONS of DOMESTIC ABUSE.

Litigant

Comment #: FL7516
Rating:1.0

Comments:
She was ridiculously unfair in my case as well. My ex has unlimited resources, I do not. It didn’t seem to matter what was presented, all his claims were taken as facts, whereas my information was here say. My witnesses were dismissed, even the GALs recommendation was not adhered, she ruled opposite the GALs recommendation!
I lost my children, they now live in fear, and it’s all about money with my ex. It’s devastating that I have been almost completely removed from my children’s lives, and that my ex has been empowered to minimize my authority as a mother.

The judges should do an in-depth education on domestic violence, cycles of abuse, narcissism, the relationships, etc, before they should be allowed to rule on complicated cases. And if you unfortunately have to see more than one judge, why don’t they ever read back to see behavioral patterns? Or to see the big picture? Of course they don’t. They only want to see a snippet.
Such disappointment in our legal system.

Litigant

Comment #: FL7350
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Judge Polk was so incredibly biased in my case I must wonder if my child’s father or one of his representatives somehow persuaded her before hand to rule in the father’s favor.She discounted all of my witnesses as not credible, but treated all of the father’s witnesses with respect bordering on adoration. My ex-husband has endless resources, and I do not. This is devastated me financially, and I have lost my child.

Other

Comment #: FL7234
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
I’m surprised to hear men say she is anti-father because our experience has been the opposite. She has not been reasonable in rulings over legitimate concerns, unreasonable with financial decisions, either has a personal dislike for the mother or for some reason biased against the mother and unwilling to consider she may be seeing the situation incorrectly, disregards what others including the children say about the father.

Other

Comment #: FL7128
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
...agree that Judge Polk is "anti-father"; seemed cold, indifferent, & biased from the start, almost as if she had a pre-conceived notion that mothers are inherently better caregivers than fathers. If female judges are mothers themselves and/or perhaps have special-needs children, and/or have experienced their own past traumas & cannot prevent their feelings from clouding their courtroom decisions, perhaps they should remove themselves from the job altogether.

Healthy Fathers should hands-down have 50/50 time-sharing with the mother. Judge Polk fell for the theatrics of the mother - who also snowed the guardian Ad Litem from day #1.

Family Law reform needs to happen now along with more education regarding parental alienation and personality disorders. Psychologists in the courtrooms? Perhaps. Routine, post-divorce, psychological follow-ups for parents and children should be mandatory. Why not?! And when high conflict divorces require the use of communication apps like "Our Family Wizard" those apps should be used appropriately and monitored. Otherwise the offending parent should be held accountable.

Yes, mothers, if you desire full custody of your children and want aid in alienating them from their father, potentially sending him to near suicidal despair, this is the judge for you.

Other

Comment #: FL7103
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Biased against fathers getting custody. So men don't waste your money on court because she will not consider anything presented. She just states that the mother has prevailed. She does not address the valid facts presented. She acts bored during the proceedings. She has made up her mind before you go to court. Ladies, she is the judge for you if you want your kids.

Other

Comment #: FL6812
Rating:10.0

Comments:
She's amazing and extremely fair. You can tell that she cares of the overall best interest of the children in family law cases.

I would consider yourself lucky if you have her as a judge.

Other

Comment #: FL6801
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Just floored.....thats about all I can think to say at this point.

Litigant

Comment #: FL6478
Rating:1.0

Comments:
She issued a pick up order for my children; because they did not want to visit their father due to detrimental issues was previously brought to the court attention and she signed an order documenting that; then she vacated that order
Followed the path of series of 6 contempt filed by opposing counsel and issued a pick up order; then in the return hearing she
Ordered me the mother to under go sychological evaluation because I advocated for my children welfare, and until now 2 year I am struggling to get my three kids back;