Comment #: FL9674
Rating:1.0
Comments:
This is a very unfair judge and violates statutes. Recently an individual whom had no criminal history not even a parking ticket had a family domestic abuse which was a 3rd felony. First time offense by a young individual. The pinellas county established guideline on bond recommended was 5000, high bond being 10000. This judge overwrote the prosecutors recommendation and set a 15000 bond on a first time offense. This is very dangerous judge and should not be in office. To do this to a college student that has never had a history is unprecedented. This makes me wonder if there was discrimination involved here. Typically most judges follow the lead of the prosecution on these judgements because they are more informed on the situations and charges and to go way above the guidelines and the prosecution is I think should be an illegal act by the judge violating penal codes. Get this woman out of office, she seems the kind looking to fill the state per capita by any means necessary turning people that make a mistake that can learn from it into criminals.

Comment #: FL8080
Rating:1.0
Comments:
This comment is my own opinion based on my families experience with Susan St. John in a family court case. She is a sloppy and dangerous judge. She does not seem to review any details when randomly rotated onto cases that had already been in motion. She appears to show up completely uninformed and makes snap judgements without doing any research into the case - even to the point of dramatically overturning previous sitting judges rulings and orders on the same case to do so.

Her lack of effort, skill, and preparation, encourages people to commit fraud - and they easily get away with it right under her nose. She will damage your family law case beyond belief. The outcomes in court were so unbelievable, you might wonder if she could have somehow been paid for the illogical outcomes.

In our case, she even went as far as to let a person testify that they 1. had dementia which prevented them from working or paying off debts — while in parallel the same person testified that they were 2. spending money on concealed weapons permits and shooting ranges.

This concerning and contradictory red flag testimony was never questioned by St. John - she never flinched or even asked if the man was lying about the dementia - or more importantly, if the man was being truthful about owning concealed firearms while suffering from dementia. She had no regard for public safety, the truth, or the law. Very very scary - but its all in the case files documented.

All the while, the man transferred his assets to his paramour to deplete income fraudulently while blackmailing his family, lying, and intimidating them while actively going on cruises and spending lavish amounts on swinger parties and events - and working on his self proclaimed hobby (which was running his criminal pornography website mostly stalking women without their consent instead of actually working a job) and this is just the tip of that iceberg. None of this was her concern.

If you want to blackmail your family, defraud them, and commit crimes in court - St. John has a style that helps facilitate it. She puts zero effort into reading case details, being attentive or applying law. She will perma damage your case. She is dangerous to all women, children, and families. She should be removed from the bench. Just my opinion.

Comment #: FL8076
Rating:1.0
Comments:
She bases her decisions on lies and fantasy. She destroys peoples lives without knowledge, and refuses to be fair or partial in her decisions. She would have been voted out if the election happened. She needs to be removed for her immoral and evil stance.

Comment #: FL7018
Rating:9.9
Comments:
EVerything you can ask for in a judge.

Comment #: FL6116
Rating:1.0
Comments:
This judge made her decisions based on lies and refused to accept responsibility for breaking the law when it was revealed to her that she had been lied to. She made a judgement based on the lie and refused to overturn it until all the evidence had been shared. This took months where I was unable to see my child and so much money that I went broke and signed a terrible deal just to get to see my daughter again. It was a horrible situation that could have been avoided if this judge would have taken the time to review the evidence in my case with an open mind, instead of viewing everything from her unyielding point of view. She put my family through unbearable financial hardship and grieving that I would have given anything to remedy. She did not approve even one motion that my lawyer presented, and she approved every motion the opposing attorney presented, and that lawyer lied the entire time. I actually had evidence for everything. The opposing lawyer had very little evidence, it was all false claims.