"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Ebrahim Baytieh	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
Orange County	See Comments

Attorney Average Rating: 3.7 - 5 rating(s) Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 4 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. Ebrahim Baytieh

Comments

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA54506
Rating:1.9

Comments:
Judge Baytieh should be removed from the bench. He is outright mean to parties and counsel, and particularly so to attorneys from other counties. As other have said, he is also very biased. Any little thing from a party, with or without admissible evidence, will set him off and cause him great bias towards that party. He presides over trials with a very heavy hand and does not allow attorneys to put on the case they have prepared for and disallows what should be admissible evidence.

Litigant

Comment #: CA54027
Rating:1.0

Comments:
OUTRAGEOUS GOVERNMENT CONDUCT. Says it all. Baytieh should be impeached.

Litigant

Comment #: CA54026
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Clear bias. He disregards important evidence. That seems to be par for the course in his courtroom.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA53928
Rating:2.3

Comments:
I really liked Judge Baytieh when he was first elected to the bench and put in probate. However, as someone else has said, he has become mean, adversarial with counsel and parties, and the slightest thing makes him biased against a party. Must be all the stress from the bad press he is getting from the jailhouse informant scandal he allegedly participated in while still a DA before being fired by Spitzer.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA53712
Rating:3.8

Comments:
Judge Baytieh should not be on the bench. He is unnecessarily mean - not rude, mean - to the parties and attorneys who appear in his courtroom. Judicial temperament is important and he lacks any restraint. Feel free to use your 170.6 on him - he is the worst judge on the OC Superior Court Probate Panel by a country mile.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA53361
Rating:9.4

Comments:
Judge Baytieh is a smart, even-handed, hardworking judge. He fairly considers the arguments and evidence and is not biased. Although I haven't always liked his rulings, they have always been well-founded.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA51985
Rating:1.0

Comments:
He was fired as a DA for prejudice statements.

Other

Comment #: CA51984
Rating:1.0

Comments:
HAS NOT FOLLOWED THE RULES OF COURT IN PROBATE CASES. PUTTING OLD LADIES OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND LEAVING THEM HOMELESS, DIVISTATING OLD LADIES THAT CANNOT PROTECT THEMSELVES. PROBATE COURT WAS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE SURVIVING SPOUSE AND THE KEEP THE SURVIVING SPOUSE IN THEIR HOME. HE IS IN CHARGE OF THE CARES ACT AND IS NOT ACTING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF SOCIETY.
TAKING SURVIVING SPOUSE HOMES FROM THEM AND FORCING THESE OLD LADIES ON TO THE STREETS. LEAVING THEM HOMELESS AND DEVASTATED.

Other

Comment #: CA51983
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN VOTED IN AS A JUDGE FOR PROBATE COURT DOES NOT KNOW THE PROBATE LAWS AND IS NOT FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURES OF PROBATE COURT. PROBATE COURT WAS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE SURVIVING SPOUSE AND TO KEEP THE SURVIVING SPOUSE IN THEIR HOME. *PUTTING OLD LADIES ON THE STREETS AND TAKING AWAY THEIR HOMES. HE IS IN CHARGE OF THE CARE ACT AND IS DOING THE OPPOSITE OF THAT. COMPLETELY WRONG IS NOT FOLLOWING THE LAWS OF PROBATE COURT PUTTING OLD LADIES OUT OF THEIR HOMES. LEAVING OLD LADIES HOMELESS. HE WAS FIRED AS A DA FOR PREJUDICE STATEMENTS.

Litigant

Comment #: CA48909
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Filing for motion for disqualification probably says it all.