"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Judy Holzer Hersher	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
Sacramento County	See Comments

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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)

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What others have said about Hon. Judy Holzer Hersher

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Other

Comment #: CA47168
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This judge ruined my career. A malicious former coworker sought a civil harassment restraining order for a single text message with no threat. The law says there needs to be a clear pattern of behavior and there was none. She didn’t listen to my side at all. She said “I’m going to issue this to make everyone feel safe.” Why not actually follow what the law says? I lost my job and eventually my educator license.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA34374
Rating:2.9

Comments:
I had La Hersher for one and only one trial. I did not do a CCP 170.1 but should have-I did not read these reviews beforehand and thought it was me or just the usual pro-prosecution bias of conservative judges. I lost all of my objections, some of which were fairly decent ones. Whilst the female prosecutor was vouching for her cops, I despaired of objecting and started out my close telling the jury DA was committing misconduct and who cares what her opinion of what the cops said anyway. That worked and we beat the felony charges the client was not guilty of and got the misdo I always offered. The jury wondered what was wrong with the DA and judge after. She and I glower and mumble at each other ever since. I made it a practice to have a signed 170.6 for her when being assigned for trial. Never again!

Litigant

Comment #: CA24731
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
I had Judge Hersher during a part of my trial. She was very fair and calling the ranting prosecutor out. Several times she stopped his irrational behavior, once even telling him "You will not make a circus of my court!" I felt comfortable with her. Ultimately the prosecutor was able to get my case moved to a brand new judge, Ernest Sawtelle, who had just left being a prosecutor. He was awful

Litigant

Comment #: CA10696
Rating:1.0

Comments:
She is partial to the well connected...
She definitely wants to try the cases without the jury getting to hear it.....Not really a fair judge.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA10030
Rating:8.9

Comments:
This judge is smart and prepared and expects the parties to be the same. She can be intimidating but if you sand your ground and cite good law you will win.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA8678
Rating:1.5

Comments:
She was rude, nasty, and made it clear she had already made up her mind before trial even commenced. She felt threatened by every male. In the American Inns of Court, she was the only female in the meeting and she put down all the males.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA7721
Rating:1.5

Comments:
She is abusive towards men and strong women. She bit lawyer's head off when he politely deferred to her ruling. She wants to try the cases herself. She is often wrong on the law, hated defendant attorney, and contrary to the law, she awarded plaintiff an inordinate amount of money.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA6910
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Should not be doing criminal defense trials. Abusive, very biased judge. Likes jurors to pose questions to prosecution witnesses during trial and her comments about the questions removed all/most reasonable doubt. She likes to bully men, criminal defense. Report her to CJP

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA6107
Rating:3.3

Comments:
She appears to hate men. She must be the alpha male in the courtroom. She is rude. She makes her mind up before she hears evidence and then threatens one side to settle.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA1374
Rating:9.8

Comments:
She is fair, smart, and very hard working. She expects attorneys to be prepared and holds them to a high standard. The experienced criminal litigators who appear in her court have nothing but good things to say and among the civil bench she is highly regarded.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA437
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
I have no trial experience with Judge Hersher. She is polite enough in preliminary hearings but generally is regarded as one of the very worst judges on the local bench for criminal defendants.