"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Beverly K. Wood	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
Marin 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. Beverly K. Wood

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Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA49981
Rating:2.5

Comments:
Good friend who is a family law attorney described first hand knowledge of this judge's [Redacted] behavior. In my civil small claims case - obviously had connections to plaintiff, argued the case for him, ruled against me and clear evidence, awarded plaintiff compensation for hiring an illegal contractor to perform the work. She is less than honorable.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA48700
Rating:6.4

Comments:
Her docket none one envies. She looks to have counsels she favors. She has been on the bench for a while, and sure, she likes some practitioners better than others. But she has been helpful to counsel who practice less frequently in this area. She, like Hon. V. Adams has a good ear for detecting bs & embellishment etc. Yet, it surprises that she has, to my ear, allowed lawyers to present testimony as if they were a witness to facts. That kind of laxity should end.

Litigant

Comment #: CA39241
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
I agree she is a nutter.

Litigant

Comment #: CA13530
Rating:1.0

Comments:
She is certifiably nuts.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA13268
Rating:6.3

Comments:
Trys hard to appear even handed. Some biasis stand out. But it does not appear to be people of color, mental disability, sex bias, not really. But as human nature oft does. She will vote towards the litigant or attorney she likes the best. She talks tough but does not always enforce, can easily flip flop.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA12592
Rating:1.6

Comments:
The rulings this woman has made have been devastating to the welfare and best interests of my children during their critical developmental years. She is cruel and blindly rules in favor of father's. She does not enforce her own court orders on fathers however, she will threaten and punish mother's that are accused of order violations. She appears disheveled and looks glassy, red eyed as if she just woke up after a stiff drink of hard liquor. She is scary.

Litigant

Comment #: CA10846
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
In a settlement conference in a backroom of Marin County Superior Court, without the presence of a court reporter, this "Judge" yelled at me, threatened me and extorted me. She stated that if I was to fight for custody of my daughter, she would make sure I would never get to see her again and she would go after my mother's assets. At a later date I came to find out that she does this routinely with many other parents. A forensic psychiatric evaluation of this "Judge" is in order. She needs to get yanked off the bench immediately and stand trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for her Human Rights violations.

Litigant

Comment #: CA10558
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Judge Wood is blatantly biased towards the fathers. She doesn't care how dangerous for the child.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA10549
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Judge Wood just dismantled the CASA program in Marin County in her first two weeks as a dependency judge because she "didnt like" the black Executive Director. CASA helps kids in the dependency system who have been neglected or abused.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA10507
Rating:1.4

Comments:
She is a deplorable figure of liberty and fairness. She has a staunch reputation - accross the county - of being pro-father, at the expense of the mother. I've heard this from multiple attorneys, who are not in any way connected. That is a bad sign for a judge. Further, she follows up on the reputation and falls to protect children from abusive parents, even with viable legal alternatives. She has done her best to ruin multiple families and she is unfit to serve as a judge.

Litigant

Comment #: CA10357
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Beverly Wood denied me of my constitutional rights without any recourse.

Other

Comment #: CA5879
Rating:1.0

Comments:
She would not look at evidence and would take things out of context--such as text messages, etc. She clearly sides with men. She did not care at all that I was assaulted by this man. She would not look at Dr's notes and records or pictures of my bruises and she would not let me tell my side of the story. I was guilty before proven innocent-instead of the other way around. With all the evidence I had against my attacker, there is no way that he should have been granted a restraining order against me. She had a bias against me from the start.