"The Robing Room: WA State Judges

Hon. Gregory M. Gonzales	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
Clark 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. Gregory M. Gonzales

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Other

Comment #: WA2397
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Judge Gregory Gonzales is extremely bias and completely dismissed DV being relevant as it relates to custody.
He openly justified father’s abusive behavior and scrutinized mother’s protective actions. He deemed mother to not be credible even though there was plenty of corroborating evidence.
He is erratic and even admitted to making his decisions at 2am an entire day before the trial was concluded. He repeatedly stated how mother was not credible and that he would “have to traumatize her” and mentioned it was because he was the ultimate parent.

He ignored every recommendation from the GAL and after the extensive report of she testified to.

Judge Gonzales is extremely bias, unbalanced, uninformed on the impact of DV to children, and needs to be removed immediately

Litigant

Comment #: WA2394
Rating:1.0

Comments:
I wish there was a zero rating because this judge isn't just bias, he's erratic and makes up things that never happened, on the spot. He clearly hates women and especially if they are pro-se, truly despises them. He has to be the most conflicted, biased, hateful, vindictive and unbalanced judge in Clark County. I pity anyone who gets trapped in this system with this judge. He will set out to destroy you if he can. You will be saddled with fees and orders that never actually occurred. Good luck getting any true judicial dignity, respect, or even being allowed to defend yourself. The new governor needs to remove him before any more catastrophic damage. I have sat in his courtroom countless times and watched him treat people so poorly, so disrespectfully. It's ugly. He needs to go.

Other

Comment #: WA2393
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Having been in front of this judge one time very recently to try to hold the other parent in contempt for violating our final custody order. He was bias, rude, treated me with disdain and disrespect when I was very respectful. He clearly had preconceived opinion of me and gave me no chance to speak. He made it very clear that the other parent can violate our final custody order with no consequences, withhold my child from me, and allow the other parent to lie and continue to alienate my child from me. He made it very clear from his decision that final custody orders do not matter. He has no respect for the public and the people that pay his salary and as a voter of washington state and clark county. He will not be receiving my vote moving foward. It's time to get the Tyrants out of these positions of precieved power when they are public servants. Parents in family court matters should both be treated with the same respect and dignity. They should not be treated as criminals in family court. You should not need a lawyer for that. Greg Gonzales demonstrated to me that he is not capable of showing both parties dignity and respect, therefore should not hold this position. In fact he should not be a judge at all.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: WA2392
Rating:10.0

Comments:
Judge Gonzales is even handed, scholarly and Clark County is lucky to have him.

Other

Comment #: WA2374
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Gonzales is biased and unfair he let's lawyers use unethical tactics and keeps children stay in abusive situations. He let's the other party lie in court regardless of evidence proving otherwise.
He favors men over women, and will using mental health and physical disabilities against you regardless of the law.

Litigant

Comment #: WA2336
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Having been in front of this Judge for over a year, he is wildly bias, uninformed, doesn't read the pleadings, rules from emotion, clearly favors men. Doesn't like pro-se litigants. He is so off base and the things he says can not even be found in the records. He should have retired long ago.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: WA2232
Rating:2.1

Comments:
This judge is very biased. Treated a victim of domestic abuse like a perpetrator. All while the abuser and family made outlandish false accusations in family court causing thousands of dollars spent for trial all while he didn't even let the lawyer present all the evidence proving this was an act of abusing the court system and victim. What should have been a clear case closed turned into so much more and for reasons I will never understand. Isn't a right to a fair trial where both sides get to present?

Other

Comment #: WA2213
Rating:2.0

Comments:
This judge is completely biased and runs off feelings not facts. He allowed the respondent too many chances after lying repeatedly causing more money to be spent. He agreed with respondent without actually facts and didn't take into consideration family aspects and actually documentation. It's clear he favors men.

Other

Comment #: WA2137
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Very biased and even though he said he read all of the letters addressed to him about an accident, he only referenced one mail that he read out of context. "this is a lose -lose situation". Told the person that if this trial about an accident was up to him he would have given the kid the full 20 years. The person was a kid at the time of the accident that had been driving for less than 3 months!

Other

Comment #: WA1750
Rating:2.0

Comments:
This judge displayed an appalling lack of sensitivity to family members of a homicide victim that I came to support recently. He seemed to have more concern for the perpetrator than the victim's family. He allowed the perpetrator's family member to speak lies, half-truths and gross exaggerations while the victim's family was repeatedly admonished for merely trying to address the role that the perp played in violently ending their loved one's life. I've never witnessed anything quite like it. I can tell you the family was shaken, and they'd already been through quite a lot.

Litigant

Comment #: WA1707
Rating:3.0

Comments:
Allowed so many filter the whole truth and nothing but the truth was impossible to reveal

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: WA1549
Rating:3.0

Comments:
Judge Gonzales has a bias towards Hispanic litigants, no matter whether the litigants have the best case under the law and the facts. It is difficult to explain this to clients when they lose in his courtroom following this skewed perception.

Litigant

Comment #: WA787
Rating:9.0

Comments:
Excellent and not biased. I have had cases involved with several judges and found Judge Gonzales to be the best by far.