Hon. Holly J FujieJudgeSuperior CourtLos Angeles
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133681Civil Litigation - Private
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In my experience, Judge Holly Fujie’s courtroom demeanor and rulings have raised serious concerns about judicial temperament. Judge Fujie has shown a tendency to favor defense positions and has, at times, openly critiqued plaintif...Read More07/24/2025 12:37 AMContact reviewer
133433Civil Litigation - Private
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avoid if possible06/18/2025 03:47 PMContact reviewer
132163LitigantNo RatingOpinionated, has personal issues and takes it out on litigants. Very forgetful of facts, contradicts herself. Avoid this Judge at all cost. Horrible Jurist, must resign.04/07/2025 09:55 PMContact reviewer
128671Civil Litigation - PrivateNo RatingHolly Fuchi. She stinks!09/14/2024 03:35 PMContact reviewer
117410Civil Litigation - Private
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Holly Fujie breaks about every rule/law you can imagine. I lost my job leaving me with zero income but Fujie even though the dissomaster showed my ex-wife paying me $240.00 a month Fujie turns it around and orders me to pay. Then ...Read More04/16/2023 05:27 PMContact reviewer
111865Civil Litigation - Private
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Definitely pro defense. Mean spirited and nasty disposition. Makes faces in court while you’re talking. Inflexible. Tentatives are the gospel. Even if they violate the law or the wrong interpretation of law. A sure 170.6. Will fin...Read More11/17/2022 07:22 PMContact reviewer
110327Criminal Defense Lawyer
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Seeks to criticize Plaintiffs' counsel and aids defense counsel. Just can't help herself. If you represent plaintiff, always bring a court reporter with you in her Court. Will look for ways to hurt or limit even the most meritorio...Read More09/19/2022 03:56 PMContact reviewer
110309Civil Litigation - Private
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The poster who wrote, "The last two hearings, Judge Fujie has not only been mentoring" a defense attorney, "but has suggested potential arguments that he should make," is so right, it's not even funny.09/18/2022 07:24 PMContact reviewer
104835Civil Litigation - Private
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As an earlier commentator said, Judge Fujie has a bad case of "I'm the smartest person in this room, can't you see that?!" Unfortunately, like many who are similarly afflicted, she's not as bright as she thinks. She's also not par...Read More05/11/2022 08:52 PMContact reviewer
102056Civil Litigation - Private
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Judge Fujie is very nice and makes everyone feel welcome in her court. But she is so pro defense it's frightening. If I had read some of these comments earlier, I would have made sure I had a court reporter for all my hearings wit...Read More01/09/2022 04:04 PMContact reviewer
101806Civil Litigation - Private
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Judge Fujie isn't practical. She has that lack of people experience that comes from handling major litigation at a big defense firm for her entire career. I feel like what she couldn't do as a litigator -- i.e., bulldoze Plaintiff...Read More12/27/2021 03:09 PMContact reviewer
76942Criminal Defense LawyerNo Rating"Although most of us in the legal profession understand the complexities and challenges of Judicial due process, misconduct unbecoming an officer of the court is the single most significant threat to our Democracy, Country, our Ec...Read More09/30/2019 10:53 PMContact reviewer
76530Criminal Defense LawyerNo RatingDisinclined toward Hispanics because they automatically ridicule her last name. True, this is very childish humor, like laughing hysterically at the last name Butkiss but Holly is such a jerk that well, who cares?09/22/2019 05:32 PMContact reviewer
58659Civil Litigation - Private
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I recently tried a case before Judge Fujie. She was even-handed, pleasant, and knowledgeable about the issues. Her tentative rulings are clearly well-researched and she was on top of the facts of my case. Wish we had more judges l...Read More08/13/2018 02:01 PMContact reviewer
54430Civil Litigation - Private
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I am the Plaintiff in a lawsuit in which I am represented by the firm of which I am an associate. The Judge misstated and openly disparaged my case and then repeatedly demeaned me as being too emotionally involved when I correcte...Read More02/27/2018 10:47 PMContact reviewer
53059Criminal Defense LawyerNo RatingDetermined and firm. Sexism. It is time to get real.12/11/2017 12:54 PMContact reviewer
53054Criminal Defense LawyerNo RatingArrogance and elitism. Ruined lives, statues and the California Code of Judicial Ethics routinely disregarded. And there are people who defend her. "Move along folks, nothing for you to see here."12/11/2017 11:56 AMContact reviewer
53023LitigantNo RatingMy comments are provided in lieu of my winning 90% of my hearings with Fujie. My observations are based on the gravitas of the struggle to get her to rule as per CA law. Every single RFO was a battle to get her to FOLLOW THE RUL...Read More12/09/2017 04:20 PMContact reviewer
53022Civil Litigation - Private
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I too am surprised by all the negative comments. I wonder if they are primarily male as many female jurists get a bum rap and/or are referred to as Satan because they are determined and firm. I found her to be even handed and fai...Read More12/09/2017 03:10 PMContact reviewer
52143Civil Litigation - Private
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I don't understand the negative comments. She's an excellent judge handling a demanding docket.10/13/2017 05:58 PMContact reviewer
50714Civil Litigation - Private
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Just more of the same from Fujie. 100% in favor of defendants on every motion submitted. She ignores defense's unsupported assertions in law and/or facts and merely regurgitates their positions, ignoring all else, especially any f...Read More07/21/2017 05:49 PMContact reviewer
47232Civil Litigation - Private
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Fujie a former civil defense attorney and rationalizes in favor of defense contrary to the law. When she rules clearly against the law, she won't state her rationale. She doesn't adhere to the code of civil procedure even when i...Read More01/14/2017 11:34 AMContact reviewer
47180Civil Litigation - Private
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I am very surprised by all the negative reviews. I have had several cases before Judge Fujie in her PI Hub court and have appeared in front of her many times on for law and motion and discovery conferences. I have not tried a case...Read More01/12/2017 07:22 PMContact reviewer
44271Criminal Defense LawyerNo RatingI thought I saw Satan in a local cafeteria the other day. But it was just Holly.07/14/2016 03:14 PMContact reviewer
43688Civil Litigation - Private
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The quality of judges has deteriorated so greatly since our new Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye took over in 2011 that we should stop using the word "justice" in connection with the courts The courts now turn lose predators like...Read More06/13/2016 11:37 AMContact reviewer
43635Civil Litigation - Private
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This judge who is handling minor's compromise has no regard for how hard Plaintiff's attorneys work, and because of her penchant to dismiss their effort, is making it difficult for GALs to find lawyers who want to represent minors...Read More06/10/2016 06:42 PMContact reviewer
42736LitigantNo RatingThe CJP is under much scrutiny at this moment because they have so "under performed" at their duties. They seem to be on the other team's side as well. There is no judicial oversight which is why some judges such as H Fujie and ...Read More05/14/2016 09:26 PMContact reviewer
42729Civil Litigation - PrivateNo RatingShe is a negative grade [redacted by Editor]. I beg ALL of you to write the commission even if after she destroyed you or your children's lives, and STOP this madness and help others. Can anyone repost on here if they actually got...Read More05/14/2016 03:12 PMContact reviewer
42071Criminal Defense LawyerNo RatingShe really is mean and stupid. She is dishonest to boot.04/16/2016 04:58 PMContact reviewer
42069LitigantNo Ratingthis is the one of the worst, they got her right, mean and stupid. she should take the money she stole from our wonderful state bar, (who by the way let her go forward to be this judge after her impropriety) and retire to another...Read More04/16/2016 03:28 PMContact reviewer
41944Civil Litigation - Private
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Mean and stupid. Not a very good combo. Needs to go back to private practice.04/09/2016 08:36 PMContact reviewer
37907Criminal Defense LawyerNo RatingHolly does not want to face the consequences of her poor, impulsive decisions. She does not want to hear any criticism of how she behaved while on the bench, no matter how improperly she behaved. Despite how difficult this has ...Read More10/05/2015 03:40 PMContact reviewer
37485Criminal Defense LawyerNo RatingHolly really does have an agenda that mothers MUST work....it's her 70s feminism. She didn't even give me maternity leave for my support payments to my ex. And she took the psychologist's report about our family as gospel truth,...Read More09/10/2015 06:31 PMContact reviewer
37484LitigantNo RatingGood News People: Rumour has it Holly is out next week. I hope they toss her out on her nasty, rude, ignorant butt. Her name is misspelled should be Folly Fujie...09/10/2015 05:49 PMContact reviewer
37483LitigantNo RatingThis judge is anything but honorable. She is nasty, glares at you when she is confused (which is pretty often) or frustrated (because she is so easily confused). She does not apply the law, she is biased and easily distracted by...Read More09/10/2015 05:45 PMContact reviewer
36310Criminal Defense LawyerNo RatingThere is no humanistic explanation for why these really broken, vindictive people end up as judges in Family Law. What they do is make other people pay for the way they have been shafted in their careers that made them feel like...Read More07/17/2015 12:12 AMContact reviewer
30882Civil Litigation - PrivateNo RatingHolly is a first-rate piece of crap. I interviewed at her firm years ago, and she was on the panel of attorneys. What an arrogant, egotistical, bitchy lawyer. Almost got up and walked out of the interview. I did tell her that ...Read More11/08/2014 10:35 PMContact reviewer
29742Civil Litigation - Private
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I have personally seen Judge Fujie working on the bench since 2011. I have observed her performance on dozens of cases spanning over 4 years of tenure in Dept. 87 at the Los Angeles Superior Court. I am very disheartened with he...Read More09/28/2014 11:05 PMContact reviewer
29566Criminal Defense LawyerNo RatingHow did this impulsive, hostile person get on the bench? She needs to be removed.09/19/2014 01:25 PMContact reviewer
28938Criminal Defense LawyerNo RatingHer Husband and Children are so lucky to have her. NOT. Stupid arrogant woman.08/22/2014 01:22 PMContact reviewer
28677LitigantNo RatingIt makes me feel better to read that I am not the only litigant she hates and is trying to punish financially and otherwise and imputing income to me that I don't have. Being under her thumb has shown me what a fraud our court sy...Read More08/08/2014 12:20 PMContact reviewer
28662LitigantNo RatingI would give her a total zero. She needs to be removed from the bench, this is not being mean, she does NOT follow the statutes, she thinks she is GOD and can do whatever she wants. She is destroying lives and children as well. NO...Read More08/07/2014 09:43 PMContact reviewer
28380OtherNo RatingMy divorce case was moved to Fujie's court and has been a circus. Totally one sided with her ordering me to pay back half of the money my ex-wife admittedly embezzled from our credit cards. I lost my job and requested a suspension...Read More07/28/2014 12:17 PMContact reviewer
27099Criminal Defense LawyerNo RatingShe is so cruel. If she bares her gums at me one more time I might start screaming. There is no reason for her to be so hostile towards me. I'm glad to read hear I'm not the only one she hates.05/21/2014 04:37 PMContact reviewer
27095LitigantNo RatingGood luck with judicail review, let us know how that goes. I had timely recused her having a restraining order hearing then an ex parte which do NOT affect a timely recuse.She simple denied it saying untimely AND DID NOT MAIL the ...Read More05/21/2014 12:54 PMContact reviewer
27093LitigantNo RatingHow many of you have reported Holly to the Judicial Counsel? I have, and they say they are taking my complaint very seriously. Everyone answers to someone higher up...even Holly-chan.05/21/2014 12:41 PMContact reviewer
26563Criminal Defense LawyerNo RatingIf you have such profoundly negative feelings about how inadequate and biased Judge Fujie is then join the "Divorce Corp" forum for change in the family courts in our country. There are dedicated, intelligent people who want to s...Read More04/18/2014 12:28 AMContact reviewer
26543Criminal Defense LawyerNo RatingFrom the gist of these comments it seems that maybe they didn't really replace Liz Feffer. While the blonder version of Liz sits in another, lesser courtroom, her equally evil-minded twin is carrying on the legacy in Family Law i...Read More04/16/2014 10:59 PMContact reviewer
26535Civil Litigation - Private
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I have sat in her courtroom listening to many cases while my motion was pending. She ignores rules of evidence and makes snap judgments about the suitability of one parent or anther based on the flimsiest (i.e., inadmissible) evi...Read More04/16/2014 06:49 PMContact reviewer
26463Civil Litigation - Private
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I have been in front of this Judge on 4 occasions and watched the day trials of these days and am gravely concerned that this is what our legal system has as a Judge.She was horrible when she started, and horrible in the time past...Read More04/11/2014 12:16 AMContact reviewer
26413Criminal Defense Lawyer
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There is just no nice way to say this, she should NOT be a judge and someone NEEDS to get her off the bench. I have watched several cases with her and she does NOT know family law and is HARMING the people in front of her.She has ...Read More04/08/2014 06:39 PMContact reviewer
26230LitigantNo RatingThe California Code of Judicial Ethics restrains the way a judge may manifest anger or frustration. However, Judge Fujie doesn't seem to believe that she is bound by the Code of Judicial Ethics. She is abusive, contemptuous, an...Read More03/28/2014 05:33 PMContact reviewer
25363OtherNo RatingJudge Fujie appears to have a threadbare knowledge of family law, and appears to rule primarily on emotion and personality rather than adhering to the letter of the law. She relishes pouncing and picking apart a certain type of li...Read More02/24/2014 10:08 PMContact reviewer
25130LitigantNo RatingShe definitely does have types of people that she resents, especially other women whom she perceives as "weak." But most of us who are in the process of divorcing our spouses are "weak," at least while the divorce is still pending...Read More02/05/2014 12:10 PMContact reviewer
23753LitigantNo RatingHad a TRO hearing in which she did not think that throwing the dog against the wall in front of the children, destroying all personal belongings (and so much more), is domestic violence. She stated that DV is only the immediate th...Read More10/18/2013 02:44 AMContact reviewer
23739Civil Litigation - Private
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In family law cases, she has real biases against the types of people she "resents," but you never know who that is going to be. She has little knowledge of the law, leading to orders which are entirely unpredictable and thus inure...Read More10/16/2013 07:23 PMContact reviewer
23724LitigantNo RatingThis judge, who is new to the bench, has no idea of the law, which can easily be seen in her comments in the transcripts. My ex-husband cancelled our health insurance and car insurance, destroyed and dumped our entire household fu...Read More10/16/2013 05:10 AMContact reviewer
23272Civil Litigation - Private
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This judge has no knowledge of family law, no judicial decorum or temperament, and no experience either. She seems to want to be everyone's mother, and will never discuss the law or legal issues. A total zero; I will never appear ...Read More09/13/2013 09:56 PMContact reviewer
22637Civil Litigation - Private
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I have spent a fair amount of time in her court over the last 18 months or so that she has been on the bench and I am not impressed. She rarely seems to have read the papers and is unprepared. She shoots from the hip without the e...Read More08/02/2013 06:24 PMContact reviewer
22253OtherNo RatingI attempted to have an emergency ex parte hearing in front of this judge. She denied my legitimate request without a valid explanation. She was unfamiliar with my case. I found out from multiple legal personnel that one judge will...Read More07/03/2013 01:25 PMContact reviewer

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