The Robing Room

Hon. Debra Cole-HallJudgeSuperior CourtLos Angeles

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Comment #	Occupation	Rating	Comments	Date & Time	Actions
134721	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	I recently did a Preliminary Hearing in front of Cole and it would be difficult for a judge to be more hostile. I have been practicing criminal defense all over Southern California since 1997 and this one experience puts her, in m...Read More	12/13/2025 10:32 PM	Contact reviewer
134652	Other	View Details	Rude, impatient and seemed stressed out everytime I was in the court room with her. She was so far up the DA's rear end she stunk! She definitely "judged" the criminal in the case. It wasn't that she was having a bad day, there we...Read More	12/05/2025 05:33 AM	Contact reviewer
132208	Other	No Rating	I was a juror on a trial with Honorable Judge Debra Cole-Hall. And to be honest she was very polite and fair and firm. It was a pleasure working with her. She was the nicest judge that I have been in a courtroom with.	04/10/2025 07:30 PM	Contact reviewer
116641	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	After reading the prior reviews I was hesitant to accept her as a trial judge. I talked with local Norwalk lawyers, who I trust, and their reports were positive. My client received a fair trial. Judge Cole was a pleasure. For the ...Read More	03/07/2023 09:39 PM	Contact reviewer
68592	Other	No Rating	This judge is by far the worst I've ever had, denied me early termination even though my p.o. sent the early termination paperwork in. She didn't even look at my paperwork.	05/02/2019 02:32 PM	Contact reviewer
52029	Other	No Rating	This judge is BIAS!!!!!!!!! As a judge, she is not fair at all. If I could rate a 0 I would!	10/06/2017 03:19 PM	Contact reviewer
39458	Litigant	No Rating	Jude Cole-Hall, like many others have written here, does not read documentation. She doesn't allow you to speak up if you represent yourself and expects you to know all the legalese. I have been going to this court for a while no...Read More	12/09/2015 04:58 PM	Contact reviewer
37706	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	Defendant was lying and proof was submitted and she let the defendant answer her questions without my attorney being able to cross examine him. I never was asked a single thing and she awarded me $24k less than was proven by cssd....Read More	09/24/2015 07:53 AM	Contact reviewer
37705	Litigant	No Rating	Should not be a judge!! Have never seen such incompetence!! Should be removed from judges chair to prisoner.	09/24/2015 07:44 AM	Contact reviewer
33781	Other	No Rating	regardless of the previous comments I have been with this judge for 2 years in regards to my child custody dispute and I've seen she is only after the best interest of the child. she doesn't care to hear any petty fight or accusat...Read More	03/31/2015 04:33 PM	Contact reviewer
33560	Other	No Rating	This is by far the poorest judge that I have experienced in my child custody and visitation case. She fails to read the mc030 form, nor does she read and review any evidence. I have learned that she has only been commissioner sinc...Read More	03/20/2015 03:16 PM	Contact reviewer
32656	Other	No Rating	Not only did Debra Cole-Hall not read my response to a DV Restraining Order, she refused to let me speak and did not look at ANY of the evidence I placed before her then granted the DV restraining order WITH NO EVIDENCE OF THREAT...Read More	01/29/2015 06:26 PM	Contact reviewer
31672	Other	No Rating	This judge is biased against men in general. I sat in on a couple of her family law cases and she always gives it to the mother. She doesn't read the file nor does she even care that the other party did not respond after she gave ...Read More	12/14/2014 04:08 PM	Contact reviewer
25194	Other	No Rating	She favors clients with attorneys, and discriminates against non-English-speaking people. She is too lazy to read the file. She favors the attorneys that she is familiar with, and treats the others like dirt. We are supposed to le...Read More	02/12/2014 01:15 PM	Contact reviewer