Hon. Randolph M. HammockJudgeSuperior CourtLos Angeles
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| Comment # | Occupation | Rating | Comments | Date & Time | Actions |
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| 135329 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | He talks to hear himself talk. Imposes Walker hearings on Plaintiffs. | 03/09/2026 07:58 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 135172 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | One of Top Ten civil judges at LASC | 02/13/2026 01:24 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 134747 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | He does not allow counsel to speak and appears to enjoy the sound of his own voice. While I would not say he is the worst judge—given the current state of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse—his constant interruptions are exhausting. Plai...Read More | 12/17/2025 09:48 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 132164 | Litigant | No Rating | WARNING. WARNING WARNING, WORST JUDGE PERIOD. AVOID AVOID AVOID. A TOTAL NARCISIST. HORRIBLE PERSON. | 04/07/2025 10:00 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 130848 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | I READ the Daily Journal article, and I was SHOCKED that he admits that he "TRANFERS GREAT WEALTH", and how he quotes the GODFATHER? Judge Hammock appears to be truly DELUSIONAL,has GRANDIOSE ideas he's the Godfather, [Redacted ...Read More | 02/06/2025 01:53 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 130005 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Just read a recent Daily Journal article about Judge Hammock. I admire the way he handled that situation. He is a great judge and deserves our respect. | 12/13/2024 01:46 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 128856 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Randolph Hammock has a voice that ranges from loud to booming, and he frequently raises it, often shouting at attorneys. He is known to take cheap shots and build straw-man arguments, all while raising his voice. When delivering u...Read More | 09/26/2024 05:11 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 126895 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | He seems to love wealthy persons or persons represented by wealthy firms, or court reporting firms, since his wife is a court reporter. If you are not, I predict that he will ignore the facts and California law and you will lose. ...Read More | 05/17/2024 10:14 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 125895 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I just read his ruling in the Remini vs. Church of Scientology case. He got the nail right on the head. Brilliant! He must be one of the smartest judges at Mosk. | 03/17/2024 12:44 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 125333 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Hammock can be a bit "bi-polar," for lack of a better phrase. He is often right on the law and moves through his calendar quickly. However, when he is in a bad mood, he behaves like a petulant child - cussing at counsel, yel...Read More | 02/23/2024 12:14 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 124626 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | He is erratic and yells a lot. He is biased against black female lawyers, who he exhibits bias towards and will sabotage their cases with his sneaky grin. Shows up at plaintiff conventions but is very pro defense. Unless you ar...Read More | 01/07/2024 07:01 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 123654 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | He is one of the brightest and best at Mosk. He does need to work on his temperament. | 11/08/2023 08:51 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 120483 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | On a good day, judge loses his temper in one out of every three to four hearings. When he's not screaming he's mocking plaintiffs and defendants. He's cruel, inconsistent, erratic, and has one of the worst tempers in LA county. ...Read More | 09/11/2023 06:08 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 119381 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | He is rather erratic, and will find a way to really screw up rulings. They will make very little sense and he seems to fix the case so that you have no way of winning or ultimately prevailing. Seems to have a defense bend though I...Read More | 07/12/2023 06:44 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 118494 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | it’s clear to anyone that the last poster (who apparently has posted several times before) has some sort of personal vendetta against Judge Hammock. I have had several cases and trials before him. He is neither racist or pro def...Read More | 05/25/2023 04:17 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 118281 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | He is one of the worst and most racist judges in California. Affidavit him if you get him, unless you represent a wealthy individual or company. If you do represent such wealthy persons, he will do everything to help your case and...Read More | 05/24/2023 09:17 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 112105 | Civil Litigation - Govt. | View Details | This judge is very evil with no compassion for victims of a crime who case he is assigned. I was involved in a civil lawsuit with the city of Torrance due to being a victim of a crime where I was assaulted on a bus by a complete s...Read More | 12/01/2022 01:25 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 111947 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | This judge is intellectually indolent, pro defendant, refuse to follow the law when it goes against the party he likes, and [redacted], affidavit this guy immediately. | 11/20/2022 10:27 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 109667 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Updating my prior comment: if there are any positive reviews about this judge here, I suspect that they are by parties who appeared before him who are white and wealthy, whom he ignored the law to benefit, or maybe, even by the ju...Read More | 08/19/2022 11:41 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 109665 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I opine that the law does not matter to this "judge." He is like Donald Trump in a robe. This is the second, most racist, and one of the worst, most incompetent judges that I have ever had the misfortune to go before. Given a rece...Read More | 08/19/2022 11:32 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 105604 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | He told me that he doesn't like my type of cases, but he will follow the law. He then scolded defense counsel for not paying attention. In discovery dispute, he didn't award monetary sanctions, but said it could be added as part o...Read More | 06/14/2022 01:35 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 78924 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Hammock is thoughtful and discerning and probably one of the best read and most even handed judges at Stanley Mosk. You would think because of his background that he is pro plaintiff, but if you read below, you'll find comme...Read More | 11/14/2019 01:23 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 77430 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Hammock is a well mannered, reasonable, fair, and highly intellectual judge. While I don't always agree with his holdings, I appreciate that he reads all moving papers in detail, is well acquainted with the issues in the cas...Read More | 10/10/2019 03:47 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 69793 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | This judge is a mad man. I pity you if you are in his courtroom. | 05/31/2019 02:32 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 68602 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I was in his court earlier this week on a law and motion matter and watched him in a jury trial for a few hours in an unrelated case. Very interesting insurance bad faith. Very complex. Many good lawyers. Big time litigation wi...Read More | 05/02/2019 08:11 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 68392 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | My first impression of this judge was that he tends to micro-manage his calendar. Somewhat like Hess, a judge we were all happy to see retire. He was dismissive towards younger attorneys, at least that was my opinion. I’m hoping ...Read More | 04/26/2019 11:15 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 64361 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | At first, he comes off as a little nutty. But after engaging in a 2 week trial with him, I quickly learned that Judge Hammock's mind is extremely sharp. So, if he interrupts and seems to be going off on tangents, it's because he...Read More | 01/26/2019 08:52 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 59507 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I worried about this judge at first. I now think he is one of the better judges at the downtown LASC. The thing I like best about him is he is conscientious. He really cares about getting the decision right, and is smart and fa...Read More | 09/11/2018 11:52 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 56917 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I must confess that I completely disagree with the comments recently posted by CA13575 and CA13576 -- who seems the be the same person. I have had several cases with Judge Hammock and I found him to be one of the better judges at...Read More | 06/14/2018 09:14 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 56714 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | It is easy to see why he an elected judge. No politician would ever appoint him to the Bench out of the sheer embarrassment of how he runs his courtroom. He looks for the path of least resistance and takes it, regardless of what...Read More | 06/08/2018 02:27 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 56713 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Hammock is the worst kind of Judge. He is intellectually lazy. His primary goal is to do as little work as possible. He would rather knowingly commit reversible error and take his chances with the Court of Appeals that ma...Read More | 06/08/2018 02:17 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 53321 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I was in a position to contend on appeal that this judge abused his discretion only to realize that the agonizing he did in deciding the issue was not only not an abuse of discretion, it was probably the most proper application of...Read More | 12/30/2017 06:11 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 51102 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I am always leary of elected judges but Judge Hammock is one of the few judges who posts online tentatives and in my case it was thorough and well reasoned. Wants to get to the bottom line and talks a lot at hearings. | 08/15/2017 12:55 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 50446 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I am a pro per plaintiff (who might seem mentally unstable) and recently appeared before this court. Judge Hammock was extremely patient with me as a pro per. Despite my occasional rambling, Judge Hammock remained calm and attempt...Read More | 07/06/2017 12:23 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 49915 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I saw an interesting thing last week while sitting in Judge Hammock's court. A pro per plaintiff (who seemed like a vexatious litigant or mentally unstable) was appearing before the court. Judge Hammock was extremely courteous a...Read More | 06/03/2017 08:25 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 49106 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Basing my review on the utter disaster Dept. 77 has become since Judge Hammock left. His replacements have done a poor job running the department which makes you realize how you good you had it until its gone. | 04/24/2017 11:03 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 46903 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Just heard Judge Hammock is being promoted to an I/C court at Mosk. Too bad for us. He's the only judge in the PI courts who knows what he is doing... | 12/26/2016 08:24 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 45568 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | If you have the misfortune of being assigned to this judge, affidavit him immediately. He has no understanding of the law, the standards that apply to pleadings and is extremely hostile. | 09/27/2016 04:42 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 44953 | Civil Litigation - Govt. | View Details | I have been a defense attorney for over 20 years. I appeared in front of Judge Hammock a few weeks ago on a Summary Judgment motion, which he granted. It was hotly contested. I was very impressed with his command of the facts a...Read More | 08/24/2016 10:14 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 44930 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | [Redacted by Editor] This guy is an absolute disgrace. He is starved for attention, wastes everyone's time and attention speaking from the bench for literally hours on end, misses the forest for the trees almost every time, is a...Read More | 08/23/2016 10:56 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 44333 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Hammock is extremely intelligent, understands case issues, even when very complex, will always listen to, and most importantly consider, both sides. Even if he ruled against my client, I would understand why; he explains hi...Read More | 07/18/2016 01:24 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 43323 | Litigant | No Rating | Judge Hammock is much better judge than judge Nieto. It is a shame that both oversee the Dept 77 of the Stanley Mosk, and have different views and treat the pro we litigants totally different. | 06/06/2016 12:46 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 41943 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | I may not always agree with his decisions, but it is clear to me that he reads everything, he does try to listen and understand your position, and he is one of the smartest and fairest judges at Mosk. Frankly, the court seems to ...Read More | 04/09/2016 08:30 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 38690 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Hammock is on the ball, smart, easy to work with, fair and a good judge. | 11/04/2015 04:20 PM | Contact reviewer |
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