Hon. Michael P. VicenciaJudgeSuperior CourtLos Angeles
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| Comment # | Occupation | Rating | Comments | Date & Time | Actions |
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| 134468 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | This judge is an absolute prick. Loves to sanction attorneys. This idiot should never have been a judge, | 11/12/2025 05:15 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 133698 | Civil Litigation - Private | No Rating | This judge is everything that is negatively written about him on this site. You is not deserving of even a 1 star. He needs to be removed from the bench!!! | 07/25/2025 08:31 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 133435 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Another infexible idiot. To make matters worse he claims to be training new judges! The court room should be a profession welcoming place where all are heard. This man is rude, obnoxious and has no place in the judiciary. He is...Read More | 06/18/2025 04:18 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 131145 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | This judge has the biggest chip on his shoulder that I have ever seen in any judge before. It's consistent too, it's not just a case of having a bad day. His rulings are unsupported and have directly gone against well-established ...Read More | 02/20/2025 02:15 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 129537 | Litigant | No Rating | LOL he and the opposing counsel pretended to put on trial. It was so obvious. He wouldn't admit none of our evidence. Twisted and bent the rules. Their secret language wasn't so secret. They were both horrible actors. I thought he...Read More | 11/12/2024 07:41 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 128107 | Litigant | No Rating | This is by far one of the rudest judges I have ever encountered. I believe he violated my constitutional rights. Form 170.6 is in order every time you may need to come in front of this horrible judge. On a 1-10 rating scale he de...Read More | 08/07/2024 10:09 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 127110 | Litigant | No Rating | The witness list went nearly the same way and he stated that I couldn’t serve my own witness subpoena, despite the court’s official website stated the opposite. Yes, not all the witnesses were successfully served and not all the p...Read More | 06/03/2024 11:28 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 127109 | Litigant | No Rating | Part 4 Since my initial exchange was under emergency, I prepared four folders of identical exhibits and brought them to court this morning. Judge Vicencia refused to allow the exhibits because he claimed that he would hold me to a...Read More | 06/03/2024 11:26 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 127108 | Litigant | No Rating | Parr 3 Later I discovered that judge Vicencia had already denied my preemptory challenge and set the trial in a few days. When I appeared again for the Final Status Conference on Friday, two days before trial, I proceeded to expla...Read More | 06/03/2024 11:24 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 127107 | Litigant | No Rating | Part 2 When I first appeared in dept 26 and upon opening my mouth to tell the staffer that I was there for an eviction, the staffer rushed to “shush” me and ordered me to sit down. I told him that I wasn’t his child or his dog to ...Read More | 06/03/2024 11:21 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 127106 | Litigant | No Rating | Part 1 I am in trial in Dept 26 now and will be going back tomorrow, Tuesday June 4th. I was in judge Vicencia’s courtroom for a previous eviction case as a defendant/tenant. I had borrowed $3,000 and sold a vehicle in order to p...Read More | 06/03/2024 11:19 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 126249 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | [Redacted by Ed.] His ego is out of control. He berates attorneys over issues most judges handle with grace. Avoid this courtroom at all costs. He is unreasonable on the calendar and will force you to trial calendar before the def...Read More | 04/12/2024 11:07 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 124890 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I handle quite a few cases in the Los Angeles Superior Courts, and getting Judge Vicencia for the first time was like a breath of fresh air. He starts his calendar on time; he moves through his calendar expeditiously; and he sched...Read More | 01/26/2024 10:38 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 123000 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | I’ve handled a couple of trials in front of Judge Vicencia. He does always rule in my favor, but his rulings are generally well reasoned. | 10/24/2023 12:40 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 121253 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I do not take criticism of Judicial Officers lightly; however, AVOID THIS JUDGE LIKE THE PLAGUE. He is rigid, inflexible, uncooperative, rude and just downright MEAN. He is also prone to juvenile temper tantrums from the Bench. ...Read More | 10/13/2023 12:17 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 106210 | Litigant | No Rating | Admitted he was unfamiliar with HOA law, friendly with plaintiff attorney established at the beginning of trial, biased toward plaintiff, did not read any of the filings except as required during court. Interrupted defendant's cou...Read More | 07/11/2022 05:24 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 73563 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | This judge is about as dishonest and sold-out a judge as I have ever seen in over 20 years of practice. He makes wrong rulings, then employs ridiculous straw-man arguments persuading you to swallow his rulings. I plan to appeal hi...Read More | 08/01/2019 12:49 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 70883 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Just finished a trial and thought the judge was fair and well read. He has a lot of common sense in my opinion, as well as "street smarts." Unclear what outcome will be, but feel both sides were heard fairly | 06/21/2019 05:06 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 70712 | Other | No Rating | i was a witness for a friend in case that recently ended, and so no decision has been made yet...very impressed with this judge...win or lose i feel he is a fair, well read judge.. | 06/19/2019 07:57 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 61172 | Litigant | No Rating | A very interesting judge who transforms when donning the robe . A very thorough judge who does not trivialize any case . He takes no bs and hates liars and could be severely harsh almost frightening at one moment and super nice th...Read More | 11/01/2018 02:45 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 56119 | Other | No Rating | Clearly favors plaintiffs. Unfair. Rude. Erratic. Disrespectful. Biased. | 05/18/2018 02:01 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 55270 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I ended up in this court unwittingly and was nervous as a result of these reviews. This was NOT my experience. I found Judge Vicencia smart with a case specific knowledge of wage and hour law of all things. He was fair but tough ...Read More | 04/21/2018 12:21 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 54898 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I read the other comments here and was concerned that I had not papered Judge Vicencia. But after having my first substantive hearing with him and observing his conduct with other counsel in other matters before ours was called, ...Read More | 03/27/2018 06:24 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 54626 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Never go before this judge without a court reporter! | 03/11/2018 12:06 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 53920 | Other | No Rating | Just for the sake of truth and accuracy, the critical comments of this judge unfortunately are true. It hurts our system of justice, but it must be told. The positive comments, the few there are, must be related to something other...Read More | 02/01/2018 04:31 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 53558 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | BEWARE- The below comments are all accurate. This man is not willing to hear any oral argument. He doesn't issue tentative rulings. Your better off not making an oral argument because once his mind is set, citing to pertinent case...Read More | 01/16/2018 11:21 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 53403 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | The negative comments and criticisms are on point. I've never been the subject of his ridicule or tirades but have had to sit through a number of his calendars. He should know better. An embarrassment to the bench. | 01/05/2018 07:11 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 52772 | Litigant | No Rating | He doesn't have the wherewithall to stand in the courts as a person who is sensible and cordial nor does he exhibit a fairness in his rulings and decisions. He allows defense litigants to speak nonsense and takes it for fact erron...Read More | 11/21/2017 04:22 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 47912 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | As many below have noted, this judge is VERY no-nonsense, and does not suffer for fools. During oral argument, he will make sure both sides are heard, but will cut directly to the chase to let you know his tentative ruling, and f...Read More | 02/23/2017 03:58 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 43743 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I have read the scathing comments of Judge Vicencia and strongly disagree. I have been before him numerous times as have my law partners. We all consider him to be a very intelligent and fair judge. The only attorneys I've seen ...Read More | 06/16/2016 01:42 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 42770 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | To be avoided if any sense of court decorum, civility or legal acumen is important to your case. | 05/16/2016 07:38 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 36493 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | An astonishingly poor judge. Unprepared. Not smart. Volatile. It is as if a gigantic child has reached the bench and now functions there with all of the legal acumen of a precocious 12-year old. Justice is not served by his pre...Read More | 07/25/2015 04:19 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 33467 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Incredibly, the man has not an iota of legal acumen. And, he has no ability to fathom a legal argument. I would feel sorry for him except for the fact that he makes a mockery of our system. Period. | 03/16/2015 06:30 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 33247 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Likely appointed for his father's political connections. Terrible judicial temperament. Ill prepared. An embarrassment. | 03/03/2015 04:58 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 32262 | Civil Litigation - Govt. | No Rating | This is one situation where the below comments are fairly accurate. Complete lack of a proper judicial temperament-period. | 01/08/2015 04:48 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 29387 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | As others have said, he is certainly rude, impatient, and arrogant. More troubling, however, is his astonishingly poor understanding of or the law. He should not be on the bench. | 09/10/2014 11:48 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 26455 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Judge Vicencia is in Long Beach. He used to be in dept 8. He gives no priority to private counsel. He'll hear pro pers before he hears private counsel's matters. He is robe heavy. He was papered by the public defender's office...Read More | 04/10/2014 08:57 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 26438 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | This judge is arrogant. A lot of attorneys paper him. | 04/10/2014 12:35 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 25480 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | This judge was a complete jerk at the first CMC. I dumped him on a peremptory challenge. I've been around too long not to know that judges who are jerks early on only get worse as the case goes on. | 03/04/2014 12:42 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 24991 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | This judge is openly unfair and biased, and should not be allowed to adjudicate matters. His ability to hold political judicial council positions allows him to abuse the law and misrepresent the integrity of the court. He openly ...Read More | 01/23/2014 11:32 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 24990 | Litigant | No Rating | Judge Vicencia boasts of his favoritism, bias and judicial abuse. He yells, screams, and openly punishes persons (and cases) that he dislikes. He is very politically active in the judicial arena, and therefore favors large corpora...Read More | 01/23/2014 11:22 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 24319 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | "Impatient" and "sarcastic" are accurate comments. This judge has little regard for the rule of law. Judge Vicencia's own law applies in his courtroom. He should have run for office like his father. He does litigants a real disser...Read More | 11/21/2013 04:42 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 22643 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Impatient and sarcastic. Acts as if his court is the major concern of those who control the judicial budget. He uses sarcasm to disguise his ignorance of the law. | 08/03/2013 04:39 PM | Contact reviewer |
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