Hon. Michael LiefJudgeSuperior CourtVentura
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| Comment # | Occupation | Rating | Comments | Date & Time | Actions |
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| 134600 | Litigant | View Details | This judge is a criminal acting under the color of law to deprive people he doesn't like of their civil rights. He made multiple due process violations that prejudiced my case. He's a major source of injustice in Ventura County ...Read More | 11/29/2025 04:14 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 134509 | Other | View Details | https://thecurrentreport.com/the-fix-was-in-a-six-year-pattern-of-judicial-bias-in-mma-fighter-amir-rahnavardis-ventura-county-case/ | 11/17/2025 08:23 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 133977 | Litigant | View Details | I am writing about family law matters | 09/15/2025 06:52 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 133838 | Litigant | No Rating | Judge Michael Lief should not be on the bench in my matters. Every judge has already been removed from my cases, yet somehow Lief is still hanging around and pretending to preside. That is unlawful. He has no authority, no jurisdi...Read More | 08/20/2025 09:44 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 128155 | Litigant | No Rating | With regard to monetary issues...the person who gave high marks sounds like perhaps money was the main focus. Money was not the focus for myself, though it was part of what was brought before this judge. Judge Lief followed the ...Read More | 08/11/2024 02:29 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 127961 | Court Staff | No Rating | RE: CA54297 “Surprised to read these other comments.” This exact same language (or close to it) has been said before on other Ventura judges. It’s no surprise that judges and their staff are seeking to distract from legitimate c...Read More | 07/24/2024 04:40 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 127953 | Other | No Rating | He was very fair and saw through my ex husband's thin logic trying to get child support reduced to zero. Judge Lief made an efficient ruling on child support, and imputed a reasonable income on my ex spouse. I came in with a reali...Read More | 07/23/2024 03:29 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 125876 | Civil Litigation - Private | No Rating | Radiant Truth is spot on. Judges need to do a better job and believe victims. Hilary Clinton once said, "Victims have a right to be believed," and it is true. I've been in practice for over 10 years as a family law attorney, an...Read More | 03/15/2024 05:33 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 125844 | Civil Litigation - Private | No Rating | Dear Judge Lief, Over the years I have witnessed numerous instances of protective mothers escaping abuse being disbelieved and revictimized in your court. You really need to be trained on the facts about domestic violence. Here’s...Read More | 03/13/2024 09:47 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 125826 | Civil Litigation - Private | No Rating | Lief likes to pretend he’s a cowboy in his off hours, but just like his courtroom performance he’s “all hat, no cattle.” He only pretends to do his job, but in truth he’s incredibly incompetent and has no idea what he’s doing. In ...Read More | 03/12/2024 03:27 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 124943 | Litigant | No Rating | When victims of domestic abuse go to court, we expect to be heard and treated with respect by the judge. Judge Lief awarded everything to my abusive ex-husband because I complained about being beaten by him the day I left. He gave...Read More | 01/29/2024 01:49 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 124725 | Litigant | No Rating | Judge Lief should not be allowed to handle cases in family law. He is lazy, allows bullying in his courtroom and does not respect his job, nor the individuals whose lives he negatively impacts with his personal biases and incompe...Read More | 01/14/2024 12:38 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 124211 | Other | No Rating | POOR This man THREATENED MY LIFE!!!! | 12/22/2023 09:39 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 124029 | Prosecutor | No Rating | When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty | 12/10/2023 06:51 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 119395 | Litigant | No Rating | Michael Lief acted like an advocate for my abuser. He seems fair as you go through trial, but he’s incredibly biased, finding creative ways to rule against. I was raped and suffered physical injury. Lief disallowed my medical reco...Read More | 07/12/2023 07:37 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 118843 | Other | No Rating | This judge gave my abusive ex custody of my children and falsely accused me of being the abuser! He denied my DVRO and said I filed it because I was angry that my ex was dating!!! He is terrible and puts children and women at risk...Read More | 06/08/2023 10:35 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 118566 | Court Staff | No Rating | RE: CA48043 Dear Public, This victim's case is one of the most disturbing I have come across in my several years of advocacy for victims of crime. The pure emotion and pain of this victim should give us all pause. Anger is an ...Read More | 05/29/2023 01:32 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 116392 | Court Staff | No Rating | Dear Protective Parent, Lief has been reported to us many times for bias, especially against women and victims of violence. He seems to not believe victims, and views any claims of violence with skepticism. He does this even in t...Read More | 02/23/2023 02:24 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 116389 | Other | No Rating | This judges has left children in the custody of their abuses and refused a | 02/23/2023 01:52 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 114628 | Court Staff | No Rating | RE: CA45100 Dear Private, Lief has serious misconduct in his personal life that makes him far from the "10 stars" judge that you claim. A multiplicity of attorneys have confided with me privately that this judge rules based on ...Read More | 01/16/2023 01:57 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 114329 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | My client was abused by a domestic partner. Lief reviewed the facts and ruled in our favor. Looks like someone with a few screws loose is this judge's personal data online. My guess is that they are either in custody or a mental...Read More | 12/30/2022 11:55 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 112232 | Court Staff | No Rating | The origin of the Ventura family law department's hostility toward protective mothers has its genesis in the 1980s where women were increasingly assertive of their victimization in patriarchal families, giving voice to what has be...Read More | 12/05/2022 10:28 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 111978 | Other | No Rating | EDITOR'S NOTE: Comments containing personal identifying information about judges or their families will be removed from this site as inappropriate. | 11/21/2022 09:10 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 111616 | Other | No Rating | This morning totally disregarded my evidence for my concerns about my 1 year old grandson whom I had a pre existing relationship with. I had so much evidence that he would not look at. What's the use of putting together evidence i...Read More | 11/08/2022 08:19 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 111575 | Litigant | No Rating | EXTREME INJUSTICE!!! I had a review hearing, learned I had a new judge that morning. It was Michael Lief. I’ve been in court since 2018. I had full custody and lived in Ventura. My ex kidnapped my kids during coronavirus after ha...Read More | 11/06/2022 09:27 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 111561 | Court Staff | No Rating | RE: CA4557 Dear Other, I'm sorry to hear that you have judge Lief on your case. If this is your first hearing with Lief, I recommend that you come prepared with your 170.6 ready to court. If you do not have a paper motion to s...Read More | 11/06/2022 01:15 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 111555 | Other | No Rating | Oh wow! Just finding out about this awesome site and about form 170.6, and how I'm screwed this Monday morning at 8:30am in dept. 32 with Judge Leif.. | 11/06/2022 01:19 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 110954 | Court Staff | No Rating | RE: CA42459 On what basis do you make this statement? Tell that to the minor teenage child who's father sexually abused and trafficked her, but Judge Lief saw no problem with it. The girl was video tapped by the mother recounti...Read More | 10/14/2022 11:26 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 110953 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Good judge if you are dealing with a deceptive or manipulative abuser. | 10/14/2022 10:42 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 110809 | Court Staff | No Rating | RE CA42344: It is troubling to hear that Lief continues to abuse protective mothers. He seems to think any allegation against abusive fathers needs to be treated with suspicion, even when the abuse is supported with overwhelming ...Read More | 10/09/2022 11:19 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 110801 | Litigant | No Rating | Judge Lief makes rulings with overt sexism by favoring the father despite evidence supporting the mother’s position. Judge Lief openly insulted and emotionally abused me during proceedings, and operated with extreme bias. He open...Read More | 10/09/2022 06:44 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 110188 | Litigant | No Rating | “When exposing a crime is treated the same as committing a crime, you are ruled by criminals.” ~Edward Snowden When a judge has to lie to save face, willful misrepresentation becomes fraud upon the court. Lief revictimized me on ...Read More | 09/14/2022 04:52 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 110094 | Court Staff | No Rating | Dear Public, Once again this judge is at it again. A concerned mother reached out to write about her experience with judge Mike Lief: “Hello, I recently was made aware of finding out about my current judge. I have him, and will ...Read More | 09/09/2022 01:33 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 106074 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Practicing attorney here with 5 years experience with Mike Lief. This judge does NOT respect the interests of women and children, and I’ve seen him repeatedly give deadbeat dads the benefit of the doubt. He awards huge judgements ...Read More | 07/04/2022 02:21 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 103935 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Dear Victim, I believe you and I know other attorneys do as well. Lief has a pattern of revictimizing women and victims of sexual abuse. For those reading this survivor’s grueling post, full of genuine emotion, know that it is ...Read More | 04/04/2022 05:31 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 103934 | Litigant | No Rating | I hate Lief for what he did to me, and I don’t say that about anyone other than my perpetrator and his sociopath attorney. Lief has very distinct handwriting, with curly undercase and a huge signature. My perpetrator also has a hu...Read More | 04/04/2022 04:51 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 103905 | Civil Litigation - Private | No Rating | The following post was wrongfully censored by the editor on 4/2/2022: Dear Public, I would like to share an email sent by US Senator Dianne Feinstein to a rape survivor who experienced revictimization in Michael Lief's court: "...Read More | 04/03/2022 05:34 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 103518 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Dear Public, I’ve been recently informed of a disturbing case of stalking and harassment committed by a fellow officer of the court against a victim of crime. This attorney recently sent documents to the victim’s confidential hom...Read More | 03/17/2022 06:31 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 103064 | Court Staff | No Rating | Mike Lief relies on stereotypes and rape myths when judging victims of sexual assault. He awards large cash judgements against victims, forcing them into financial ties with their abusers. This is despicable behavior by a judge an...Read More | 02/21/2022 10:39 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 102928 | Court Staff | No Rating | Dear Public, If you have information on judge Michael Lief, I want to hear from you. Email me at RadiantTruth@pm.me Very Truly, Ventura County’s Radiant Truth | 02/16/2022 04:33 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 102845 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Lief is proof that a village somewhere is missing it’s idiot. He does not have the temperament for complex litigation and made many wild assumptions that prejudiced and hurt my client. I’ve seen him allow a fellow attorney (acting...Read More | 02/12/2022 02:31 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 101392 | Court Staff | No Rating | Dear Litigant, This judge needs to be trauma informed. The fact that he commits so many abuses of discretion and gets away with it shows how biased the appeals courts are on the side of judges who misbehave. It’s really shocki...Read More | 12/14/2021 01:18 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 101177 | Litigant | No Rating | I’m also a victim of Mike Lief. He ran a kangaroo court for my rapist and let him do whatever he wanted in trial, even following me out of the courtroom directly behind and touching me before we got out the doors. The message was,...Read More | 12/06/2021 09:34 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 101041 | Court Staff | No Rating | Hi [redacted], I’m sorry that you’re having to deal with this mistreatment from Judge Michael Lief. As you’ve seen on TRR, I’m covering the case of a rape victim who was repeatedly fined by judge Lief despite having trauma to th...Read More | 12/02/2021 08:43 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 100917 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Bully misogynistic child rapist apologist. He’s complicit in every instance of child abuse his reckless family law decisions have enabled. I don’t know how he sleeps at night | 11/27/2021 06:48 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 100823 | Litigant | No Rating | This judge is absolutely terrible I have had many problems with the mother of my son and her unwillingness to coparent despite the fact my sons mother has had repeated encounters with the law and exposing our son to domestic viole...Read More | 11/23/2021 11:53 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 100806 | Litigant | No Rating | I agree 100% with these comments on judge lief. He was BIASED against me as a black man. He wouldn’t let me speak and disallowed all my evidence. I had a lawyer, but it didn’t matter. He allowed the respondent to berate me on the ...Read More | 11/23/2021 03:24 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 100778 | Court Staff | No Rating | In Lief’s court and among other Ventura family law judges, attorneys have witnessed a pattern. These cases start out firmly on the side of survivors, with victims winning their restraining order cases. However, as the case contin...Read More | 11/22/2021 02:14 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 100632 | Court Staff | No Rating | Dear Public, Our network of attorneys have confirmed that the rumors about Judge Mike Lief are true. His history has been known among his regular courtroom attorneys for quite a long time. We are targeting this judge for accoun...Read More | 11/16/2021 11:17 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 100336 | Other | No Rating | 37886 Who says "I've been a *trial lawyer?" There is one creepy lawyer, who says this a lot. | 11/05/2021 11:42 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 100334 | Other | No Rating | CA37886 And, you know all of this how, 'counsel'? You seem to be getting your own "sins" and secrets, off of your chest. And, people have said a very similar things, about my abusive ex's lawyer, the well known flirting and al...Read More | 11/05/2021 08:57 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 100333 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I've been a trial lawyer in Lief's courtroom since he first began in Ventura in 2015. Lief is one of the worst judges in Ventura when it comes to being evenhanded. He picks a side and awards everything to that party. It is true...Read More | 11/05/2021 08:14 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 100096 | Probation or Pretrial Officer | No Rating | Justice for Yvonne and Harrison. Michael Lief took advantage of his position in the DA office and the courts in 2014 to gain advantage in his bitter divorce. He was "controlling" and "domineering" toward his ex-wife and family. ...Read More | 10/26/2021 12:24 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 53154 | Other | No Rating | Biased. I had records in a small "text communication prohibited while driving" case. He completely disregarded evidence, elected not even to review phone bill showing no texts received/sent within full hour of time of infraction. ...Read More | 12/17/2017 05:13 PM | Contact reviewer |
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