Hon. William F. HighbergerJudgeSuperior CourtLos Angeles
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| Comment # | Occupation | Rating | Comments | Date & Time | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122709 | Civil Litigation - Private | No Rating | Being assigned to Judge Highberger was the worst experience I personally have had as an attorney. Argumentative, disrespectful, dismissive, arrogant to name a few. Likes to argue over the simplest issues and if you argue, you wi...Read More | 10/22/2023 12:42 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 119809 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | This judge is a train wreck. Way, way, way too involved (in a bad way) and overbearing and histrionic. Makes prosecution of cases 50 times harder than they should be. Clear defense bias and remains in low with Gibson Dunn (his f...Read More | 08/04/2023 05:06 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 79008 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Highberger is a pretty amazing anomaly in the LASC civil courts. He is incredibly discerning and intelligent but also equitable and likable. His background is defense and because of that he is indulgent and patient to, somet...Read More | 11/16/2019 03:06 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 65504 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | He is arrogant and very defense oriented. He has dismissed a lot of minors cases on the statute of limitations. He will not allow you to amend your pleadings over six months before trial. He will not give the plaintiff a few hund...Read More | 02/20/2019 06:55 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 60507 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | He sucks. We only needed a few hundred pages of discovery and he said that was too much for one plaintiff and refused to allow us to amend our pleadings 6 months before trial. He is unfair to Plaintiffs and dismissed hundreds of ...Read More | 10/12/2018 03:26 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 40023 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I have been litigating in CCW for many years. Although I do not always agree with Judge Highberger's decisions (he is a little more pro-Defendant than I would like), I find him to be thorough in his decisions. Additionally, he wil...Read More | 01/06/2016 04:44 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 30856 | Court Staff | No Rating | Court reporter's nightmare. Interrupts every single attorney when they're speaking. Every time. Speaks fast - whips through cases like he's got a plane to catch. "Small man" syndrome exercising authority...because that's all he ...Read More | 11/07/2014 07:15 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 26593 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Ill-tempered. Often rude. Closed-minded and wed to legal interpretations that have been outdated for decades. Seems to truly hate what he does. Recommend a 170.6 before the ink dries on the assignment! | 04/21/2014 06:25 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 16868 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Disregarded evidence and made ruling that ignored evidence. Was rude and condescending, was dismissive, not open-minded and generally acted as though he didn't want to be bothered. Is not stupid, but may be lazy. Is so unbelievabl...Read More | 08/14/2012 09:36 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 12884 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | This judge flip-flops all over the place on his positions on issues. His primary goal is to force parties into settlement. Self-absorbed and ill tempered. | 01/11/2012 09:17 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 10700 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Pedantic. Pompous. Self-absorbed. Disinterested. Ill-tempered. His personal agenda is typically more important to him than precedent. He disagrees with many modern interpretations and rulings on evidence, so he ignores them. | 05/09/2011 06:56 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 10616 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | My client timely responded to discovery but was unable to do so as he was in the intensive care unit at the hospital. Defendant nevertheless filed a motion to compel. Prior to the opposition being due, my client was released from...Read More | 04/28/2011 04:39 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 9727 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Powder keg. You can always tell when he's having a bad day as he often takes it out on counsel. Doesn't prepare and has a habit of speaking incessantly. | 01/12/2011 06:56 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 9398 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Refuses to follow precedent if it doesn't fit his agenda. Mercurial. Long-winded. Doesn't understand basic rules of evidence. The people who like him tend to brown nose him to curry his favor, and he particularly likes this. | 11/23/2010 05:47 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 9097 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Highberger comes across as pompous. Likes to hear himself talk. I've never known him to actually read the papers. He seems to make up his mind early on in his cases, deciding all later questions one-sidedly with little re...Read More | 10/06/2010 07:52 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 9063 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | One of the smartest judges around. Whoever wrote otherwise is either bitter or clueless. Or both. | 09/30/2010 04:00 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 9039 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Worst judicial temperament ever experienced; slams doors and insults counsel over minor issues; unprepared and forms opinions without reading cases or understanding legal issues; appears to make decisions based upon his workload r...Read More | 09/29/2010 11:25 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 9036 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | generally poorly prepared. doesn't read cases; constantly complains about his workload as the excuse for ill-informed and unsupportable rulings. | 09/29/2010 10:59 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 8654 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Excellent judge. Very even-handed, well prepared, and respectful toward counsel. One of the very best. | 08/10/2010 08:06 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 3185 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Great judge. He should be elevated. | 10/22/2008 11:50 AM | Contact reviewer |
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