Hon. Renee C ReynaJudgeSuperior CourtSan Mateo
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| Comment # | Occupation | Rating | Comments | Date & Time | Actions |
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| 134828 | Litigant | View Details | I hav coaches, refs, and umpires make calls against me. I respect their calls even if i dont agree with them because i see them as competent and honest brokers. [Redacted by Ed.] She makes up her mind before hearing facts. ruil...Read More | 12/31/2025 10:31 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134827 | Litigant | View Details | i had a nervous brekdown after this judge killed me. I lost my job. all my money. | 12/31/2025 10:21 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134826 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I just popped on here and saw these reviews. Wow!!! I totally agree with the sentiment. Felt totally alone until now. She destroyed me financially. I had to move out of California to UT to get away from this judge. Totally b...Read More | 12/31/2025 10:08 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134825 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | In a word or two: biased and hateful of white men. I had to appeal two of her decisions because she (or her clerks) didn't even read my court filings. When I retuned to judge Reyna's court she (or her clerks) was furious and orde...Read More | 12/31/2025 07:39 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134754 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | In a word, Tangible Bias. Judge Reyna openly normalizes bias against men, especially white men. It's pervasive. Examples: she permits relentless personal attacks against a man in filings and in the courtroom but jumps in reflexiv...Read More | 12/19/2025 03:42 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134750 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Judge Reyna is a great jurist. She is smart, kind, and has a great temperament. I don't know what these reviews about her bias are about. She, unlike most judges in SMC, is not beholden to what the DA wants or demands - she is beh...Read More | 12/18/2025 09:29 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134749 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | In a word, Judge Reyna is a naive social warrior steeped in the Stanford ivory tower. She views herself as tilting the board against the white male patriarchy. Indeed, she no doubt views her naked prejudice against white males a...Read More | 12/18/2025 08:54 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134685 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Silver Bullet Divorces are exploding in San Mateo County. https://attorneyatlawmagazine.com/legal/legal-trends/the-silver-bullet-method-the-rise-of-false-allegations-in-divorce-and-custody-cases. Judge Reyna is reinforcing that ...Read More | 12/09/2025 08:20 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134656 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Temperamental, rude, unprepared, and biased. What more needs to be said? She rules as a political activist (groomed in the race/gender/sexual orientation victim reparation dogma taught at Stanford) rather than statute, due proce...Read More | 12/05/2025 06:33 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134653 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Judge Reyna is rarely prepared, shows temperament in almost every hearing, shows bias in most hearing. It's hard to imagine how Stanford University has created a law graduate so unprepared for this role. Defendants are going to p...Read More | 12/05/2025 09:45 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 134597 | Litigant | View Details | No tax paying law abiding citizen should have to come to court knowing that, no matter what the issue, whether you're in the right or the wrong, the judge will rule against. you. Judge Reyna is that judge. After 5 years, Judge ...Read More | 11/28/2025 05:06 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134297 | Litigant | View Details | Silver Bullet Divorces are exploding nationwide in wealthy communities. Judges like Judge Reyna are the cause. Judge Reyna is so strongly biased against any litigant who has been accused of Domestic Violence that it creates an i...Read More | 10/29/2025 11:16 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 134281 | Litigant | View Details | I don't know how to express this in legal terms because i am not a lawyer. Judge Reyna seems to believe that if a person has been accused of domestic violence, they are a sub-human not worthy of any protection under the law, no m...Read More | 10/27/2025 06:13 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134217 | Litigant | View Details | I am not a lawyer or a judge. But I have been in Judge Reina's court sadly for five years. I cannot get out of her court because she grants my ex anything that she asks for. Is irrational for my ex to stop suing me so long as Judg...Read More | 10/17/2025 11:28 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134212 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Sadly, Judge Reyna's tangible biases, amplify and extend conflict and ultimately harm families and children. By taking sides, she emboldens and encourages litigation from one party. The other party feels they are not receiving e...Read More | 10/17/2025 03:20 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134208 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | You cannot imagine a judge who is more intemperate, biased, thin skinned, and unable to present even a charade of neutrality. She takes the female litigant's RFO and begins ordering it line by line without soliciting any adversar...Read More | 10/17/2025 03:54 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 134206 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Reyna's in-courtroom bias against men is shockingly tangible. She calls on the woman's counsel and routinely forgets to solicit the perspective of the man's counsel. She mutes the man if he offers help and chastises him f...Read More | 10/16/2025 10:34 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134202 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | If your client is male, be informed that judge Reyna will rule in favor of the female 100% of the time. Your client will be financially, mentally, and physically destroyed by the time you are done. Judge Reyna is physically unable...Read More | 10/16/2025 01:48 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 134112 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Renee Reyna has to be removed from the bench. She is destroying families. My children have been tangibly and permanently harmed by her. She is a serious threat to families in San Mateo County. I cannot imagine being in fr...Read More | 10/04/2025 01:22 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 134111 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Reyna dislikes men. No she abhors men. I have never seen such a tangible bias displayed from a judge. It is so clear that she must be either unaware act out of some childhood trauma or is fully self-aware but unaccountable...Read More | 10/04/2025 01:11 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 134078 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Reyna is thin skinned, loses her temper, and is openly biased against men. She literally asks female litigants if they are OK as they speak but never the men. She allows female litigants to perjure themselves in declaratio...Read More | 09/29/2025 04:17 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 133935 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Judge Reyna is extremely biased against men. There is no telling what single mom childhood trauma she is avenging but don't let your male client be the next victim. Judge Reyna doesn't even try to hide her bias. She asks how the f...Read More | 09/08/2025 04:42 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 132521 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | These 10/10 ratings are clearly plants from her family, friends, and clerks. I have spent 30 days in Judge Reyna's court. There was never a single day that she was not late, unprepared, ill tempered, thin skinned, and biased. I...Read More | 05/02/2025 04:59 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 132519 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Judge Reyna is likely the most biased judge I have ever encountered. If you are male, you should immediately execute CCP 170.6 to be reassigned at all cost. If you do not, Judge Reyna will wreck your life. She is rarely prepared...Read More | 05/02/2025 04:48 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 132421 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Reyna is a snapshot of why US citizen confidence in the judicial branch has dropped from 60% to 23% in the last 4 years. She is an activist. She decides her rulings based on her personal biases about identity (against men,...Read More | 04/26/2025 07:49 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 132213 | Litigant | No Rating | Judge Renee C. Reyna, who ordered ongoing spousal support without any supporting evidence or documentation, thereby severely prejudicing my case from the outset. This decision was based solely on the Petitioner's verbal representa...Read More | 04/11/2025 01:45 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 131518 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Reyna is rude, unprepared, runs late, shows temper on a regular basis, and shows tangible bias against men. She is so untethered to statute that she should be thought of as an unelected activist judge still pushing the #MeTo...Read More | 03/18/2025 02:04 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 131499 | Civil Litigation - Govt. | View Details | Judge Reyna should be removed from her role immediately. She is untethered from the statute and is therefore acting as an unelected political agent on her own social warrior agenda. The damage she is doing is setting back the cre...Read More | 03/17/2025 02:49 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 130702 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Judge Reyna is overwhelmed, rarely able to track the litigation, generally unprepared. She is intemperate - often losing her temper. She runs months behind schedule. | 01/31/2025 12:38 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 130596 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Reyna shows an intolerable bias against men. Particularly if there's any wealth involved. It's not clear what the origin of her bias is, but she ruled in favor of the mother in a divorce trial at every single step. She was u...Read More | 01/23/2025 03:31 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 130185 | Other | No Rating | Judge Reyna’s handling of Family Court cases reflects a need for greater attentiveness to the intricacies of family law and the unique circumstances of each case. At times, her decisions seem disconnected from the evidence present...Read More | 12/30/2024 05:31 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 130183 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | No Rating | Judge Reyna is pathetic and needs to be removed from her role as a judge. | 12/30/2024 05:29 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 130181 | Other | No Rating | It's important to maintain professionalism and respect when providing feedback, even if you strongly disagree with someone's decisions or actions. Here's a revised version of your statement, focusing on constructive criticism and ...Read More | 12/30/2024 04:54 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 130171 | Litigant | No Rating | After all my motions were denied, the Judge Reyna not only muted me, cut off me in the hearings, moreover, refused to let me testify the evidence and accused her as a VL. Any legal experts or the Public organizations can offer th...Read More | 12/29/2024 02:19 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 130048 | Litigant | No Rating | Judge Reyna had her clerk sent the tentative rulings during the 15-minute recess of the above two hearing dates. I had suggested to Judge Reyna to post it to the public portal two days before the hearings, so party has time to re...Read More | 12/17/2024 03:41 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 130046 | Litigant | No Rating | San Mateo County Family Court has serious issues. My personal experiences from 2018 to present are beyond believable. Something needs to be corrected and improved. I will ask the public and the legal expert to judge my case. Th...Read More | 12/17/2024 02:29 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 129127 | Litigant | No Rating | I have the utmost respect and admiration for Judge Reyna. She was very fair and thoughtful in our extended divorce process with custody & financial issues to consider. She did not favor one side, but considered all facts and evide...Read More | 10/09/2024 06:08 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 128747 | Litigant | No Rating | Judge Renee Reyna makes completely emotional decisions, instead of relying on facts. She drives her court in the way she wants instead of being incompliant with the law, allow both parties bring their facts. Her ignorance on compl...Read More | 09/19/2024 05:40 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 128569 | Litigant | No Rating | I’ve had an absolutely terrible experience with Judge Reyna, and it’s shocking that someone with such a poor understanding of basic legal principles is allowed to preside over family court cases. She is not only rude, aggressive, ...Read More | 09/06/2024 11:23 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 128534 | Litigant | No Rating | Judge Reyna denied my motions several times per other party's attorney's requests. Judge Reyna failed to quote any California Family Code, CCP or CRC when she denied my case many times. She is biased, lack of family law experien...Read More | 09/04/2024 06:23 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 128046 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | No Rating | Terrible judge, she needs to be removed from her seat. If you are before this judge make sure you request a new one before you are before her. She’s rude, biased, impatient and doesn’t have the experience or knowledge to be in the...Read More | 07/31/2024 10:43 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 127631 | Litigant | No Rating | Judge Reyna consistently and flagrantly disregards due process and the law. She has no regard for federal ADA and HIPPA protections. Her hubris is so great that she doesn't even attempt to disguise her complete lack of judicial im...Read More | 07/06/2024 08:35 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 126441 | Litigant | No Rating | I strongly believe that Judge Rana is [Redacted by Ed.] and has displayed a flagrant disregard for court protocols and family Penal codes in San Mateo County. Her rulings have been tyrannical, and it is evident that her appointmen...Read More | 04/23/2024 06:32 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 126421 | Other | No Rating | Judge Reyna obviously favors the manipulator/controller side. She granted a legal right to my granddaughter though he is not the biological father, not married to my daughter and did not adopt my granddaughter. This is a case of e...Read More | 04/21/2024 08:36 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 120855 | Other | No Rating | Going through a divorce in this court has proven to be a formidable challenge. It frequently appears that every hired professional endeavors to take advantage of the situation, particularly when one party grapples with mental heal...Read More | 10/03/2023 01:18 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 120289 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | A Very Rude and Biased Judge. Always Favors to some attorneys. The worst thing is she writes her order before another party to testify or prove the facts. Totally Unbelievable! Many people already feel very bad about San Mateo ...Read More | 08/31/2023 05:55 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 120285 | Litigant | No Rating | Judge Reyna was very rude when I presented my case. She only listened to another party for a long time. When I proved my evidence, she muted me through Zoom and cut me short immediately. She failed to read my responses and accus...Read More | 08/31/2023 05:47 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 119171 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Judge Reyna is new and lack of experience as a family law Judge at San Mateo Superior Court. She shows favor to some attorneys. She cut you short at the hearings if you are a pro per. San Mateo Superior Court should have good fam...Read More | 06/28/2023 10:25 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 117625 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I am a lawyer in private practice with more than 20 trials, including multiple family law trials. Judge Reyna is currently assigned to family law, which is an excellent fit for her style and disposition. I've now had two trials ...Read More | 04/27/2023 12:03 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 115805 | Other | No Rating | Honorable Judge Renee C. Reyna is thoughtful, fair and objective. I am one of those unfortunate individuals where my ex will not agree to anything as a result my legal fees are piling up like. I am super grateful my case is assign...Read More | 01/27/2023 12:36 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 112007 | Litigant | No Rating | Judge Reyna is a well-spoken, prepared, thoughtful, empathetic and decisive judge. She runs her court efficiently and effectively. San Mateo County is lucky to have her. One thing she could improve on is staying strong after giv...Read More | 11/22/2022 05:00 PM | Contact reviewer |
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