The Robing Room

Hon. Russ RoecaJudgeSuperior CourtSan Francisco

2.9

Comment #	Occupation	Rating	Comments	Date & Time	Actions
135118	Litigant	No Rating	Sadly, wrong person in wrong department. Overtly defensive wrt to anchor parent vs facts over fiction. Terrible has been now moved to probate court.	02/06/2026 02:11 AM	Contact reviewer
134969	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Judge Roeca was the most even-handed and thoughtful family law judge in SF in a long time. He read pleadings and seemed to genuinely care about the best interest of the children.	01/20/2026 09:59 PM	Contact reviewer
134648	Other	View Details	This judge was presiding over my family law case in San Francisco. He was very knowledgable and I felt that justice was served in my case. I have a high respect for Judge Roecca.	12/04/2025 05:46 AM	Contact reviewer
130725	Litigant	No Rating	Horrible nightmare. The judge does not read declaration, does not follow court procedures, makes decisions that contradict laws and common sense. Instead of paying due attention, he endlessly postpones hearings, finding any reason...Read More	02/01/2025 04:24 PM	Contact reviewer
130231	Other	No Rating	Judge fails to address concern regarding child safety and determines decisions which are not in best interest of child. Judge thrives in separating child from loving parent.	01/02/2025 05:28 AM	Contact reviewer
130112	Criminal Defense Lawyer	No Rating	There are two recent new articles that have been published about what Judge Roeca enables. I highly recommend that anyone who has matters in his courtroom read these. These horrors could also happen to you and your children. ht...Read More	12/24/2024 03:04 PM	Contact reviewer
130111	Criminal Defense Lawyer	No Rating	Judge Roeca lacks empathy. I believe that this should disqualify him from hearing Family Law matters. In one case, a mother has completely lost any right to be in her son's life. This was after the father asked her to abort the ...Read More	12/24/2024 02:56 PM	Contact reviewer
126237	Criminal Defense Lawyer	No Rating	This judge let a guy completely off the hook for child molestation charges. The decision to do so is indicative of his callous view of child abuse. His attitude has not changed in the Family Law venue. Judge Roeca doesn't make d...Read More	04/11/2024 01:20 PM	Contact reviewer
126229	Other	No Rating	Here is an article that gives more perspective on how this judge empathies with the plight of children. https://archive.ph/E4tXw Also, here: https://patch.com/california/san-francisco/new-complaints-come-following-release-alleg...Read More	04/10/2024 07:39 PM	Contact reviewer
126222	Litigant	No Rating	Judge Roeca lacks the empathy necessary to make basic decisions for children. For example, he recently made an ex parte order allowing a father who wanted his child aborted to permanently move to Denmark. This was after denying th...Read More	04/10/2024 05:19 PM	Contact reviewer
123072	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	Judge Russ Roeca SEEMS to be a polite judge on the surface BUT... when it comes to actually preparing himself to make a ruling he is unprepared. Judge Roeca covered for his crony counterpart who is a total family wrecking ball tha...Read More	10/28/2023 11:53 PM	Contact reviewer
123065	Litigant	No Rating	Judge Russ Roeca SEEMS to be a good judge on the surface, being polite while on the bench BUT... when it comes to actually preparing himself to make a ruling for a hearing, he showed up to the bench on an EMERGENCY order hearing ...Read More	10/28/2023 12:59 PM	Contact reviewer
120785	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	Controversial Judges. [redacted by Ed.] “The judge has ordered the court closed,” another deputy yelled. “If you fail to leave, you will be detained.” “Are you serious?” O’Neil’s supporters said. One woman at the front said, “Yo...Read More	09/28/2023 01:42 AM	Contact reviewer