The Robing Room

Hon. Judy Holzer HersherJudgeSuperior CourtSacramento

2.7

Comment #	Occupation	Rating	Comments	Date & Time	Actions
117291	Other	No Rating	This judge ruined my career. A malicious former coworker sought a civil harassment restraining order for a single text message with no threat. The law says there needs to be a clear pattern of behavior and there was none. She didn...Read More	04/08/2023 07:02 PM	Contact reviewer
77699	Litigant	No Rating	I had Judge Hersher during a part of my trial. She was very fair and calling the ranting prosecutor out. Several times she stopped his irrational behavior, once even telling him "You will not make a circus of my court!" I felt com...Read More	10/16/2019 02:46 PM	Contact reviewer
47785	Litigant	No Rating	She is partial to the well connected... She definitely wants to try the cases without the jury getting to hear it.....Not really a fair judge.	02/16/2017 06:03 PM	Contact reviewer
45545	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	This judge is smart and prepared and expects the parties to be the same. She can be intimidating but if you sand your ground and cite good law you will win.	09/26/2016 09:55 AM	Contact reviewer
41884	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	She was rude, nasty, and made it clear she had already made up her mind before trial even commenced. She felt threatened by every male. In the American Inns of Court, she was the only female in the meeting and she put down all the...Read More	04/06/2016 08:16 AM	Contact reviewer
38086	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	She is abusive towards men and strong women. She bit lawyer's head off when he politely deferred to her ruling. She wants to try the cases herself. She is often wrong on the law, hated defendant attorney, and contrary to the law, ...Read More	10/10/2015 02:01 PM	Contact reviewer
34557	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	Should not be doing criminal defense trials. Abusive, very biased judge. Likes jurors to pose questions to prosecution witnesses during trial and her comments about the questions removed all/most reasonable doubt. She likes to ...Read More	05/03/2015 01:33 PM	Contact reviewer
30857	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	She appears to hate men. She must be the alpha male in the courtroom. She is rude. She makes her mind up before she hears evidence and then threatens one side to settle.	11/07/2014 08:30 PM	Contact reviewer
10059	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	She is fair, smart, and very hard working. She expects attorneys to be prepared and holds them to a high standard. The experienced criminal litigators who appear in her court have nothing but good things to say and among the civ...Read More	03/01/2011 06:25 PM	Contact reviewer
4396	Criminal Defense Lawyer	No Rating	I have no trial experience with Judge Hersher. She is polite enough in preliminary hearings but generally is regarded as one of the very worst judges on the local bench for criminal defendants.	01/13/2009 05:40 PM	Contact reviewer