Hon. Mary ArandJudgeSuperior CourtSanta Clara
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| Comment # | Occupation | Rating | Comments | Date & Time | Actions |
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| 129928 | Other | No Rating | Mary Arand is a clown, like most other Santa Clara County Court so called "judges". She legislates from bench, [Redacted by Ed.] inviting opposing counsel without the other side being present to her chamber. [Redacted by Ed.] ...Read More | 12/06/2024 01:15 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 120010 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Mary Arand shouldn’t be a judge. Her biased and negligent knowledge of the law is costing people their civil rights. If you are assigned this judge do what ever you can to get a new judge. | 08/16/2023 02:44 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 120009 | Litigant | No Rating | Restraining order took two years to get a ruling. The plaintiff was given 2 full days of testimony and the respondent was given 30 minutes. Respondent was lot allowed to present evidence. Judge was impatient and unfair. Respondent...Read More | 08/16/2023 02:41 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 103169 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | A simple restraining order took her almost 2 years! She didn’t allow me to talk, she is very arrogant on court, she didn’t have basic judgement capability, she does not have logic thinking, she made me lose confidence to American...Read More | 02/26/2022 12:42 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 68287 | Litigant | No Rating | not good with me in the process. Takes too long hearing to resolve simple question. Asked too many superfluous questions, not related to the case. Looks like she tried to find something to reject my request. She can be vindictive ...Read More | 04/24/2019 05:34 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 59169 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Not good with people. Takes too long hearing capricious arguments while cutting off good ones if to meet her pre-determined decision. Works to cover her behind and arrive at decisions she wants rather than following the law. Ca...Read More | 08/29/2018 05:40 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 57417 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | This judge was clearly biased toward the hispanic defendant. She dismissed his missing his court date due to the excuse that he forgot. She did not require him to file out the required forms that he was the owner of the business b...Read More | 06/29/2018 02:53 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 57416 | Other | No Rating | Horrible, Defendant did not attend small claims hearing and stated that he did not do so because he forgot. Not that he was sick, that there was an emergency, etc., but that he forgot.Judge Arand thought that was a good excuse and...Read More | 06/29/2018 02:48 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 57330 | Court Staff | No Rating | Pure biased and evil. How she got her seat as judge shows how vulnerable our system can be. Arand is a danger to justice. | 06/27/2018 03:36 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 56311 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Colluted with opposing counsel, extremely biased, play tricks to help other side supporting injustice agenda, such as wearing you down with short notice or deadline to fail you, then ruling on your minor mistakes she deliberately ...Read More | 05/24/2018 10:53 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 53706 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Called her clerk several times to ask a question--no reply. Filed a stipulation for continuance, which she ignored and did not grant. Had to appear at which time she stated she would not provide any orders for cases on which she...Read More | 01/22/2018 08:04 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 51406 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I would avoid this judge at all cost. She is arrogant, hostile to out-of-town attorneys, rigid, biased, and misapplies the law, even the most basic statutes and rules of court. | 09/02/2017 10:49 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 47029 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Has a predisposition on legal arguments. would rather tell you how she did it than follow the law. Judicial Admissions, Party admissions mean nothing in her court everything is open to interpretation. She will not make any hard p...Read More | 01/04/2017 05:31 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 45720 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | biased, doesn't know rules of discovery/civil procedure | 10/06/2016 12:32 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 44357 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Mary Arand is the WORST judge in Santa Clara County. She is biased and fraternizes with counsel. She lacks legal intelligence in applying the law to facts. She is unprepared to rule on law and motion and is perfunctory in her d...Read More | 07/19/2016 04:19 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 43933 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I dread appearing in front of Judge Arand. All most lawyers want in a judge is impartiality, but Judge Arand does not present as a fair judge. She makes no attempt to hide her bias in favor of counsel with whom she favors. She ...Read More | 06/24/2016 06:42 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 42795 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Absolutely worst judge I have had the misfortune to appear in front of in 25 years of practice. Misunderstands basic civil procedure law and practice and refuses to make any hard decisions on pre-trial motions, in essence forcing...Read More | 05/17/2016 06:13 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 42366 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | 170.6! Judge Arand is an biased advocate from the bench with clear and unfair preferences. She treats legal counsel unequally and will go out of her way to legitimize a bad decision that benefits the counsel she seeks to support....Read More | 04/27/2016 07:33 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 40802 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | She is out of her depth in civil department. Lacks insight and judicial temperament and doesn't seem interested in improving as a judge. | 02/10/2016 06:51 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 38279 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | She is an excellent judge who takes her position seriously and gets the job done. | 10/16/2015 02:23 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 34583 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | No Rating | Judge Arand is flippant, inconsiderate, and regularly makes legal errors in her rulings. I was in chambers with her on one occasion and happened to glance at her computer screen. She had happily typed a lengthy email about her h...Read More | 05/03/2015 10:23 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 34247 | Other | No Rating | Arand demonstrates aggressive partiality for the defense when they represent a municipality. Arand pre-writes opinions that willfully deny due process and civil rights of plaintiffs failing to read any opposing briefs. Arand might...Read More | 04/23/2015 02:58 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 33416 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Mary Arand was an outstanding attorney. Everyone had high hopes for her performance on the bench. Those very same supporters have been bitterly disappointed in her performance as a judge. She is openly partial on a personal level....Read More | 03/12/2015 01:08 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 28124 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | My wife and I were treated as we were last class citizens. We tried to disqualify this judge but the Superior Court of Contra Costa Judge Theresa Canepa denied the disqualification. We tried to do it through the Appeal Court (Judg...Read More | 07/16/2014 08:06 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 28059 | Litigant | No Rating | Mary Arand, corrupt judge, is a criminal clown who conspires with court staff and other judges and damages victims and obstructs justice for plaintiffs who are standing for their rights. She won't let me stand at the plaintiff ta...Read More | 07/14/2014 03:22 AM | Contact reviewer |
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