The Robing Room

Hon. Socrates Peter ManoukianJudgeSuperior CourtSanta Clara

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Comment #	Occupation	Rating	Comments	Date & Time	Actions
133120	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	Totally pro defense, pro large law firm and pro business defendant. Pete not only disregards the law and arguments presented by the counsel he does not like and/or the party he does not like, he actually argues points presented b...Read More	05/21/2025 11:50 AM	Contact reviewer
133118	Civil Litigation - Private	No Rating	Pete Manoukian is the worst judge in the Santa Clara County Superior Court in the last 40 years. Every comment I read below is 100% on point. He has no interest in following the law or reading any papers or listening to anybody....Read More	05/21/2025 11:45 AM	Contact reviewer
128907	Litigant	No Rating	`Judge Manoukian is unfair and bias and has no regard for self-represented litigants. Two motion in limine's were filed prior to trial that would have disposed of the case prior to trial but Judge Manoukian did not rule on either...Read More	10/02/2024 09:47 AM	Contact reviewer
115845	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Socrates is an OUTSTANDING jurist and judicial officer. He is EPITOME of a judge with integrity. He's a damn FINE judge. And, he neither takes crap, not wastes time, on unrepresented litigants.	01/29/2023 12:17 AM	Contact reviewer
111950	Litigant	No Rating	Judge Manoukian is a horrible judge and disregards relevant caselaw frequently. The precedent setting case in my complaint was decided in 2004 and the caselaw has remained undisturbed but Judge Manoukian ignored and indicated that...Read More	11/20/2022 11:57 AM	Contact reviewer
102936	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Judge Manoukian used to be a better jurist. It appears that he has taken a down turn in his abilities to remain impartial and apply the law fairly. As most judges, he favors the big corporations over the citizen now. He used to be...Read More	02/16/2022 01:10 PM	Contact reviewer
101932	Civil Litigation - Govt.	View Details	Extremely lazy, incompetent and biased judge. Presides over the cases in which he has a conflict of interests. Does not read the briefs. Very short tempered, frequent psychopathic outbursts, violent yelling in the courtroom. Reser...Read More	01/03/2022 10:52 AM	Contact reviewer
58188	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	prejudiced, talks too much, racist, dislikes women, does not listen well, not fair to poor people, and lazy.	07/27/2018 03:34 AM	Contact reviewer
46305	Litigant	No Rating	If you publicly criticize judge Socrates Manoukian, he will send the Santa Clara County Sheriff department to your house and they will threaten to kill your family.	11/14/2016 02:51 PM	Contact reviewer
38282	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Actually dumb. Lazy, doesn't read motions, biased, don't get on his bad side. Supposedly was an excellent insurance defense trial attorney. Extremely biased towards insurance defense. That is why all he does is shuffle cases	10/16/2015 02:31 PM	Contact reviewer
26373	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Does not read papers carefully. Does not read statutes carefully. Very arrogant and does not treat lawyers with respect. Loves to hear himself talk. Admits to loving being stroked. Likes the center stage.	04/05/2014 11:30 PM	Contact reviewer
21758	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Does not listen to both sides equally in a matter. He comes to court after reading a brief with a preconceived opinion of how he will rule on the issue at bar. He is generally in favor of the plaintiff, which hardly seems fair.	05/23/2013 11:18 PM	Contact reviewer
2827	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Does not seem to read papers very carefully. Hates counsel interrupting each other and anything ad hominem in briefing. Will not adjudicate "he said, she said" disputes. Stickler for deadlines. Even if you have a stipulation i...Read More	09/12/2008 01:19 PM	Contact reviewer