Angel M. Bermudez

`This judge should be impeached. He is a coward who refuses to stand up to wicked liar plaintiffs. He’s a woke lunatic who would rather degrade a decorated veteran for standing up for what’s right then dare to rule against LGBT insanity.

Worse judge I have ever encountered. Clearly caters to the demented woke agenda. California should be ashamed.

I appeared before Judge Bermudez about a dozen times. He is a no nonsense guy and has a bit of an ego. You better come to court fully prepared because he will be versed in your case, having read all papers filed. I found him slightly biased for defense, and he rarely deviates from his tentative rulings, despite oral arguments by counsel. Overall, I have found him fair to both sides, though.

Terrible. Judge relies on unpublished opinions even after its pointed out, he declines to consider arguments except with nods, but never acknowledges them while sticking with tentative, even when he is shown his ruling is objectively wrong, legally wrong, factually wrong, and logically wrong. Judge does not control courtroom and permits personal malicious attacks without foundation. Judge is very pro plaintiff, very pro employee in employment disputes.

J. Bermudez is pro-plaintiff / pro-employee in employment law claims. He misunderstands respective burdens and presumptions. For example, on one issue a bright-line "may recover fees" (yes or no) was analyzed under the probability of recovering fees and an employer's heightened burden to show bad faith. So, although attorney fees "may" be recovered under the motion (ccp 1030), because it required bad faith he ruled erroneously by analyzing the probability of meeting the bad faith standard. Employers should avoid him.