David M. Hirsch

Judge is the GOAT. Great judge, accepted our plea and defendant got a great outcome at sentencing.

Smart, fair. Doesn't screw around.

Judge Hirsch has conducted hearings in my matter for over a year without

Very fair judge, patient and intelligent.

Very pro defendant. Not a fair or unbiased judge at all.

I would rate Judge Hirsh a 0, but can only give a 1 on the scale. Unfortunately, in Sexual Assault crimes against children, I've now seen him give extremely low sentencing to the perp. Not sure how this guy hasn't been investigated already. In one case, he called the adult male who plead guilt to the SA crimes against a minor "seems like a nice guy", seems like he's sorry. Who says those things about a self confessed pedo. Victims of sexual assault deserve better than Judy Hirsh.

I was absolutely appalled as a victim to see my abuser I was pressing charges against (with more than 7 felonies against me) only get sentenced 180 days by Judge David M. Hirsch sentencing to jail and gets out early; a total of only serving 2 months total. Where is my justice? He ruined my life and gets off with a slap on the wrist. Absolutely shocking.

RE: CA48820 "You have to be prepared for his pace. He doesn't tolerate the unprepared or incompetent." This is not the demeanor of a "good judge," quite the opposite. A good judge would be willing to see the truth in a case, not get embroiled over the inevitable mistakes and inefficiencies of the system. This attitude only ensures that the "good old boys" who "know the rules" have any chance to win cases. That is not justice. But what does justice mean to judges these days? 170.6 Very Truly, Ventura County's Radiant Truth

One of my favorite judges. Fair and smart, but moves fast. You have to be prepared for his pace. He doesn't tolerate the unprepared or incompetent. Slight lean to the defense side of things (wish it were even more since he was a PD and our entire bench seems to be in love with the DA's office). He is a very good judge.

Dear Public, We have recently received information indicating a pattern of wrongful decisions by judge David Hirsch retaliating against criminal defendants who maintain their innocence in court and refuse plea deals. He threatened a female defendant with contempt of court after she expressed defiance toward what she described as an attempt by the district attorney’s office to openly lie, accusing her of making admissions that she didn’t make, in an attempt to coerce her into accepting a plea deal for a crime she didn’t commit. Judge Hirsch wrongfully increased her bail to $500,000 with an additional contempt charge and remitted her into custody after she refused to change her “attitude.” The defendant is a member of a minority protected class and low income. This wrongful decision cost the family $50,000 in bail bond fees. The family believes that this decision by judge Hirsch was intended to be punitive for the defendant’s refusal to accept the plea deal and for her maintaining innocence. Embroilment and bias in favor of prosecutors is serious misconduct. We urge defendants to file a 170.6 petition against this judge as soon as possible—it must be done first before this judge can even make a minor ruling in your case. If you have information on judge Hirsch, we want to hear from you. Email us at RadiantTruth@pm.me. Very Truly, Ventura County’s Radiant Truth

This judge is the worst in the county of Ventura and the state of Ca, he refuses to see, or read any of the facts of a case and is a terrible person he should be FIRED!!!

He is overly tough on criminal defendants, but he is in no way biased against minorities, as some here believe.

The comment below is right about this Judge. He is definitely biased. I am a minority and instead of looking at the facts that no evidence was presented he just assumed I was guilty. He specifically told me if I was not going to behave I would be put in their as he pointed to the inmates. Definitely cold hearted.