Elaine W. Mandel

Just concluded a civil jury trial with Judge Mandel.

Very smart very fair

Judge Mandel has the ideal judicial temperament in my opinion - smart, fair, tough, and practical. She listens carefully but moves things along and doesn't put up with any funny business. A great draw!

This is a follow-up to comment # CA52866. It is understandable when wrongdoers keep repeating their misdeeds, that's what they do, it’s what they live for, but it is mind-boggling when a judge who is sworn to uphold the Constitution adopts lawbreaking behavior, when she departs from her judicial and moral obligations to unjustly benefit one party over the other then scramble in attempt to cover such misconduct. The irony that in attempting to rectify a perceived injustice, judge Mandel made matters worse by creating breach of ethics. As previously mentioned, the signed judgment was missing Exhibit "A" which consists of six pages and was therefore incomplete, and our request to include it, among other things, was ignored. But since some judges behave as if the court is their inheritance that has been left to them by their ancestors, six months later, the decision was made to make it appear as if the signed judgment dated September 7, 2023, indeed included the six pages (Exhibit "A"). To effectuate that scheme, it was apparently decided to stealthily enter it in the docket sheet, falsely pretending that it has been filed and served by the clerk on September 7, 2023 (which is absolutely untrue), then realized afterwards that the proof of service was not included, so a separate proof of service appeared suddenly in the court file on February 28, 2024 (nearly six months after the date of the fake filing). What judge Mandel and her assistants don’t know is that we have a definitive proof that they lied, that said missing pages were not filed, entered or docketed on Sept. 7, 2023. In other words, that judge and whoever was involved in our case simply cheated and deceived the entire courthouse. Wasn’t it enough for Mandel to deprive the victims, who are the injured party, in the literal sense, of receiving the compensation they deserve for their medical care? Why does she value the criminals who committed theft and fraud over her judicial integrity? Our objection to prop

A few weeks before trial, a court official unexpectedly decided to transfer our case from Santa Monica to Beverly Hills, but after our protest the case was retransferred back to Santa Monica. It was unfortunately transferred to judge Mandel, who knew nothing about the case, and not to the original trial judge. It is no secret that some judges will do their best to save the face of a defendant who happens to be an attorney, even if that attorney committed theft from his clients, worse yet, even if he/she was disbarred for misappropriating tens of thousands of dollars from former clients. That has proven true with judge Mandel, she went above and beyond to save the defendant, our former, a now disbarred attorney Gregory F Stannard, from imminent humiliation. Not only did that man steal our large file which contains confidential documents and expensive personal belongings, but he also did not submit one single document pertaining to our P.I. case to the jury in the underlying action including our past medical expenses even after he was asked by the jury, he failed to prepare the jury instr., the judgment (as ordered by the judge), and the Memorandum of Costs, then disappeared with our file. The disbarred attorney let the crooked Mercury Ins. defense counsel Douglas P Vining and the rest of his team prepare all of the above where they excelled in committing all sorts of fraud, to the extent that one of them (steven J Horn) changed our status from Plaintiffs to defendants in the underlying action in order to be able to commit even more fraudulent acts against us. They all owe us hundreds of thousands of dollars. During trial Judge Mandel carefully and meticulously examined all of our evidence including economic and noneconomic ones, she found herself caught between a rock and a hard place, either to base her decision on the evidence and the law or to turn a blind eye to whatever shred of ethical principle remained in her troubled conscience. She chose the latter. The e

She shoots from the hip. Doesn’t always follow the law and doesn’t understand her function in ruling on a summary judgment motion is fact finding, not fact determination.

Judge Mandel is stuck on her tentative rulings. She will not consider oral argument points even if the law is supporting your cause. She seems angry, short in explanations, and having low patience. I have argued in front of her a couple times on different matters. I did not find her to have any fairness or compassion which is the basic requirements of a judicial officer.

Mandel is a hot temper, rude, loud & impatient judge. She is often very angry & takes sides while picking her favorite attorney! While a victim might be getting victimized second time by her, she refuses to be fair & provide relief! The biggest liar in her court room wins! She is pro-defendants specially those of her own kind! Her judicial assistant Priscilla is a nightmare who get all the minute orders wrong. Together Mandel & her judicial assistant are a disaster you want to avoid! 170.6 this inept judge immediately! Stay away from her court room!