Harry Jay Ford

Kind, practical, and fair. Handled pleading challenges and discovery disputes very thoughtfully. Well suited to the bench!

Super huge and rough calendar. Really unfair to all litigants and this Judge. The circumstances that make this Judge the way he is due to the fact that the Judge is grossly overburdened by his calendar.

When I lost everything in the Palisades Fire, our house burned to ash, my child's school burned to ash, we were bouncing around hotel rooms and could not find stable housing, and I was the primary caregiver for my 5 year old, this judge did not excuse me from Jury Duty. A real prince. Thankfully the AG's office stepped in and did the right thing. I honestly question this guy's judgement. This may not be the correct forum for such a review, I just felt the need to let people know.

HATES PRO PER LITIGANTS OBVIOUSLY. SHOULD NOT BE A JUDGE. DOES NOT CARE ABOUT LAW, ONLY BIAS. REFUSES TO ADDRESS OR ABIDE BY NOTWITHSTANDING LAW WHEN PRO PER LITIGANTS PRESENT.

Judge violated his judicial oath by not reading pro per litigants complaint. Judge first read defendants lawyer's demurrer. Lawyer provoked error filing a baseless demurrer berating pro per litigant and did not address ONE authority or causes for action in demurrer. Basically stated falsely pro per litigant complaint can not be understood and is confusing and he does not know what it's about. Judge allowed himself to be bamboozled and decided NOT to read pro per litigant's complaint. This can be concluded by his "order" not containing ONE word of plaintiff's complaint and copied and pasted the demurrer, applied the wrong statute to the case and dismissed it erroneously. The case is Meador vs Elite Plastic surgery. Judge should have read complaint. Case is on appeal now and most certainly will be reversed as patients lives depend on it. Judge handed defendants a license to ignore the expressed governing law to their services that could cause the death of patients. Pathetic judge should be reprimanded and fined.