JoAnne McCracken

I appeared in court for a case. The judge demonstrated concerning gaps in understanding basic legal principles and precedents. During the proceedings, obvious contradictions in evidence and testimony were overlooked. When key evidence was inexplicably unavailable, no proper inquiry was conducted. Multiple witness testimonies contained clear contradictions, yet these inconsistencies were not addressed in the ruling. The decision failed to consider or apply relevant legal standards and established criteria. She said other side was more believable then me. Imagine people going to jail because of incompetent judges like McCracken and crime increasing in the Santa Clara County. Based on this experience, voters should carefully examine this judge's record of legal reasoning and adherence to established law before the next election. The demonstrated inability to properly analyze evidence and apply legal standards raises serious concerns about judicial competency. I strongly encourage voters to research all judicial candidates' qualifications and track records of following legal precedent.

Worst judge. Ruins famlies. Won’t review evidence, reverses her own documented decisions/rulings (.even when transcripts are provided). She reversed previous judges rulings without reviewing evidence. She has a biased agenda and only makes decisions to support her agenda. Unprepared, refuses to rule based on child’s best interest. Assumes she is the smartest person in the room. Is disrespectful. Won’t take PHD recommendations. Totally out of her league and is ruining families and a generation of children who will be broken based on her rulings. It is clear her personal life experience and personal agendas bias her decisions. She does not follow the law, does not know the law and refuses to be educated.

Worst judge I have seen on the Santa Clara Superior Court. She was biased towards fathers in family court, doesn't listen to both parties like she is supposed to, makes orders without understanding the situation. Also rude, racist, cuts people off. Good luck getting anything done in her courtroom if she doesn't personally favor you.

A Disappointing Judge. She gets easily tricked by wicked lawyers and becomes the ruin of innocent families. It’s a shame when such Judges misjudge and fall for subterfuge and cloak and dagger stuff without assessing the deep-seated trickery involved in a case. Judges must me made of sterner stuff. Sorry neither me or my family can conclude otherwise. It’s got nothing to do with losing a case yesterday. If I am wrong in my assertions indeed, I be damned, but that is not the case so Do not get me wrong. I am not writing out of bias one iota bit. My Family and I have done nothing wrong. But this Judge fell for tricks and wickedness. Let me explain one instance: Yesterday after the rendering of her judgement the Plaintiff (in this case who is an Attorney in Santa Clara County) advanced towards my wife and Laughed at her loudly & wickedly and despite my wife telling the Plaintiff that he has a permanent restraining order against him & to stay away the wicked Attorney kept advancing towards her & said to me and my wife: "You two vamoose". I stood by my wife silently and observed the nastiness of this Lawyer Plaintiff who does nothing but crafts lies. He did this just after the Judge rules in his favor against us. The lewd behavior is on our security cameras. He did this immediately after this Judge’s miscarriage of justice judgement.

Judge McCracken changed my life by attending jury duty in her court five years ago. She was such a fine example of how to be patient with people, extremely fair and able to cut through all the noise seamlessly. I will never forget my experience in the same room with her and aspire to be like her in every way to this day.