Lia R. Martin

Female clerk is soooooo rude! She is condescending in her manners to attorneys, won't answer any questions and tells everyone to 'call back after 2 pm'.

Judge Martin is capricious and lacking in common sense. She doesn't belong on the bench. And, her courtroom clerk is nightmarish.

Awful.

The judge is not super knowledgeable but can be tolerated. The clerk, however is a disgusting vile individual. I have never been treated more rudely by a clerk in over 25 years of appearing in this courthouse. Completely unacceptable. Clerk talks in the middle of hearings, laughs at self represented parties while they are trying to talk, actually raises her voice at attorneys for following procedure that is standard in EVERY SINGLE COURTROOM in California. I have no idea why or how this is allowed to go on.

The judge may handle matters well, but everything else about the courtroom erases whatever good she might do.

How this courtroom is not in the bottom ten, I don’t know. It is the worst place of any courtroom I have been in. I thought court staff was supposed to treat the public with respect. They should have training. No one is treated well here. Even the jurors were shaking their heads at their treatment. Who is in charge? This place is ridiculous. I hated being in there and hope to never go back again. They deserve zero stars. That clerk is a b-ully. She was even mean to the courtroom assistant. The judge does absolutely nothing. This is not a normal place, and these are not normal people.

I had to be in this courtroom recently and the clerk and the assistant clerk are still so rude that it boggles the mind that tax-paid servants -- that's really what they are -- are so profoundly rude to the attorneys and the other staff that floats in there to help. They must have miserable home lives to be this mean at their public jobs.

No understanding of civil litigation. Rude. Defense oriented. 170.6 if you have the chance. Does not know statutes.

The clerk causes more problems than she solves. She repeatedly talks over the judge and the attorneys causing confusion with everybody. Her wanting to stop and lecture the courtroom and throw her weight around meant it took abt 45 minutes to check everybody in. She continued this behavior even after the judge took the bench. She seems to think she is a great, knowledgeable clerk but she caused confusion and problems with nearly every case I saw this morning. She needs to chill. DON'T TALK OVER COUNSEL. DONT TALK OVER THE JUDGE.

I have no opinion on Judge Martin other than she is polite and speaks so that people understand her. This review is about her self centered clerk [redacted by Ed.] who creates too much noise by talking, typing, laughing during proceedings. It's a shame that there is no robing room for clerks since they deal with the public more than the judges do on a daily basis. Be prepared to be talked to like a child by this clerk. Very disappointed tax dollars pay this woman at the LASC or the DMV.

I am halfway through a case featuring Judge Martin as the assigned judge. So far, she has known more about the case than any of the attorneys, including myself. She has received some criticism now and then from litigants, but this may be because she takes the right position. As airmen said during World War II, you know you are on the mark when you receive a great deal of flak.

Horrible court staff. Takes 30 minutes to check in because the clerk repeatedly chides and abuses counsel. Judge Martin is not well versed in civil law and should be in a criminal court. She is blissfully ignorant of corporate law and ADR processes and takes it personally when you need more time for an arbitrator to rule. Not necessarily a 170.6, but in need of major spoon feeding on all but the simplest civil matters.

Clearly, a horrible, elitist and racist person and a worse judge. You will find her angry and demeaning, unless you're a rich white member of corporate america who might contribute to her election. She would have once been considered a taint on the Courts. Her staff reflects her mindset.

If you have a winning, but very complex legal argument, Judge Martin is a very good judge to be before.