Mark C. Kim

This Labor Day ladies and gentlemen let's not forget the sacrifices of our military men who died in wars foreign and domestic to give us these constitutional rights civil rights and these courts there are to serve us however there is obvious redundant and as to the infamous California judicial bench [Redacted by Ed.]

This Labor Day ladies and gentlemen let's not forget the sacrifices of our military men who died in wars foreign and domestic to give us these constitutional rights civil rights and these courts there are to serve us however there is obvious redundant and as to the infamous California judicial bench [Redacted by Ed.]

Bad temper, rude, and self-absorbed. Should not be on the bench.

Bad temper, rude, and self-absorbed. Should not be on the bench.

This is one of the more intense courtroom experiences in southern California, and maybe one of the most intense state-court experiences anywhere. Trial goes Mon-Fri, no dark days or breaks, no wasting the jury's time and no excuses. You will usually get assigned a trial date about a year out from when the complaint was filed. You will not get extra time for discovery or settlement talks or whatever. If you are slow effecting service, you will get hammered. He rules quickly and decisively. He certainly makes the occasional legal error, but that's to be expected from somebody who's actually calling balls and strikes instead of taking everything under submission after multiple rounds of briefing. There is no such thing as being overprepared in this department. If the court is wrong about something, you had better be ready to tell him why. He seems to read everything, and expects you to be as prepared as he is. He does not have the patience for lengthy oral argument, and will cut you off pretty quickly - but he is not close-minded. If you get right to the point, you can sometimes move him off a tentative. Show up to your final status conference ready to go, with all exhibits and trial docs locked and loaded. Do not show up without trial docs because you are 90% of the way to getting a settlement done. The last person who tried that was physically shaking by the time they left the courtroom. Speaking of which, his demeanor can be harsh, and occasionally even disparaging. His DA background is also evident, and he seems to lean somewhat pro-plaintiff, especially on bad-facts/good-law cases. But overall, this is probably one of the best trial judges working today.

This is one of the more intense courtroom experiences in southern California, and maybe one of the most intense state-court experiences anywhere. Trial goes Mon-Fri, no dark days or breaks, no wasting the jury's time and no excuses. You will usually get assigned a trial date about a year out from when the complaint was filed. You will not get extra time for discovery or settlement talks or whatever. If you are slow effecting service, you will get hammered. He rules quickly and decisively. He certainly makes the occasional legal error, but that's to be expected from somebody who's actually calling balls and strikes instead of taking everything under submission after multiple rounds of briefing. There is no such thing as being overprepared in this department. If the court is wrong about something, you had better be ready to tell him why. He seems to read everything, and expects you to be as prepared as he is. He does not have the patience for lengthy oral argument, and will cut you off pretty quickly - but he is not close-minded. If you get right to the point, you can sometimes move him off a tentative. Show up to your final status conference ready to go, with all exhibits and trial docs locked and loaded. Do not show up without trial docs because you are 90% of the way to getting a settlement done. The last person who tried that was physically shaking by the time they left the courtroom. Speaking of which, his demeanor can be harsh, and occasionally even disparaging. His DA background is also evident, and he seems to lean somewhat pro-plaintiff, especially on bad-facts/good-law cases. But overall, this is probably one of the best trial judges working today.

To say 'lacks judicial temperament' would be a mild statement. He gets off on barking at counsel and interrupting them mid-sentence. He didn't read the briefs. He thinks he knows everything. He'll go through the motions of judicial process, but his main goal is to get out of the courtroom as soon as possible. He's just generally speaking an asshole with a Napoleon complex. Would've made a great Rumpole of the Bailey quintessential arrogant short-tempered narrow-minded idiot judge character, though.

To say 'lacks judicial temperament' would be a mild statement. He gets off on barking at counsel and interrupting them mid-sentence. He didn't read the briefs. He thinks he knows everything. He'll go through the motions of judicial process, but his main goal is to get out of the courtroom as soon as possible. He's just generally speaking an asshole with a Napoleon complex. Would've made a great Rumpole of the Bailey quintessential arrogant short-tempered narrow-minded idiot judge character, though.

As others have said he reads the papers and is well prepared for law and motion. He's willing to make a hard call. He is generally convivial. Avoid being unprepared or long winded with him, I've seen him come down hard.

As others have said he reads the papers and is well prepared for law and motion. He's willing to make a hard call. He is generally convivial. Avoid being unprepared or long winded with him, I've seen him come down hard.

He puts in the work, reads the papers and understands complex issues, is willing to make difficult decisions, and moves cases forward. Oral argument is not perfunctory, he moves a bit off his tentatives with good argument. He generally has a good demeanor on the bench. This is a good draw.

He puts in the work, reads the papers and understands complex issues, is willing to make difficult decisions, and moves cases forward. Oral argument is not perfunctory, he moves a bit off his tentatives with good argument. He generally has a good demeanor on the bench. This is a good draw.