Melissa A. Hemstreet

Judge Hemstreet does not have a good judicial demeanor. She cannot hide her bias. She openly sides with one attorney over the other and issues rulings that go completely against local court rules and Washington law. She seems to side with whichever attorney is more aggressive, rather than the one who has the law on their side.

Very biased from the beginning. As another commentator noted. She had a bias against our male attorney who was very logical and not particularly aggressive. From the beginning, she gravitated towards the female attorney of the defendant who made outlandish unsubstantiated claims. The judge was harsh towards the plaintiffs, dismissed obvious evidence and contradicted damning evidence that the defendant admitted. She rescheduled the hearing more than once and was obviously annoyed to hear our case.