Michael I. Levanas

I am an attorney but appeared in front of this RETIRED judge as a plaintiff in a small claims hearing. He was extremely rude to me, cutting me off mid sentence and yelling at me for no reason. He is the typical crotchety old man. He made a terrible ruling on my case THREE days after hearing and did not abide by the statute. I work in a large law firm and will advise everyone at my firm to avoid him as a mediator and arbitrator. His personality is grotesque and he does not care about the law and is discriminatory against women. I understand it feels terrible to lose your home in the LA fires, but that’s no reason to act like a complete jerk to litigants who have filed lawsuits as a last resort and are absolutely legally in the right.

Clearly Judge Levanas loves his work and treats the court process and each person involved with a deep respect. It was a joy to be in his courtroom as a potential juror. I did not have to serve ultimately but witnessed him over 4 days during jury selection. I hope all people involved in a case feel as respected and cared for as we were in Judge Levanas’ courtroom.

Excellent judge. Fair, treats all parties with respect, listens to the evidence, and makes sound rulings.

He was very competent, intelligent, even-tempered, and fair. I was granted a permanent DVRO, where other party and his attorney were trash-talking me and had no evidence. I had plenty of evidence. Judge Levanas saw right through other attorney/party and skewered them in judge's findings and rulings. Smart judge. And I think other judges respect him, because when I have had to exhibit Judge Levanas' findings/rulings in other cases, the other judges always accept what he found and even build on that. So for me he was perfect.