Stephanie M. Bowick

She can be the poster child of why Judicial Discipline and Judicial oversight must be in the forefront. Judges like her get away with anything and everything knowing that is next to impossible to a judge in trouble unless it’s something went public. She doesn’t know the law. Doesn’t understand it. [redacted by Ed.] Reads motions to hat has taken 20 hours to draft - for the first time during the actual hearing. She is biased beyond belief. And doesn’t give a damn either. [redacted by Ed.] she was nominated by Shwartzneneger.

Judge Bowick has a good demeanor but is a very harsh in her rulings, and has not followed the law on the matters we have brought before her, even where the legal issues were quite clear.

No one can beat this one. She literally granted every motion filed by the defendant without so much as reading it. During trial she was more of a cheerleader than judge. She was discussing her options with counsel as if I’m not even there before ruling on a bifurcated trial. But not before getting her handbook to understand what a bifurcated trial is. She even started answering for the defense the moment I opened my mouth. This outcome of the case was inconsequential because my client needed the time to get his affairs together before any judgment. but going thru this process this judge was grueling. This was my last case I handled before retiring. 30 yrs and never have I experienced such 3rd world antics.

I’ve been trying to find this site for a while now. I can put to rest a lot of myths. I know Steph and her through her husband. These ratings do affect her to the extend I have seen her write a few of them and she just laughs it off. And how she was able to secure this position isn’t because of her skills and intelligence. But rather being a black republican female which in and of itself is an oxy Moran. Socially she is very charismatic- but damaged to the core. I’ll divulge some more info at a later when I have time.

I have been very happy with Judge Bowick. Because all 3 parties' lawyers get along, she has allowed us to be lawyers, not standing in the way of agreements that we have reached. While she is not happy with bickering lawyers, she certainly rewards those of us who are able to maintain proper and collegial relationships with opposing counsel

I tried a case before Judge Bowick. She was patient and judicious, courteous to parties and counsel, listened carefully and made reasoned rulings. I did not see the judge everyone else is complaining about.

Judge Bowick is biased towards the defense and makes no effort to hide her bias or be impartial. She refused to hear any of plaintiff's motions on shortened notice but routinely allowed defense to hear motions on shortened notice. Her willingness to bend over backwards for corporate defendants at the expense of injured consumers is almost shocking to observe. She lacks the temperament needed to be an effective judge, and she has barely any patience for the people who appear before her. I've seen her mistreat in pro per litigants as well on more than one occasion, so I don't think anyone can say in her defense she was having a bad day. Last but not least, if she's issuing any sort of a decision in the favor of the defense, she'll rush that out quickly. But otherwise she is slow to make any rulings and prefers to just kick the can down the road. If you represent injured consumers in her department be weary.