Wendy L Wilcox

Wilcox is a biased judge who favors hometown law firms. She finds facts in favor of her pet local law firms without testimony or Voir Dire. Slanted in favor of women lawyers too. Always strike this “judge”.

This judge reamed me out for a technical issue with my audio on remote. When I couldn't hear her right after my case was called, I had to log out and back in. Instead of moving on, she just kept yelling, "Hey you! Take out your headphones (which is how I could hear the courtroom)." She could have used my name as it was on my screen and there were 20 people on Teams. Finally, I said "Your Honor, are you speaking to me?" because it had been about 5 minutes and I assumed she had moved along and would come back seeing as I was checked in on time and ready. Instead she says, "Yeah! I'm talking to you! You've wasted 10 minutes of the court's time! What are you doing?" I apologized again and she continued to ream me for being incompetent and not knowing the law although I stated that I was making a special appearance for the lead counsel. She gave no quarter or understanding and she is the reason why people quit this profession. If you wonder why there's a shortage of litigators and why those who stick around are jerks, look no further than Wilcox. No one should be treated like this under any circumstances. Civility is dead in Dept. W Van Nuys. This is unprofessional conduct. We are not children.

After the unjust service in the family law department she shouldn’t be allowed to sit on a bench in any department. To take an oath to uphold the law and make a mockery of the law in such an egregious manner is deplorable. FL150 forms exist for a reason. I can only assume they removed her from family law before a child died. She also seemed to have all the high profile celebrity cases land in her courtroom which I found interesting. I can’t fathom she is doing anything [Redacted by Ed.] in any courtroom.

Oh, look! My Review from just 2 days ago disappeared! Poof, Gone! No problem. I'll post a better one. Wendy L. Wilcox is a burden on society. [Redacted by Ed.] She is biased and partial and vindictive. She is malicious to a fault. Her rulings are arbitrary and unfair and lack any legal standing. [Redacted by Ed.] She never bothers to explain her rulings. She has preconceived prejudice and bias against attorneys and their clients. If you hope for anything remotely fair for your case, immediatly submit a 170.6 Disqualification Form. The form is extremely short, easy, and requires no proof. Simply immediatly submit the form and she will legally be off of your case. Feel free to read all about her [Redacted by Ed.]activities on Who Scammed You dot com.

She has no right being a judge and it seems there is nothing anyone can do about it. There is absolutely no oversight of this person. She makes a mockery of the legal system and is personally responsible for the financial devastation of those unfortunate enough to be assigned to her courtroom..

Horrible judge. Judge Wilcox seems to make her decisions solely based on her own gut impulses. Arguments from counsel go in one ear and out the other. She just does the reflexive contrarian thing -- whatever you say, she just instantly says the opposite, and it is hopeless trying to persuade her. She does not explain her rulings. She avoids making any nuanced engagement with law or evidence. She is hasty and inarticulate, appearing to give surface-level attention to issues. Her judicial demeanor is appalling. She rolls her eyes and makes rude faces at counsel if they make any argument. She raises her voice frequently and cuts off attorneys. She will say blatantly untrue things about a case history, and then snap at you if you correct her. She was a Newsom appointee from 2020 - the peak of COVID pressures when everyone had to reduce their standards. Before that she ran a minor-league insurance defense firm with notoriously high turnover. Now she routinely sides with the same insurance companies that used to pay her bills. Biased. Snarky. Completely lacking in any scholarly rigor or careful attention. Really just one of the worst on the bench.

The supervising judges don't do anything about her. They just don't care. Justice system is a joke. It's just about holding a prestigious position and making money. The honor of justice doesn't weigh in in the Los Angeles Court System. And, it caters to wealthy litigants who can afford the charade! Obviously there are no standards in hiring judges any more.

Horrible. Predetermined her decision without listening to the facts. Prejudiced. Unfair.

Pursuant to one of the other comments below, no one I know can believe that a judge can use her discretion to allow a litigant to withhold tax returns and decide to make decisions based on :"speculation" (her term) rather than actual numbers. The whole reasons you pay the big bucks for a forensic accountant is so that actual numbers can inform rulings. When a judge make a decision based on speculation and not on numbers (i.e. tax returns), why is that considered justice? That is not discretion -- that is a violation of a fair and legal justice system. Hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on a forensic accountant to get at the truth was nullified by this judge's decision to base her decisions on speculation (which means NOT based on facts or evidence). A complete trial for nothing. The decision was made beforehand so all the years begging for tax returns or paying lawyers and accountants to ask for tax returns in order to do their job were for naught: a huge waste of the legal system and a huge disservice to the tax paying citizens of this state. It's a true farce. For shame.

Pursuant to one of the other comments below, no one I know can believe that a judge can use her discretion to allow a litigant to withhold tax returns and decide to make decisions based on :"speculation" (her term) rather than actual numbers. The whole reasons you pay the big bucks for a forensic accountant is so that actual numbers can inform rulings. When a judge make a decision based on speculation and not on numbers (i.e. tax returns), why is that considered justice? That is not discretion -- that is a violation of a fair and legal justice system. Hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on a forensic accountant to get at the truth was nullified by this judge's decision to base her decisions on speculation (which means NOT based on facts or evidence). A complete trial for nothing. The decision was made beforehand so all the years begging for tax returns or paying lawyers and accountants to ask for tax returns in order to do their job were for naught: a huge waste of the legal system and a huge disservice to the tax paying citizens of this state. It's a true farce. For shame.

She also decided before hand in my case that she would cut off much-needed support based on untrue testimony (and zero evidence -- including tax returns that would show Net Operating Loss during a hearing. Still, she made me go through a whole trial that was dragged out for a year with day after day of irrelevant testimony that racked up huge bills. Then, she denied all attorney fees while making me pay for the same motions filed over and over. She allowed the other side to harass my elderly family members who were irrelevant to the case and, to add insult to injury, I had to pay for this harassment. Evidence was ignored and: worst of all, to this day I have not seen the other side's tax returns even though her rulings were predicated on taxes. She even predicated child support on tax payments/refunds but did not care one bit that tax returns were withheld. There is NO justice in her courtroom and, since the justice system doesn't care, the only way to undo her ridiculous decisions is to appeal and spend more money you don't have. I guess when Gavin Newsome decides to appoint a judge, they are given free rein to do whatever they want and go rogue. There is no where to turn except for wealthy people who can afford to spend years in court and on appeals. It is truly disgusting. If anyone who has been mistreated by this judge wants to speak, feel free to reach out. Since she has free rein, it might be your only catharsis.

She is biased and already makes up her mind even before evidence to the contrary is submitted. She believes narratives over facts. She forced a 5 year old to move away from his biological mother (custody since birth) and siblings in just 3 days (no abuse, drugs, nothing but a loving home and drama with the ex). She has no concern for the children and how her judgement negatively impacts them and then covers her tracks by offering lots of time wasted in court to debate and discuss and ask questions when she's already made up her mind beforehand. If ever there was justice, she should pay for the trauma she caused that child (ripping him away from his mother) and for separating families. The mother went from full physical custody to once a month. One. weekend. a. month. Its an absolute nightmare for the mother and child. And then everyone else just pretends like the child is just fine and dandy with the other parent. I'm so sickened from just typing this out.

She does not require tax returns, which show the truth. She just picks one person to believe. No litigant should be able to withhold tax returns and no judge should allow it. It’s absolutely crazy.

But how to undo the damage she did in family court? Is there any oversight of this judge? She may be out of family court but the damage she did lives on.

Wendy Wilcox did not grant me an extension to find an attorney when my exhusband makes 60k a month and came in with two attorneys. He accused me of abuse and parental alienation based on hearsay and had no proof. She believed him and granted him an automatic 50/50 custody and lowered child support based on hearsay and not tax returns. She even threatened to take joint legal custody away from me. She is unethical and there were a lot of attorneys who are glad she is out of family court.

Below commenter: Papering a judge feels impossible. They have a lot of power by virtue of their appointment and litigants have very little power even after spending vasts amounts of money for fair outcomes. One really feels quite helpless in the case of such unchecked power.

Below writer: I am so sorry for your trauma and heartbreak. Something must be done about what is and has gone on in that courtroom. You are not alone.

The worst nightmare that happened to me and my toddler. She gives credits for neglect to the OP, she took child away from me. Made so many mistakes, cost me so much money, tears and pain. She should be removed from the bench. She is changing custody at her whim without explanation even when asked by me as I needed to understand why safe parent had to suffer. At the next hearing, she did not answer my attorney even when he asked for the reason of taking the child away from carrying mother for the record- she just put him and me on mute and was in her usual state - rage. Paper her asap save yourself some time, money and avoid trauma for yourself and your child. She will be haunted by the children she removed from the crying loving mothers for the rest off her criminal live.

The judge allowed my former spouse to play illegally obtained recordings of our conversations in open court in violation of penal code 632. Even when it was found that it was illegally obtained and it caused me damage and legal expenses to show that, she refused to sanction him. When others and law enforcement asked me what the judge did about it, I said, "nothing." I was then told the only way to seek justice was to incur more legal fees. After being kept in court for a few years for no relevant reasons and with no repercussions for having to respond to endless friviolous motions and illegal recordings and having my family members chased down and harassed, on my small salary, I decided that there is no justice and no remedy for what goes on in Wilcox's courtroom and to just accept that it is a circus where people can do whatever they want with no consequences. If you have any idealism that judges are fair and only rule based on evidence (which is the whole reason for a trial), think again.

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