"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Brenda Fay Harbin-Forte	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
Alameda County	See Comments

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General Rating Criteria

* Temperament		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Scholarship		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Industriousness		(1=Not at all industrious,10=Highly industrious)
* Ability to Handle Complex Litigation		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Punctuality		(1=Chronically Late,10=Always on Time)
* General Ability to Handle Pre-Trial Matters		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
* General Ability as a Trial Judge		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
Flexibility In Scheduling		(1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)

Criminal Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation		(1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
General Inclination Regarding Bail		(1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
Involvement in Plea Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved, 10=Very Involved)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Pretrial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Trial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Sentencing Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)

Civil Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation		(1=Not at all Evenhanded,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Involvement in Settlement Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved,10=Very Involved)
General Inclination		(1=Pro-defendant, 10=Pro-plaintiff)

Comments

What others have said about Hon. Brenda Fay Harbin-Forte

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Comment #: CA3797
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
She runs a circus of a courtroom- very disorganized. She threatened 10 potential jurors with arrest for not following her instructions. She threatened me with jail for not completing a survey that wasn't complete when they gave it to me; she accused me of playing games even after she wrongly accused several jurors of being late when they were not. She also bullied me into saying that I would obey her decisions on a case when I'm a poster-child for jury nullification. Nothing like a judge demanding you lie to her! She is petty, punitive, pious, preachy and flatulent (figuratively). It was my worst experience since Catholic school with the nuns!!!

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA3418
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Not an intellectual heavy-weight; petty; tardy; non-collegial; arrogant. Still cannot believe she was appointed to the bench.

Litigant

Comment #: CA2346
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This is a judicial error judge. Serious continued discrimination to disability individuals. Denial of Certified Copies of records, discrimination as to trial conduct and limiting trial to 3 hours then conducting a 5 day trial sessions denying Plaintiff due process. Negating 24 trial sub documents and speaking for the plaintiff & Defendants in hearings, CMCs and Trial sessions resulting in NO trial and refusal of new trial petitions. Permitting attorney recitals and eliminating evidence testimony and documents. Judicial error filings are abundant. Case RG07315751. Disassociation with Attorney Error and failure to generate Judgment documents in favor of the Plaintiff.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA1790
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Petty, peevish, mean and a bully.

Actually will find a way to rule against you even when she's rejected all the arguments by the other side; she just enjoys sticking her thumb in someone's eye.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA1782
Rating:1.0

Comments:
A truly awful judge, one of the worst in Alameda County.