Hon. Sunil R. Kulkarni See Rating Details
Judge
Superior Court
Santa Clara County
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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)
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Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA48464
Rating:1.0
Comments:
We received a tentative ruling that was so far out in left field it could only be written by someone who had not bothered to read the papers.

Other

Comment #: CA47674
Rating:9.0
Comments:
patient and understands/ reviews the whole the case

Other

Comment #: CA46848
Rating:Not Rated
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Kulkarni is very ignorant of the law, he regularly legislates from bench, calls home owners as "renters", cites cases that rely on lease agreements that have nothing to do with land ownership, among others. In short, he is very lazy, does not read the papers presented to him [redacted by Ed.] Superior court of california, county of santa clara is rated by far the most corrupt court in the nation, their judges have below average intelligence, although they think otherwise [redacted]

Other

Comment #: CA46847
Rating:Not Rated
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Kulkarni is very ignorant of the law, he regularly legislates from bench, calls home owners as "renters", cites cases that rely on lease agreements that have nothing to do with land ownership, among others. In short, he is very lazy, does not read the papers presented to him and constantly conducts ex parte communications with opposing counsel. Superior court of california, county of santa clara is rated by far the most corrupt court in the nation, their judges have below average intelligence, although they think otherwise, and are corrupt beyond words to explain, perhaps due to the amount of monies that are in Silicon Valley and literally open bribery that is taking place in this court.

Other

Comment #: CA41834
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
This Judge is terrible! He decided in favor of Google to allow ad funded animal cruelty videos on their platform. This creep doesn't seem to care about animal welfare at all.

Other

Comment #: CA39212
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
good, would make a great friend, I do not know how he will rule in my case, and he has made mistakes that went against law. He told me to take it up on appeal, which takes about 6 months. He doesn't have patience for those being evicted or Defendants in harrassment cases, which means he prefers landlords. He is also prejudiced against those in pro se, however, he is very patient with me in pro se, and has still ruled against me . Its best to say what I think now, before he passes judgement. Santa Clara is a weird county with many prejudices against defendants no matter the issue, a presumed guilty as charged person. I do also think, on reflection, after a break or a continuance, he appeared to be more affable and exhibited more egalitarian qualities. I do think I would like him if I met him outside of court.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA35572
Rating:1.0
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This is a typical Hindu Brahmin judge who treats the poor people in the same manner as Brahmins treat the poor Dalit (untouchables) people in India. [Redacted by Ed.] ...an insolent incompetent bully It is deplorable that now we have the Third-World justice in this country. Remove that bozo from the bench!

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA35070
Rating:1.0
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This man has no idea of what is going in the court. He is quite wishy washy, repeatedly attempts to legislate from the bench. It appears he is against Muslims, perhaps because of his background as a Hindo Indian. For instance, a Muslim's complaint was thrown out by him because it did not adhere to CCP 2015.5, but then when another Muslim cited CCP 2015.5 in support of his motion to strike Plaintiff's complaint, Kulkarni acted as if the motion did not exist, even when he was repeatedly noticed of this fact. He is not fair, seems to be on the take by large law firm. It seems large firms very easily buy orders from him, regularly. He seems to be a very biased and corrupt man and certainly not suitable to be a judge.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA32306
Rating:1.0
Comments:
Yes, he favors big business and he hates individual such as good citizen. He does not read individual's paper at all. I know it beause i got case with him. He never read paper. The only time I heard he rule laws by laws for individual is when Mecurry News did a article about an individual sue public entity for refusing to disclose public records. I can not believe that. How fake! He needs to go because I don't have any confidence when he is on bench. Disualify him if you can.

Other

Comment #: CA31562
Rating:1.0
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This judge clearly does not read the papers or cases cited in the papers. He is deeply biased in favor of big business.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA26550
Rating:1.0
Comments:
Ladies and gentlemen! I saw your posts about Sunil Kulkarni. I was suffered off his activities too. Maybe we can help each other. I agree with your texts. Maybe we will be able in press or together complaint in commission. Thanks.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA24890
Rating:1.0
Comments:
No wonder this judge's rulings look like
retarted 5 years old writing, making no sense.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA22642
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
He makes up his mind based on something other than the law or facts. Sad to see such persons as judges.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA22597
Rating:1.0
Comments:
He know nothing about civil non-complex cases either.He refused to rule laws by laws unless news and/or media is involved. He watched too many Bollywood drama and can not understand American laws. His brain got screw up since he was young; there is no hope for him sadly.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA22535
Rating:1.0
Comments:
He is not going to damage everyone; he is going to benefit and help BULLIES.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA22462
Rating:1.0
Comments:
Very bad judge. Cannot read cases or understand them. Need to get him off the bench before he damages everyone.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA22381
Rating:3.1
Comments:
Judge Kulkarni does not follow the law. Hard to tell if he is bias, or if he just does not get it. He is extremely immature for a judge. He bullies people with his decisions that lack legal support. A huge disappointment.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA16082
Rating:3.9
Comments:
I am New York trained lawyer who had the privilege of witnessing the judge recently. Well, what can i say. When his opinion came out it proved he's lazy. Citation to cases that has statutes and other citations no one had ever looked at or even read, least of the people citing it. Easy on the eyes but not one for complex litigation. Which is a pity for the people in front of him cause every litigation is complex on some level. But Judge Kulkarni just doesn't get it! His citation of marginally relevant cases is sooo freewheeling.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA12910
Rating:1.0
Comments:
Tones of his criminal cases go to appeal.
What a judicial waster. His court staff are extremely RUDE.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA12595
Rating:1.0
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I think the previous complainer had a typo, should be Bollywood, NOT Hollywood.
This judge is one of the worst. However, there is very few good judge in that county superior court.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA12593
Rating:1.0
Comments:
He is awful in criminal court. I guess how can we expect him understand American culture. He used to hold his uneducated mom from the 3rd world and went to all the drama and gossip shows from Hollywood to rule on bench.Not to mention he is a Republican. He hate non-white except Indian American. He is a pro-DA and a hate crime to defendants.
He should not be in Santa Clara County superior court to fool educated citizens. He does not know what he is doing at bench at all. I said remove him!

Litigant

Comment #: CA12580
Rating:1.0
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He picked fight with parties while he handle small claim. He is rude and does not know what he is doing all the times. He seems to like bullies.

Litigant

Comment #: CA12536
Rating:1.0
Comments:
I did not get the chance to complete my comments. Here is moer:
His ruling completely violate my Constitutional rights, including but not limited to, 1st amendment right, equal protection and due process. I do have right to make comment as long as my comments do not violate TRO. My comment was to HOA’s attorney, not even to petitioners. This judge instantly hates non-white citizens. He is evil and enjoys his power to hurt people. He is not white but he thinks he is. He also refused to hear testimony and try to trick me that I can argue more later. But I never get the chance to argue later. He is a liar and a bully. He just wants to bully his way to the court. We, the educated legally immigrated, do not trust he being a judge. He only cares about rich citizens. He is running a drama court, no need to know the laws because he does not rule laws by laws, ignorance of privacy laws.He said it is a common practice for janitor arrived in CID ownership town house to take picture without any permission. He also hates to hear accident. He has a discussing looking when he heard accent. He demanded the other side to file defamation lawsuit against while the HOA manger told many residents that I was mentally ill and no board members like me. He is not white but he thinks he is. He also refused to hear testimony and try to trick me that I can argue more later. But I never get the chance to argue later. He is a liar and a bully. He just wants to bully his way to the court. We, the educated legally immigrated, do not trust he being a judge. He only cares about rich citizens.

In addition, he lied and said that he read my case. However, he stated in the court that
my request for TRO was denied by dep 11, which was totally a lie. It was granted and legally served. Either he does not know what he was doing or he intentionally lied to me and tried to fool me. He indirectly calling me stupid.