"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Tara K. James	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
Tulare County	See Comments

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* 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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Comment #: CA52278
Rating:1.0

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` As the peitioner I was asked questions and was not given a chance to ask questions. I could not present my case and I did this by myself without a lawyer. I petitioned that child support be adjusted due to cost of living and that father makes a lot of money. I have been held back by being a housewife when married, and being left with the majority of child care (72%) Despite the fact that during the past years I held up the fort caring for the children throughout a pandemic, homeschooling, and having faced a life changing injury, she ruled in favor of respondent who proposed I should be able to have a housekeeping job. Not only denied my request but decreased my child support. This judge is from my experience, and by reading the other reviews an enemy to women and has no place in family law.

Court Staff

Comment #: CA51404
Rating:1.0

Comments:
~This judge was using he said / she said to take children from a mother who had cancer and had a baby pass from cancer with no proof of mother being an unfit mother and not knowing the case at all until that one day. She also said the mother could have pick up a phone to check on her kid’s activities and school even if she was very sick with cancer was in hospitals and surgeries .She also brought up mother not working due to her cancer for six years she also said mother was an unfit mother because of all that. Mother had proof of father being abusive not letting mother see her children. Judge didn’t care took the kids from mom gave the children to father who was alienating mother from seeing the kids and not following court orders as well. Judge is a disgrace to family law for children who need help. If you get her ask for someone else. To be your judge she doesn’t care about your children at all.

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Comment #: CA38241
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This judge used UNSUBSTANTIATED referrals to CPS to take children from their mother and place them in a home where they were abused mentally and emotionally by their step-grandmother! She has NO business working in family or probate law!!!