Hon. John A. Torribio See Rating Details
Judge
Superior Court
Los Angeles County
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Attorney Average Rating:   2.8 - 8 rating(s)
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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 #: CA34135
Rating:1.0
Comments:
Something made me look up this judge today, and I was hoping he was no longer on the bench. How is he still there? I recall him as mean and nasty in my opinion, and I recall how he made one defendant doctor (in law and motion) reconstruct his "medical library" as of the date of Plaintiff's injury so that the Plaintiff lawyer could know what medical books the defendant doctor had on his shelf at the time of treatment. If you get this judge, 170.6 him asap.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA16485
Rating:1.8
Comments:
Judge Torribio is either intellectually dishonest or simply does not read his tentative rulings. He inexplicably reversed himself on a tentative that was likely written by someone else without explanation and adopted a position that was in direct contravention of California law. When asked why he did an about-face on his tentative ruling, he was rude, dismissive and angry. In short, he simply refused to provide a reason or logic for his apparent last second change of heart. If you are a Plaintiff file a 170.6 the moment he shows up on your case, whether you are on a Master Calendar or not.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA16423
Rating:1.0
Comments:
How does Torribio get by without reading a damn thing?! He is AWFUL!
He doesn't read a single document filed in the case and believes the words of the bigger attorney's. Never seen anything like it.

Civil Litigation - Govt.

Comment #: CA14153
Rating:1.8
Comments:
If you are assigned Judge Torribio in any case, get the hell outta there under CCP 170.6!!!

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA8637
Rating:9.9
Comments:
Best trial judge in the county. Fair to both sides. Wonderful wit and temperament

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA7680
Rating:5.0
Comments:
Intelligent, generally knowledgeable on the law, but suffers from the infirmity of being saddled with the temperament of a rattlesnake.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA6861
Rating:1.0
Comments:
There is something not right with this judge. There is a history of something beyond extreme bias, Woodland Hills v Westfield, Beverly Hills v METRO, SaveHywd v City of L.A.

There seems to be a pattern of making up facts. Maybe he has some extra bias against CEQA cases.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA6695
Rating:1.0
Comments:
Some judges suffer from delusions of grandeur but this judge suffers from delusions of facts and law.

Truth and falsehoods are fungible commodities for this judge.