"The Robing Room: WA State Judges

Hon. Meg Sassaman	See Rating Details
Commissioner Superior Court
King 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)

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What others have said about Hon. Meg Sassaman

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Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: WA1923
Rating:1.6

Comments:
Awful. I went to Notre Dame law school and have practice law for 21 years in Washington state. This is the worst judge I have ever come in my life. Totally woman biased and awful. Does not read anything and is not bright in the slightest.

Other

Comment #: WA1900
Rating:10.0

Comments:
Judge Sassaman is fair and makes a decision based on facts and examines everything before making a decision.

Litigant

Comment #: WA1316
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Meg Sassaman is an "activist judge." As an activist judge, she is the epitome. Her rulings and behavior are totally biased in favor of women and against men. She does not care about the law. She does not care about the facts. Her only concern is that the female litigant receives the best possible outcome at the expense of the male litigant. No matter the issue. In fact, Meg Sassaman is not actually a judge. She might have the credentials. But in fact, she only wears the trappings of a judge. She wears the robes and she sits behind a bench and she makes rulings. But, in reality, she is a feminist and a woman's activist in disguise as a judge. And she makes her rulings accordingly. Based on her feelings and nothing else. Not the law. Not the facts. Her feelings reign supreme in her court. And this tears at the fabric of our legal system and makes it seem as if it is a joke no one can take seriously.

Other

Comment #: WA1164
Rating:1.0

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Last month I stood in Front of commissioner Sassaman and for the first time in my life felt sexually discriminated against as a man and father. She lacks acceptable behavior for her position and shows poor judgment in calculating final outcomes. Her sexist demeanor and overall lack of make compassion makes me question our court systems as a whole.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: WA985
Rating:6.6

Comments:
She has not been in the normal family law calendar for a while, but when she was, she had a clear bias toward women. If it had skirts, you knew she'd give that party the best result, no matter what the evidence. She also would believe any statements that a man had committed domestic violence, and that is the death knell for men. Attorneys know this, and take advantage of it, even when it is clearly pushing the claim well beyond any reasonable definition of domestic violence.

She also had a habit of "solving" a problem that the parties didn't even bring to the court. She seems to think that if she solves a problem in advance, it will be to everyone's benefit. She doesn't understand that the problem may be a minor one, and one which the parties are already trying to resolve informally, and without the need for court involvement. Her going above and beyond what she was asked to do by the litigants often causes more problems that didn't need to happen. In short, she is less than impressive.

Litigant

Comment #: WA736
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
The worst possible commissioner who is completely disconnected from the people she is supposedly serving as a civil servant. Even when evidence points to abuse and exploitation she disregards hard evidence and sends children to harms way. Allowing children to become vulnerable and easily exploited, even when the concern is evident that such could occur to innocent lives she cares not except to maintain her own biased status quo. She should be fired and jailed, along with the supreme court judges which favor in her rulings and ignore hard evidence.

Other

Comment #: WA547
Rating:1.0

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According to her unprofessional and amoral personal behaviour, she should not be in family law, let alone a commissioner. She acts with complete disregard to the integrity of marriage and family, putting her own needs ahead of those of the unsuspecting wife and children. She obviously does not understand nor care about families. How she maintains this job, I will never understand.

Other

Comment #: WA302
Rating:1.0

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Biased and prejudice against all men that walk into her court room. 25+ years of domestic violence experience doesn't make her a competent and fair commissioner in family law. If you know she is the person sitting on the bench the day of your hearing and your not a female god help you!

Litigant

Comment #: WA298
Rating:1.0

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Rude, biased, does not care about outcome, especially about how it would affect young children. Just rubber stamps cps.

Other

Comment #: WA283
Rating:1.0

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Meg sassaman is completely biased against men handing down rulings which have no bearing on reality, openly, admitting she has not read the pleadings she makes rulings on. Hopefully, this woman will be removed from interfering in more peoples lives as her outrageous rulings can have devastating long lasting effects, particularly on young children.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: WA244
Rating:2.2

Comments:
I cannot comment on wether Commissioner Sassaman is pro-defendant or pro-plaintiff. Generally a bias in a civil case is not based on whether a party is a defendant or a plaintiff. In Commissioner Sassaman's case, she is overtly biased against men and in favor of women. Her rulings are inconsistent and favor the woman party, whether she is defendant or plaintiff. Additionally, Comm. Sassaman is short-tempered and treats attorneys with little respect, often engaging in verbal tirades unbecoming of anyone on the bench.

Litigant

Comment #: WA238
Rating:10.0

Comments:
Commissioner Meg Sassaman clearly understood complex issues, ruled fairly and was patient with litigants. I was impressed with her willingness to explain the law and she conducted herself professionally.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: WA229
Rating:6.4

Comments:
Cmmr Sassaman appears to have a very sound understanding of the obstacles that ordinary and low-income litigants face in coming before the family courts. She was also a terrific commissioner on the dependency bench, after years of rubber-stamping of the state's case by the previous incumbent, Cmmr Holman.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: WA210
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Commissioner Sassaman was the last Judge to see Capital Hill Hatchet Murderer Michael La Rosa, she sent him to see a Social worker for his violence paranoid disorder. Two DEAD Citizens because of her. Biased and does not understand what she is doing.