Lorna Parnell, West Dist. SM Courthouse Dept. M

[Underdog]

Lorna Parnell, West Dist. SM Courthouse Dept. M Civil

[Trish]

:( I was not very impressed by this Judge. It seems she makes up her mind quickly and does not read entire motions, or replies, etc.

She can also be very nasty. I felt very uncomfortable with her. I'm not sure of her background, butI'd stay away.

[Scooter]

I've had two jury trials with the woman, and enjoyed both experiences, but then, I'm not the type of lawyer who dings a Judge very often. Lord knows what you will get. So, being that the facts and witnesses make the case, and the lawyers are minimalized, I suck it up. Sigh.

This judge does read the papers, at least my papers. I've basically got the rulings that I expected to get, but not all the ones I've hoped to get.

In trial, I found her to quickly sense the good guys from the bad guys, and if your a bad guy, well, you'll find that evidentiary rulings won't go your way, and you'll be cut short on questions. We started out one trial as the good guy, and I was basking the glory, but after a bad day where an expert testified that my people were one click short of a criminal, things went bad, really bad with her. Her lips became pursed, her brow furled, and my objections went overruled. Thank God we had a jury, because they goose-egged the Plaintiff and we prevailed. I think she was more suprised and disapointed than Plaintiff's counsel.