Sam Goodman - San Tan Justice Court

Used to have "No complaints about this guy." Now he is an utter douchebag. If you are up against a guy without an attorney, it does not matter what the facts are, it does not matter what the truth is, is does not matter what the law says. Get an attorney and tell your attorney to push the judge around and he will. You will get your way. Hands down on this pussy.

Clayton Hamblen - West Mesa Justice Court

Luckily Mr. Hamblen was beaten by Mark Anderson.  Thank heavens for West Mesa.  Mr. Hamblen was never one of the worst JP's but he did have dirty tricks up his sleeve.  We were able to obtain a complaint filed by a candidate for one of two elected offices at the court in which Mr. Hamblen was employed (for far too long).  Because of said complaint, Mr. Hamblen was (privately) censured for his actions and behaviors that violated ethics and cannons of judicial employees (taking sides).  Regardless of the "private" censure, we are exposing that censureship here regardless of the fact that Mr. Hamblen is no longer a full time J.P. anywhere.  HOWEVER, we heard from a great J.P. that Mr. Hamblen is still working part-time when the regular judge feels like going out fishing instead of performing the duties for which he is being paid/was elected to do.

Lester Pearce - North Mesa Justice Court

One of the absolutely worst Justices of the Peace EVER, Mr. Pearce makes his own laws.  He does not abide by the real world's laws.  Just check out the information found here.

There are plenty of people that are pissed off at him but he doesn't get any opposition when he runs so we continue getting "STUCK" with him every 4 years.  He urgently needs to be removed.  He is probably the #1 worst Justice of the Peace in Maricopa County.  Have you had any problems with this schmuck?  Please add your comment below.  More information will follow as soon as possible.

Daniel Dodge - Highland Justice Court

Mr. Dodge is less than honorable. I guess you could possibly call him honorable because he once had honorable intentions. However, he is anything but honorable.

I had a judgment against a client that lied to me about having "sent the check in the mail". Regardless, I completed work for her that involved not only my time but also me expending a great deal of costly resources. Not wanting to let myself be conned by her, I turned to the Justice Court only to be conned by Dan Dodge.

I earned a judgment against her for a few hundred dollars. When I went to collect, she got nervous and called the court. She spoke to someone that doesn't even normally work out of that Justice Court. He took notes of the conversation. Those notes included her claim that she had never been served (regardless of the TWO affidavits by my independent 3rd party process server stating otherwise).

Mr. Dodge promptly vacated my judgment without any notice to me, costing me the hundreds of dollars PLUS all fees that I had to pay the court for filings and etc and my time and gas and other resources. I attempted to remove the case from small claims to civil (to preserve my right to appeal) and he wrongfully denied that ability as well. I asked for clarification as to why he did what he did and never received any response back whatsoever.

I guess I shouldn't have ever expected more from a fat ex-administrator.

Judges that never went to law school?

As you can see from the title of this entry, Justices of the Peace in Arizona have typically never gone to law school. This is a blog about just how absolutely horrible they can be and why it can be such a bad idea.