Posted by Yoli/CA on 1/19/13 3:38pm
Msg #451221

Other side of the table ...

Had a signing for a Superior Court Judge. She was so VERY nice and it was such a pleasure dealing with her. I did, however, feel a little turned around when swearing her in ....... She just smiled throughout the whole thing and at the end thanked me profusely for my professionalism, thoroughness and speedy process.

Reply by BossLadyMD on 1/19/13 3:40pm
Msg #451222

Nice story, thanks for sharing :) n/m

Reply by HisHughness on 1/19/13 5:37pm
Msg #451240

So she was a superior Superior Court judge? n/m

Reply by Karla/OR on 1/19/13 6:09pm
Msg #451246

Re: So she was a superior Superior Court judge?

I love to work with people like her that appreciate what we do and verbalize that. Was she a State or Federal Supreme Court Judge? What an experience!

Reply by HisHughness on 1/19/13 6:22pm
Msg #451248

Re: So she was a superior Superior Court judge?

She was a <Superior> court judge, Karla. In California, as in Georgia and some other states, that is a trial court of general jurisdiction; it is the highest level trial court. In Texas, they are called District courts. I think only in New York are trial courts of general jurisdiction called Supreme Courts. In most states, the highest appellate court is the Supreme Court; in New York it is the Court of Appeals.

Reply by Karla/OR on 1/19/13 6:34pm
Msg #451250

Got it! Thanks for the distinction Hugh!!! n/m

Reply by MikeC/TX on 1/19/13 7:34pm
Msg #451262

Re: So she was a superior Superior Court judge?

"I think only in New York are trial courts of general jurisdiction called Supreme Courts. In most states, the highest appellate court is the Supreme Court; in New York it is the Court of Appeals"

Correct - at the state level NY starts with the Supreme Court, then the Appellate Division, then the Court of Appeals - which is intuitively backwards. Much like everything else related to NY government...

Reply by CJ on 1/20/13 12:17am
Msg #451277

I signed a judge once.

I didn't know he was a judge at first, but he was very nice. I always review the Note and the Hud, first with the borrower, but he started reading anyway. He looked exasperated. I mentioned it was a lot of boilerplate and he said, "I'm a judge. I HAVE to read this. If I ever go to court about this, I can't say, 'I didn't read it'." So I sat and he skimmed. Then I recognized him as the judge that I appeared before when I sued an SS for non-payment. I mentioned that I was in his court, and that upset him a little bit. He said that everywhere he goes, he is afraid he is going to run into people who don't like him because he did not rule in their favor and they might try to "do something", like spit in his food, sabotage his car, whatever. I said that when I was in court, he had to throw out every case because they were all suing the individual and not the corporation. But I had my ducks in a line and he gave me my judgment in 10 minutes, so I was happy. He was glad to hear that. (But I did not get any money because they cleared out their account before they disappeared.)

Reply by 101livescan on 1/20/13 8:55am
Msg #451293

Over the past ten years, I think I've signed every judge in Santa Barbara and a couple in Santa Maria. Probably numbers 8 total. One passed away. All very, very nice, exceptional human beings, and all pretty loan savvy so didn't take a long time. One couple had me in for dinner after the signing and they showed me their mini vineyard ranchette and tribe of goats, which they take great pride in. Just like us, working for a living.

One joke they all shared with me, is that they have job security with the increase in crime. Funny, because when I tell them Judge so and so told me the same thing, they say, that was mine first.

great work.

Reply by Susan Fischer on 1/20/13 2:39pm
Msg #451304

A tribe of goats. Did not know about tribal goats...now my

favorite except for the large murder of crows that live in the neighboring treetops.