Joe Tacopina is blasting the judge in Wendy Williams‘ conservatorship case for telling the TV star her career is over … calling the statements “outrageous” — and adding Wendy’s going to have a massive comeback when the conservator battle is over.

We spoke with Tacopina — who is serving as Wendy’s personal attorney — on “TMZ Live” Friday … and, he says these statements by the judge shouldn’t have been made in court or in front of Wendy … especially since the judge who said it isn’t in the entertainment industry.

Tacopina doesn’t know why the judge would make such statements about Wendy’s career in an unrelated court hearing … and, he adds that from his numerous conversations with Wendy, he knows she’s as coherent and lucid as she ever has been.

We broke the story … multiple sources with direct knowledge told us Judge Lisa Sokoloff told Williams she had no chance of restarting her career — all while blasting Wendy’s family, essentially saying they were all no good.

We’re told Judge Sokoloff’s comments hurt Wendy deeply … and, it’s still unclear why she made the comments to Wendy. BTW, our documentary “Saving Wendy” — available to stream on Tubi — was watched by a huge number of people, so it seems there is a lot of interest in Wendy’s life and potential comeback still.

Tacopina also chatted with us about the gag order on this case … saying he’s never heard one being issued in a guardianship case — and pointing out they’re usually reserved for situations where comments could influence a jury, which can’t happen here since the judge alone will make the decision.

Joe says gag orders are regularly viewed as unconstitutional and overturned anyway … and, the only reason he can think for why Judge Sokoloff issued one is to punish Wendy and her team.