THE ROBING ROOM

This judge is two different people. She is the nicest person in the world out of court but a shill for the government in court. She is openly distrustful of defense lawyers and is reputed to have said as much during a speech she gave early in her career as a judge. Judge Lenard is fundamentally a nice person so her sentencing decison making is much fairer than her general performance which could not be worse. Several other lawyers and AFDs have told me that they refuse to take cases in her division because the atmosphere in her courtroom is so intolerable and she is so unfair.