THE ROBING ROOM

It is not particularly surprising that the court staff would be bending over backwards to be in the 'he is a swell guy' column since their jobs may be at stake. That said if he is the most brilliant mind that SDFL has to offer then the state of justice in that district is very sad indeed. Most of lawyers who still practice in front of him would be too gutless to tell the truth and the sycophants will probably mention to the judge as they meet at some 'legal' convention in the Bahamas, 'Eh, judge, I gave you thumbs up on some web site.' hoping to carry some favor. This judge does not like to work, he cannot grasp complex issues. His clerks cannot be blamed for nothing getting done for years because it is the judge that tells the clerks what to do, not the other way around. SDFL is probably the only jurisdiction in the U.S. which has a 90 days expiring local rule to make judges actually work instead of playing golf.