THE ROBING ROOM

J. Kendall is very intelligent and diligent, and appears to work hard to familiarize herself with areas of the law she has not previously dealt with regularly. Very knowledgable regarding procedural and evidentiary matters, and calls the balls and strikes fairly (not surprising given her extensive trial background as an AUSA who tried a lot of complex cases). Has grown a great deal in her first year on the bench, and seems likely to continue to do so as she gets more experience. And when compared to many of the others on the NDI bench (e.g., Conlon, Bucklo, Gottschall, Manning, all of whom have serious temperment and cognitive problems - i.e., are either impossible to deal with or just plain dumb) a real pleasure to appear before.