THE ROBING ROOM

His treatment of attorneys is often beyond the pale. I witnessed his attacks on attorneys [not in my case] that were way out of line. In my case, his attacks on OPPOSING counsel were unwarranted (bet you don't hear that often!). His rulings were ridiculously slow. He took far in excess of a year to rule on a joint motion; later took several months to deny a set of cross motions that he had ordered the parties to file. Allowed -- read that ordered -- other side to bring same motion multiple times but denied it each time (he clearly wanted to get a motion he could grant but the facts and law were not there). Won't allow telephonic appearances in even the most routine matters. Litigation ended up continuing for far, far too long costing both sides far, far too much in fees, costs and time. The comment in this thread 'always has to be the smartest person in the room' is right on point. In sum, he's a bright guy but his ego and his prejudices are problematic.