THE ROBING ROOM

Judge Rakoff is an intemperate, mercurial, boor. He treats lawyers like little children, and is constantly trying to prove not only that he is the boss, but that he is smarter than everyone else. He is untterly inflexible in scheduling and has ridiculous rules that generally prohibit a lawyer even from contacting his chambers. He is, undoubtedly, scholarly, and he takes the job of judging very, very seriously, but his temperment and rude treatment of attorneys is inexcusable.