"The Robing Room: FL State Judges

Hon. Sheldon R. Schwartz	See Rating Details
County Court
Miami-Dade County 11th Circuit	See Comments

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General Rating Criteria

* Temperament		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Scholarship		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Industriousness		(1=Not at all industrious,10=Highly industrious)
* Ability to Handle Complex Litigation		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Punctuality		(1=Chronically Late,10=Always on Time)
* General Ability to Handle Pre-Trial Matters		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
* General Ability as a Trial Judge		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
Flexibility In Scheduling		(1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)

Criminal Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation		(1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
General Inclination Regarding Bail		(1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
Involvement in Plea Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved, 10=Very Involved)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Pretrial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Trial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Sentencing Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)

Civil Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation		(1=Not at all Evenhanded,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Involvement in Settlement Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved,10=Very Involved)
General Inclination		(1=Pro-defendant, 10=Pro-plaintiff)

Comments

What others have said about Hon. Sheldon R. Schwartz

Comments

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: FL2506
Rating:1.0

Comments:
"Shelly" Schwartz has been watching too
much "Judge Judy." Like her, he is a disgraceful ill tempered bullying loud mouth who should immediately be removed from the bench. He plays favorites and then acts biased towards the side he decides he doesn't like by berating them and not giving them a chance to present their argument. He does all the talking!! This is not how real judges in the common law system should act. Unlike the heavy handed judges in civil law systems, common law judges should be impartial dispassionate arbiters of cases.

Litigant

Comment #: FL2444
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This judge is mentally unstable, ignorant about legal procedure & the law in general, and utterly unprofessional in his capacity as a judge. This judge truly is a disgrace to the judicial system and should be promptly removed from the bench. He has a horrible reputation for screaming at litigants in an unprovoked manner, arriving unprepared to court and then thumbing through court documents thirty seconds before the hearing or trial, making irrational rulings, showing extreme bias without justification or reason, and committing a host of other violations that wreak havoc on the court system. Once the damage is done, he'll recuse himself from the case only after he's wasted valuable court time and alienated one or both parties in the action. Schwartz has received criticism on the Miami-Dade Court blog for his unprofessional, abusive, and bullying behavior. Apparently, he angered a few attorneys by his obnoxious "demeanor" in court. On the blog site, he wrote a rambling, incoherent apology replete with atrocious grammatical errors for his bad behavior. As an example, he writes, "Maybe people should know they may loose their license for certain violations of the law, etc." It should read, "People should know they may LOSE their LICENSES for certain violations of the law." Hopefully, this individual will retire when his term is up in 2012 and we'll be rid of him once and for all. I rest my case.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: FL2032
Rating:2.1

Comments:
judge schwartz is abusice and unprofessional. he is paid by tapayers and should show courtesty and respect to taxpayers. not sure why he thinks he can beat up on people in his courtroom. very disappointing and he is very unprofessional. he does not seek truth or fairness.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: FL1277
Rating:9.9

Comments:
Coming to a television station near you: "Everyone Loves Shelly."

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: FL1079
Rating:8.3

Comments:
Is fair to all, especially litigants without an attorney. Reviewed prior and the litigant must be referring to another judge because this one goes straight down the middle, favoring neither the state nor the defendant. If he has any bias, it is in favor of the defendant because he helps defendants during trial by not allowing some information in.