"The Robing Room: FL State Judges

Hon. Diana M Tennis	See Rating Details
Circuit Court
Osceola County 9th Circuit	See Comments

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* 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)

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Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: FL9467
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Judge Tennis is the worst judge to ever let on the bench in Family court.SHE IS COMPLETELY BIAS towards women.She denies all my motions and even has me paying all type of Child support & fees even though I have our child .She doesn’t want to listen to me whatsoever.The Father hasn’t sone anything for our daughter in 3 years but yet she wants him to live off my income.This is so wrong and she needs to be removed.I have contacted hire people about this bias judge!

Litigant

Comment #: FL9365
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This is the worst judge that I've ever had to deal with. she has let down my children, and she has allowed the mother of the children against whom there had been a restraining order to do whatever she liked and have every motion granted because the mother lied and cried. The mother committed 28 confirmed acts of perjury, and out of frustration, I filed a motion for perjury, which was denied, along with every other motion I filed.

Other

Comment #: FL9261
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Judge Tennis is unprofessional, and clearly has issues surrounding her own childhood specifically against mothers. Men in her court room can bold face lie to her and she will approve the information to be used as evidence even though there is no basis or physical proof, even when their is proof it is a lie. She is abusive toward women and intentionally digs at women until they give up because she has no interest in hearing them or taking their concerns seriously. Her behavior is furthermore expressed in her legal documents that are filed with the court as her unprofessional attitude is in black and white print. She also does not follow due process even when attorneys are present because she simply has no time to read or provide a fair hearing, trial etc. Men win cases left and right whether they are wrong or right while good and loving mothers have their children ripped from their arms and it seems Tennis enjoys this. She is a lose cannon and should be removed permanently from any court room as a judge or otherwise.

Litigant

Comment #: FL9029
Rating:1.0

Comments:
NEVER GAVE MY SIDE OF THE STORY ANY WEIGHT. SHE SEEMED ENAMORED OF THE PLAINTIFF. PARTIAL FROM THE START. HER MIND WAS MADE UP BEFORE I ENTERED THE COURTROOM. ONLY ASKED ME 1 QUESTION & IT WAS COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO THE CASE. iT WAS FOR A DEFINITION OF A WORD.

Other

Comment #: FL9020
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Judge Tennis is by far the worst person i have endured in my life. I stand side by side hundreds of families this woman has destroyed. Judge Tennis should be in Jail. [Redacted by Ed.] she continues to ruin family after family. She gives violent abusive parents access to children with an array of domestic violence evidence. She uses curse words in the court room. She doesnt listen, makes up her own rules and signs orders without any knowledge of the plaintiff in the case. She couldnt care less what her decisions do to peoples lives and he destruction that follows. Judge Tennis had no opponent during election and won by default [Redacted by Ed.]. She destroyed my life and many others and we have all sent complaints to the commissioner board in Tallahassee and are going public via the local news and media to get this position abuser out of destroying more lives. [Redacted by Ed.]

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: FL9017
Rating:1.0

Comments:
If you get this judge please get a Stenographer!!!! She’s a monster and will ruin your whole life!! She makes up her own laws. She will ruin your relationship with your children! She doesn’t go by the laws she makes them up as she goes.
The only way you could possibly get her in trouble is if you get a Stenographer at the beginning of the case. Otherwise you’re screwed with whatever outcome and you can’t do anything about it. lawyer or no Lawyer we still got screwed.

Other

Comment #: FL8982
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
She should be in prison herself. I agree with another person below, she is one of the most despicable human beings on earth, what's amazing is that she would just laugh about that, because she's so narcissistic. She didn't care if my children and I were hurt physically, or mentally. She said, before the court session even started, that the only reason why she didn't dismiss this case immediately was because the nice court helper "begged" her to take it. He had to "beg" her. I need to find that man to tell him that he's an angel. Someone mentioned that Tennis was even worse to her when she was crying. I would never give her the satisfaction of that. Maybe she has a deep seated anger against her mother. I would have killed my ex and gone to prison, before letting him have them. I had to sign away half the pension I was supposed to get and now I'm disabled and can't work. My son is supporting me. My son said every night he wondered if I would be alive in the morning. Then who would protected them? Luckily, my ex didn't want them, he just didn't want to pay for them or me. It was obviously not correct for his financial support, but she made it very clear that she didn't care if my children and I were beaten to death. She would have laughed and had a drink to celebrate the death of another weak woman. The fact that my ex was a retired Correctional Officer and Marine, meant that all Sheriff calls were a joke to what is supposed to be the people protecting us. "Help Now" should be called "Help Never". Tennis was never elected. No way. Even on YouTube she admits to writing fraudulent checks. [redacted by Ed.] Let's get her thrown out, my email is ksun04@gmail.com. We could get a class action suit against her too.

Other

Comment #: FL8911
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Unfair and bias towards women. Judge Tennis made a very large financial error in calculating my retroactive child support. When I brought it to her attention she admitted to doing so orally but on paper made no changes. She also does not take into account that I have two kids from a prior marriage that I need to get to and pick up from school everyday and requests that I take my youngest daughter to and from school all the way out in Tavares. She is poor when it comes to understanding equal sides. Do everything in your power to stay away from Judge Tennis. She should be removed from being a judge

Litigant

Comment #: FL8859
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Diana M Tennisis quite possibly the worst human being I have ever encountered. She proceeded over a "trial"... a full day trial. Yet the hearing consisted of her acting as an attorney from the bench, working hand in hand to fill out an equitable distribution worksheet.

Judge Tennis has been shown clear cut proof of fraud, both before and after the trial. She feels she is above the law and has no remorse for her countless victims at this point. She acts as if people are beneath her.

She violates judicial canon on a daily basis, and nothing is or will ever be done about it. She is a disgrace.

Other

Comment #: FL8703
Rating:1.0

Comments:
She is a very biased judge. [Redacted by Ed.] there is no way a judge could logically come up with that ruling based on the facts. The final judgement was full of assumptions about things that weren't even indicated at the hearing! It was obviously typed up in a hurry and had a lot of typos. Judge Tennis is unprofessional on every level.

Other

Comment #: FL8570
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Judge had her ruling prepared prior to the hearing, talked over all parties and even used the words "flush my docket" in a family court hearing with verified abuse. Flush her docket, she did. In a pre-election interview she used those same words. She needs to be removed from family court immediately.

Other

Comment #: FL8563
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Judge Tennis had her ruling typed and ready prior to the hearing. She "heard" both parties and within a few short minutes submitted her ruling which was already typed, filled with errors and mistakes. She did not allow for even time or penalize the other party for taking up 9 minutes of a 30-minute hearing. Her ruling was biased and not in alignment with the order of Florida law.

Litigant

Comment #: FL8559
Rating:1.0

Comments:
My overall earring is poor and, even worse, biased against women with proven domestic violence claims. I spent a few years in front of Judge Tennis’ for my dissolution of marriage which occurred after an order for a one year domestic violence injunction which was upheld by the appellate court. This injunction included our kids due to the violence against not only me but our children too. In front of Judge Tennis, from the beginning I felt like she started litigating for their father which was weird since she was the Judge. I’m happy to share transcripts of this providing proof. At the first hearing, Judge Tennis was the first to mention in court a term “alienation” which we had never heard of. I have found since that this term alienation is biased towards women who have actual proven abuse and court upheld injunctions. It is often used as a tactic for mens rights attorneys. I am not sure if her bias against me as a female who was abused caused her to be biased towards me, but her rulings were unprofessional and she often demeaned me telling me especially when I was crying. Because Judge Tennis swept aside the proven abuse of me and our children, our children were forced into custody with their Father for a year who was violent and abusive. After multiple hearings and emergency motions due to 911 calls and numerous police visits to his house, of which all motions were denied without a hearing, in one final act where their father’s violence against our boys was something she couldn’t ignore, Judge Tennis finally gave me majorly custody and put their father on supervised visitation. Our kids have spent years in therapy to cope with the violence that occurred against them at their hands of their father. Sadly, their father should never have gotten custody. Judge Tennis bias towards women in abusive situations makes her unfit for the stand and to judge on any dissolution of marriage, custody or domestic violence cases. I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars for her just to see the truth when the truth was right in front of her. Please move her to another position outside of domestic relations so Justice can happen for women and children.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: FL8534
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Judge Diana M Tennis should not call herself a judge! She doesn’t know the meaning of true justice! A judge that does not follow the Florida law should not be a judge. She is horrible she has shown to be bias and discrimination in my case that is currently active and I will make this public! I have already began to file complaints against her and I have call the news! I will fight for my rights as a parent! I will take this higher up if need be! As I have already started sending emails so that this judge can be dealt with!

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: FL8501
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Horrible judge! She’s a disaster judge. No competency. All she can do is intimidation, and abuse of power with no regards to procedures. She’s pretty good on insulting lawyers and litigants. I thing she didn’t expect that one day she could become a judge as she seems to have come from too low. Hopefully they will investigate on her decisions to get proof of her chaos, because not all everybody can pay a lawyer to appeal her unlawful rulings.

Other

Comment #: FL8500
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
I don’t understand how come that woman becomes a judge as far occupying a bench is a very prestigious and high class position that people owe respect. That so-called “judge” doesn’t know anything about procedures when it comes to dealing with civil matters. She basically acts like a super power dictator ruling all types of craps that come on her mind. She has no respect for anyone, no class! She’s unprofessional! She might be deported to be judge where there’s dictatorship country like Russia or Cuba! She’s a racist! Having that person as a judge in Orange County is a chaotic nightmare.

Other

Comment #: FL8187
Rating:1.0

Comments:
I reiterate the other opinions. Diana Tennis decides the case before it comes to trial based upon assumptions, shows blatant bias towards her chosen party, insults the opposition, and instructs her chosen party how to go forward instilling fear into the other client as they know they will never get a fair hearing. She is often found in Appellate cases where she makes rulings determining what she wants in a case without either party asking for that outcome! Brash,intimidating,biased courtroom behavior for a Judge.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: FL8148
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Horrible and completely biased toward women, especially when she is friends with them!!! She should have recused herself from the case but instead made the defendant’s life miserable for 6 years and essentially destroyed his reputation and cared with falsehoods and outright lies!!!!

Other

Comment #: FL8147
Rating:1.0

Comments:
The judgements, lack of basic knowledge of family law, and absolute abhorrent disrespect for due process was abundantly clear in a recent divorce case! Judge (and I use that term loosely) clearly either knew or was influenced by the plaintiff (female) and sided with her in nearly every objection to ANY type of issue the defendant raised. Clear case of favoritism and bias!!!!!

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: FL7965
Rating:3.1

Comments:
Judge Tennis has taken over the championship belt of worst trial judge in the Ninth Circuit now that Alan Apte has been removed by voters. The way she handles family law cases is by pre-judging a case by what is in the court file and then bludgeoning the other side with ill tempered sua sponte orders. Her court orders are written "stream of consciousness" and routinely include ALL CAPS, short-hand, colloquialisms, and are poorly written. She has very little regard for attorneys' or litigants' schedules and will bury litigants and their attorneys with burdensome, often unnecessary, pretrial requirements. She completely lacks the temperament required of a judge and is a disgrace to the Central Florida legal community. She should be investigated by local newspapers and removed at the next opportunity.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: FL7815
Rating:1.5

Comments:
Judge Tennis, if she deserves the title, already formed her own opinion before facts are presented to her. It's her way or highway. She is not qualified to be a judge.

Other

Comment #: FL5932
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Judge Tennis is obviously biased against men, makes erroneous judgements without hearing the facts/ truth, makes mistakes and uses whims and assumptions to rule. In my and many other's opinions is emotionally unqualified to sit on the bench.