"The Robing Room: NY State Judges

Hon. Joan Posner	See Rating Details
Family Court
Dutchess County	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. Joan Posner

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Litigant

Comment #: NY4208
Rating:1.0

Comments:
she wasnt interested in protecting my welfare..didnt care about the evidence.from a woman who served many years for battered women, she has surely changed. after my husband abusing me and violating a current restraining order. she listened to his lawyers lies instead of protecting my well being. threatened me if i didnt prove he hit me she would vacate me from my home with no job nor place to live. yelled she had more important cases than ours. all cases are important especially to the person involved.

Other

Comment #: NY3692
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Sad spent 2 years in front of her and i and thank god my son turned 18 .Bottom line if your a man you are screwed in front of her .police reports ,ambulance reports, pictures of injuries and she dropped charges and tossed me from the house , she is only concerned with keeping her friend employed, does not recognize dv against men.

Court Staff

Comment #: NY3236
Rating:1.0

Comments:
She is bad.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY3217
Rating:1.0

Comments:
She is a bias and lazy. She enters family court with an agenda. The law is set aside. She is now suspected of tampering with evidence. Where is OCA???? What the hell do they do for a living?

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY3167
Rating:1.3

Comments:
Horrible, biased, prejudicial. For those who say a man abused you - the reward is you get the upper-hand, no matter what the facts reveal in the future, (if you are allowed to get to the facts). Period. Lets allegations control, not facts. Gets angry when facts upset her view of the case. Law clerk lacks knowledge to do the job. I am declining cases and referring them to others to avoid this court. Tragic.

Other

Comment #: NY2930
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
It would amaze me if this judge paid attention to what was going on in her own court room. Her staff seems to have more of a grip on whats going on than she does. She rudley rants and screams at people in fron tof her and claims to be able to tell who is lying with no evidence. She must use a magic eight ball to make these decissions as people have lied straight to her face and she finds them credible. It's a shame these judges get paid so much and sit so long to abuse people and be ignorant to the truth and evidence. New York State courts are out of control and need to be cleaned up. These people are just there for a pay check and the law and justice seem to slip by them. Maybe if they actually represented cases in court prior to being a judge instead of being a law clerk they would have some insight.