"The Robing Room: NY State Judges

Hon. Allan B. Weiss	See Rating Details
Supreme Court
Queens County	See Comments

Attorney Average Rating: 3.3 - 7 rating(s) Non-Attorney Average Rating: 4.0 - 3 rating(s)	Please send me alerts on this judge E-mail Address:

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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)

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What others have said about Hon. Allan B. Weiss

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Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY12765
Rating:1.0

Comments:
HORRID Judge with crappy temperament. Rude to all especially those who he thinks he has some power over. I will laugh when he gets what he deserves. Even his staff was talking behind his back and can't stand him.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: NY11152
Rating:2.4

Comments:
My experience was terrible. He is sarcastic, rude and inconsiderate.

Litigant

Comment #: NY11151
Rating:1.0

Comments:
His sarcasm was offensive to my husband's memory. He made jokes in front of me, but off the record, of being bored with the testimony, let a juror sleep for multiple days during testimony, made an offensive remark that a juror got "cramps" because of my lawyer and didn't question any lying statements made by defense ("I requested that letter a year ago") with out asking for proof. He was inconsiderate to all as the courtroom is extremely cold and even with complaints and jurors and witnesses visually cold, was told not changing by his staff.

Other

Comment #: NY10015
Rating:10.0

Comments:
Hon. Alan B. Weiss is one of few commercial judge according to a lawyer in Manhattan.
He read every single document and made a decision based on the law and fact.
I can only tell all the good things about him.
A real star and super smart.

Litigant

Comment #: NY9386
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Arrogant, rude, contentious, basically handed the case to the plaintiff by presenting departure questions that had little to do with the testimony presented (he did not take a single note during the trial), and were not shared with the attorneys in conference. The jury were tasked with ruling on issues (with one exception) that were not borne out in the testimony.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: NY8854
Rating:4.2

Comments:
Takes the path of least resistance in deciding motions. Hides. Maybe he's a good trial judge, one atty seems to think so. I'm guessing that atty won big.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY8699
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Terrible, heartless judge. I would be shocked if this guy ever actually practiced law; if he did, he was probably terrible at it.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY8560
Rating:9.9

Comments:
I was on trial with Justice Weiss on a significant personal injury matter. He was attentive bright and open to reconsider his trial rulings. He is not a pompous ass; he is scholarly and a joy to be before.

Litigant

Comment #: NY6818
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
unethical, misspells words, goes against the cplr and puts things in his short form order that isn't factual and just stupid for a judge in the qns supreme court-its embarrassing-does anybody know if I can recuse him

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY4242
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
This thug recently got re-elected with only 10% of the vote, and now will preside over his courtroom until the year 2025. God help us.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: NY3833
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
I remember him from when I attended PC's in my earlier days when he was a law secretary on Queens Blvd. and always had fun with him--sorry to hear he's turned into another power laden ahole.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY2545
Rating:2.0

Comments:
Defense counsel was showing up for motions with new documents that he had failed to serve upon plaintiff's counsel beforehand, as required. When I asked to see the judge to complain about this tactic, the judge was so bothered about being asked to leave his back room for a few minutes, into the main courtroom, that he tore up my motion in front of me, without even reading it, and basically kicked me out of his courtroom. A real nut case. Has no problem hurting a client's case just so he can get back at a lawyer and prove his point -- although the only point seems to be to leave him alone. Can't really comment on his judicial skill because he didn't display any -- he was AWOL.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY1782
Rating:2.8

Comments:
Does this judge exist? I've never seen him come out. I'd hide too if I botched rulings on motions in a similar fashion.