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MOST RECENT COMMENTS - STATE JUDGES
Hon. Maria de Jesus Santovenia

Worse judge that I have experience in over 30 years. She does not follow the statutes or rules. She wants things done her way without any concern to what the law actually require...

04/03/2026 06:50 PMComment #135556
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Hon. Ellen R. Greenberg

Unprofessional and overdue for retirement. Cranky and old. Nasty to attorneys and litigants.

04/03/2026 03:12 PMComment #135555
Hon. Michelle Naberhaus

` Terrible. You will win if you are a local yokel lawyer.

04/03/2026 06:58 AMComment #135554
Hon. Reid P. Scott

Slow and bad. He let's cases drag on forever, probably to help the defendants. Wasted two years of him doing nothing. Withdraw your case and go somewhere else, most of Florida is b...

04/03/2026 06:52 AMComment #135553
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MOST RECENT COMMENTS - FEDERAL JUDGES
Hon. Paula Xinis

Gotta go with the majority on this one. Truly horrible judge who doesn't really care about the law and lets courtroom or courthouse politics prevail. Probably spent two seconds ...

04/03/2026 12:26 PMComment #36053
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Hon. Kenneth M. Karas

I managed to get him off the case, so I have no sour grapes here. First, I strongly suspect his opinions - which took forever - were written with AI (whenever I checked his cites,...

04/01/2026 04:57 AMComment #36052
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Hon. Jinsook Ohta

She admitted evidence in a case, then invoked F.R. Evid. 403 before closing arguments to forbid the lawyer from talking about the evidence. When he inadvertently displayed an exhib...

03/28/2026 04:54 PMComment #36051
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Hon. James E. Grimes, Jr.

Doesn't understand basic principles for resolving discovery disputes, granting or denying motions to compel, and will make arbitrary rulings on which motions to grant or compel, fi...

03/27/2026 12:56 PMComment #36050
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