How many County Judges does it take to screw in a Courtroom light bulb?
Answer. Upwards of 40.
1 to say I’m confused what are you asking me to do, there’s no Motion in the file.
1 to say I can’t I’m Relief Judge.
1 to say I only handle those on the third Wednesday of the month.
2 to say call my JA to set it knowing full well the JA never picks up the phone.
24 to say I can’t because I don’t have a docket that afternoon and I have a “dr appt.”
1 to send a threat email anonymously to the other Judges saying Judges shouldn’t be changing light bulbs “or else.”
1 that can’t be woken up from a nap.
12 to say I’m only allowed to handle Edison bulbs and that looks like one of of those complex halogen thingies.
1 County Senior Judge who will do anything for 150 bucks to actually change the bulb.
40+ for a banquet thrown by a kizz butt local Bar Association to hand each other plastic trophies and plaques honoring dedication and peerless service of the Judges in changing light bulbs, featuring cheap pasta in tin catering trays.
I’d like to say if DOGE Florida is real Desantis can start with the fact that every Judge doesn’t need their own judicial assistant. One assistant can handle three Judges and not be busy all day. There would be a bug savings there for DOGE.
Well, I remember the days when County was viewed as a stepping stone to the Circuit. Most of the County appointees couldn’t wait to be elevated to the higher court. I guess the whole thing has such a negative association now that the President and others have relentlessly devalued the institution that no one has any ambition left?
I believe Judge Phillips may make it a priority to support and encourage lower court judges to better themselves by trying for circuit as Judge Ross once did.
The fact that her name was even sent up to the Gov one of these umpteenth times shows just HOW CORRUPT the 17th JNC is.
If she makes the final list again, we all need to send letters to the Gov. (although he may find it as a way to punish Broward Dems by sticking the County w her)
Only eleven because the pay’s so low. Because with Zoom, etc the practice of law is so easy and lucrative these days. The pay needs to be raised to attract better candidates. Yes the benefits are good but who can wait until retirement. If raising a family it can’t be done on the currrnt salary when everything’s so expensive.
Shouldn’t really become a judge until you’ve been a lawyer 20+ years and have saved for family and college expenses already. Of course most of you all are also paying a couple different alimonies and child support
A lot. That’s why it’s part of the application, as well as bankruptcies, credit rating and the like. Think Judge Zack, triple mortgages and a flushing toilet on the bench if he didn’t like a defense motion.
Judges are paid considerably more than they are worth, especially when you consider how many hours they actually put in. At least that’s the way it is in Broward. Also the quality of judges is pitiful. They’ve been reduced to political pimps to an overwhelming degree spending more time politicking than they do on the bench as evidenced by so many empty courtrooms. If they spent half as much time working as they do running around with their hands out we might actually be able to move some of these backlogged cases and get hearings in a reasonable amount of time.
The amount of waste is outrageous.
Might be true. Sad part is the Broward lawyers are even worse. Especially on the criminal side—exaggerated view of their importance when everyone knows it’s civil that runs the courthouse. Criminal is a wasteland like a pasture for an old lame horse before it becomes glue.
The practice of private law is far from lucrative. The overhead is astronomical, no benefits, no guarantee from week to week if you will get a paying client, etc.
One can save on overhead by taking napkins from Chipotle and other institutions that don’t regulate the dispensation of napkins to stock the office break and bathrooms.
I’ve seen people on lower salaries live better and have more than higher paid people. If both spouses are working, they are smart with their finances, etc the money and benefits are extremely worth it. Have you priced health insurance lately? You can’t always live for today, you have to plan for retirement, if you’re going to survive a lucrative pension is the only way to do it. It’s obvious, a Social Security check won’t pay your expenses.
Corrupt, bc her name should NEVER have made the list.
Not just bc of her questionable ethics and nasty attitude, but bc there were much more qualified ppl ahead of her to put on the list of 6.
I don’t get that s hole I’d rather skateboard in it than practice in it. No wonder judges stay home and zoom. They need to be present lawyers can attend by zoom. The place is a complete disgrace from the clerks office JA, Princesses, and the do not disturb me judges, that talk way to much.
Thomas Cooley: lost its accreditation.
Nova and saint thomas: so bad they aren’t even ranked.
And yet they make up our entire bench. Not the case in other counties. It’s so lame. We have the dumbest political greaser federalist judges on the bench. They snaked their way to a barely accredited law school and then just continue the slime through out their careers.
You seriously want judges to hang up their law license in a court room? I guess lawyers need to run to the framer’s so they can get their license framed and displayed on their desk?
You elite libtards don’t get it. MAGA is America. Where barbers and farmers are just as important as lawyers and Judges. Let’s see the licenses. What’s there to hide.
The 1st question I would ask them is ‘do you think Judge Holmes was a good Judge?’ and if any said ‘yes’ I would disqualify them from consideration because they’d be an accident waiting to happen on black robe fever.
Don’t forget about the Senior judges covering for all the lazy judges that don’t work afternoons. Talk about waste. There’s full time Senior judges who weren’t elected telling everybody what to do. Waste waste waste.
17 is paying loads of money out to judges that don’t work in the afternoon, to lawyers to be Traffic magistrates to do the work of County judges and to Senior judges to work full time. Waste waste waste.
GM’s are just lazy lawyers that don’t want to work much, or only when they want to. If you have any clients or a lucrative practice, you wouldn’t bother with being a GM.
Early paid retirement flunkies sucking off taxpayers for all they are worth. Any audit of time spent actually working for Broward Judges would blow the lid off one of the biggest scams being perpetrated on citizens of this county. No where else is it this bad.
A lack of any oversight or judicial administration has led to this deplorable situation where you have chief judges belonging to the same club.
It’s an unspoken truth in Broward.
My my, you sound bitter. It sucks to be an old, failure private practice lawyer, that tried numerous times to win an
an election and failed at that also. It must suck to know you and your zombie wife both failed miserably at being attorneys and now you have no money for retirement. Looks like every area of your life was a flop. And to think, you thought you were better than everyone else. It’s obvious you were wrong at that also.
How many of you blog know-it-alls are sitting in watching the open judicial interviews right now? Oh yes, none. But of course you know the best candidates because criminal is so important lol
When you’ve dealt professionally with most of these punks, it not hard to come to a conclusion about what kind of judges they’d make !
Most of them are looking for a bridge to a regular paycheck.
It’s a pretty stable bridge. How nice to have a good pension and paid health insurance during retirement years. That’s exactly why a lot of the older lawyers can’t retire, it’s expensive to live in Broward.
No County Judges?
Heard Glick tried greasing the wheels (i.e., appearing more ‘federalist’) since the last time, so we’ll see if her background work pays off.
Laventure thinks DEI will get him to the top this time.
Pascal needs the job bc her attitude has made her ‘unworkwithable’
Ramos-Miller wants to unleash shrill hysterics on litigants, so she’s salivating over this.
….and it turns out Cullin Obrien is the only competent one of the whole bunch
COUNTY CLOWNS DO IT BETTER IN BROWARD
How many County Judges does it take to screw in a Courtroom light bulb?
Answer. Upwards of 40.
1 to say I’m confused what are you asking me to do, there’s no Motion in the file.
1 to say I can’t I’m Relief Judge.
1 to say I only handle those on the third Wednesday of the month.
2 to say call my JA to set it knowing full well the JA never picks up the phone.
24 to say I can’t because I don’t have a docket that afternoon and I have a “dr appt.”
1 to send a threat email anonymously to the other Judges saying Judges shouldn’t be changing light bulbs “or else.”
1 that can’t be woken up from a nap.
12 to say I’m only allowed to handle Edison bulbs and that looks like one of of those complex halogen thingies.
1 County Senior Judge who will do anything for 150 bucks to actually change the bulb.
40+ for a banquet thrown by a kizz butt local Bar Association to hand each other plastic trophies and plaques honoring dedication and peerless service of the Judges in changing light bulbs, featuring cheap pasta in tin catering trays.
What’s relief week?
Its when they get mornings off too.
I’d like to say if DOGE Florida is real Desantis can start with the fact that every Judge doesn’t need their own judicial assistant. One assistant can handle three Judges and not be busy all day. There would be a bug savings there for DOGE.
Well, I remember the days when County was viewed as a stepping stone to the Circuit. Most of the County appointees couldn’t wait to be elevated to the higher court. I guess the whole thing has such a negative association now that the President and others have relentlessly devalued the institution that no one has any ambition left?
I believe Judge Phillips may make it a priority to support and encourage lower court judges to better themselves by trying for circuit as Judge Ross once did.
Just hire general magistrates, costs less
Oh wow, Pascal the Rascal is at the trough again.
The fact that her name was even sent up to the Gov one of these umpteenth times shows just HOW CORRUPT the 17th JNC is.
If she makes the final list again, we all need to send letters to the Gov. (although he may find it as a way to punish Broward Dems by sticking the County w her)
Nothing corrupt at all. Six names go up. Only eleven applied? Who would you send up, and why or why not?
Only eleven because the pay’s so low. Because with Zoom, etc the practice of law is so easy and lucrative these days. The pay needs to be raised to attract better candidates. Yes the benefits are good but who can wait until retirement. If raising a family it can’t be done on the currrnt salary when everything’s so expensive.
Shouldn’t really become a judge until you’ve been a lawyer 20+ years and have saved for family and college expenses already. Of course most of you all are also paying a couple different alimonies and child support
What does a person’s personal life and expenses have to do with becoming a judge?
A lot. That’s why it’s part of the application, as well as bankruptcies, credit rating and the like. Think Judge Zack, triple mortgages and a flushing toilet on the bench if he didn’t like a defense motion.
Judges are paid considerably more than they are worth, especially when you consider how many hours they actually put in. At least that’s the way it is in Broward. Also the quality of judges is pitiful. They’ve been reduced to political pimps to an overwhelming degree spending more time politicking than they do on the bench as evidenced by so many empty courtrooms. If they spent half as much time working as they do running around with their hands out we might actually be able to move some of these backlogged cases and get hearings in a reasonable amount of time.
The amount of waste is outrageous.
Might be true. Sad part is the Broward lawyers are even worse. Especially on the criminal side—exaggerated view of their importance when everyone knows it’s civil that runs the courthouse. Criminal is a wasteland like a pasture for an old lame horse before it becomes glue.
Only since Howard Finkelstein quit. Because he was the real boss forever.
The practice of private law is far from lucrative. The overhead is astronomical, no benefits, no guarantee from week to week if you will get a paying client, etc.
Switching to Smirnoff from Ketel One makes a big difference to the bottom line
Yeah but the breath smells the same um hum madam judge and other judges and lawyers.
Thank god for zoom
SOMEBODY STOLE MY BOTTLE
One can save on overhead by taking napkins from Chipotle and other institutions that don’t regulate the dispensation of napkins to stock the office break and bathrooms.
With AI there’s no need for Westlaw or Motion Banks.
Luckily most of the Judges haven’t learned any new law since they were interns at some prosecutorial office, so yeah AI will work.
Don’t forget the office can double as living quarters, as pioneered by that hobo Judge who lived in Chambers. That’s a heck of a savings.
Some of the food trucks have wifi and picnic tables for rent by the hour for important client meetings. You have to buy a hot dog.
Believe it or not, I was a Broward Judge until I started smoking Ambien.
I CUT MY SHOWERS DOWN TO ONCE A WEEK
Keeping the condomn machines stocked is an expensive headache.
Fat Dave started the condom trend …
I’ve seen people on lower salaries live better and have more than higher paid people. If both spouses are working, they are smart with their finances, etc the money and benefits are extremely worth it. Have you priced health insurance lately? You can’t always live for today, you have to plan for retirement, if you’re going to survive a lucrative pension is the only way to do it. It’s obvious, a Social Security check won’t pay your expenses.
Corrupt, bc her name should NEVER have made the list.
Not just bc of her questionable ethics and nasty attitude, but bc there were much more qualified ppl ahead of her to put on the list of 6.
Like who? Shouldn’t be hard to say who and why they were more qualified.
She’s a dumb psycho
She’s a heck of a lot better than the multiple time runner, Mardi Levy Jingleheimershit
An unimpressive list befitting the replacement of an unremarkable and vainglorious predecessor.
Marlon Weiss is qualified
Did his Bubbe have a crush on Stanley Kowalski or something?
I see that dummy Laventure is back at it. He can’t even find his way to a courtroom, let alone decide complex litigation.
He’s not a judge already?
Black crime matters
The same old pimps looking for a handout
I don’t get that s hole I’d rather skateboard in it than practice in it. No wonder judges stay home and zoom. They need to be present lawyers can attend by zoom. The place is a complete disgrace from the clerks office JA, Princesses, and the do not disturb me judges, that talk way to much.
I WAS ALL IN ON THE ZOOM BOOM
WORKING FROM BED BEATS THE DRIVE IN
BESIDES – YOU CAN SCHEDULE TIME FOR NAPS
1. Nova
2. Emory
3. American University
4. Thomas M. Cooley
5. FIU
6. FAMU
7. Harvard
8. St. Thomas
9. UM
10. Ohio State
11. FIU
Thomas Cooley: lost its accreditation.
Nova and saint thomas: so bad they aren’t even ranked.
And yet they make up our entire bench. Not the case in other counties. It’s so lame. We have the dumbest political greaser federalist judges on the bench. They snaked their way to a barely accredited law school and then just continue the slime through out their careers.
Nova is the #1 JQC school in Florida. So many Judges from there got ethical convictions. I believe they even had a JQC Judge on the Board named Diaz.
Seriously? Nova Law has a Judge on its Board of Governors that was suspended by the JQC?
THAT’S BROWARD’S SWEATY BOB DIAZ
yup
http://www.jaablaw.com/uncategorized/oh-broward/
ITS JUST A MINOR OVERSIGHT
NOT A LACK OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
Inadvertent error. Just ask any ASA. Oops I forgot the witness wasn’t actually there they were in Orlando sorry judge and defense
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/01/09/broward-magistrate-works-two-months-without-law-license/
driving is also much more of an adventure with a suspended dl 🙂
Par for the course in Broward where the judicial scam trumps all else ! Lol
Let me get this straight. Barbers and Veterinarians need to display a valid license when working but Judges don’t? Is this for real?
If he’s already a judge, why is he applying to be a judge?
You seriously want judges to hang up their law license in a court room? I guess lawyers need to run to the framer’s so they can get their license framed and displayed on their desk?
You elite libtards don’t get it. MAGA is America. Where barbers and farmers are just as important as lawyers and Judges. Let’s see the licenses. What’s there to hide.
Some of them try to hide their alma mater. They omit it from their bar profile and pretend to have a different one.
The last time I checked, a farmer, and a barber didn’t need a college degree.
No, but they need to have ACTUAL knowledge and skills to do their job.
Unlike half the hacks WITH DEGREES who run around this building pretending to do something of value.
A degree is not the flex you think it is. There are plenty of idiots with degrees (and bar memberships).
Felons can’t be barbers or veterinarians but they can be President
The 1st question I would ask them is ‘do you think Judge Holmes was a good Judge?’ and if any said ‘yes’ I would disqualify them from consideration because they’d be an accident waiting to happen on black robe fever.
JUDICIAL HAM
Where did they find these people back in the day. Futch, Holmes, Ross, Schapiro, Diaz…..Kmart?
DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES
When you can’t pay the rent
What’s the difference between a general magistrate and a judge?
The difference between a GM and a Judge is a GM has to show respect to a County Court Judge.
A General Magistrate is usually a lawyer with no clients, looking to make a few pennies.
Magistrates are small time chumps …
But they do all the same things?
Correct Nothing
Let’s replace the judges with gm’s and save the state a bunch of cash!
And make them do the Traffic cases too because it’s super expensive and we know Admin doesn’t make the County Judges do their own work.
The Traffic Magistrates are an expensive luxury from the pre-DOGE era.
The Judges need to do their jobs.
How can the Governor be alerted to this waste?
Don’t forget about the Senior judges covering for all the lazy judges that don’t work afternoons. Talk about waste. There’s full time Senior judges who weren’t elected telling everybody what to do. Waste waste waste.
17 is paying loads of money out to judges that don’t work in the afternoon, to lawyers to be Traffic magistrates to do the work of County judges and to Senior judges to work full time. Waste waste waste.
The Staff Attorney’s…..why don’t Judges do their own research?
Can staff attorneys sign court orders like judges and general magistrates?
If a GM can do everything that a judge can do, why are the taxpayers paying more to have judges doing the same things?
GM’s are just lazy lawyers that don’t want to work much, or only when they want to. If you have any clients or a lucrative practice, you wouldn’t bother with being a GM.
Since they do everything that judges do, wouldn’t it make more sense economically to use magistrates instead of judges?
Early paid retirement flunkies sucking off taxpayers for all they are worth. Any audit of time spent actually working for Broward Judges would blow the lid off one of the biggest scams being perpetrated on citizens of this county. No where else is it this bad.
A lack of any oversight or judicial administration has led to this deplorable situation where you have chief judges belonging to the same club.
It’s an unspoken truth in Broward.
Bulls—t
Where is it written that judges are mandated to work or log, a certain amount of hours per week?
My my, you sound bitter. It sucks to be an old, failure private practice lawyer, that tried numerous times to win an
an election and failed at that also. It must suck to know you and your zombie wife both failed miserably at being attorneys and now you have no money for retirement. Looks like every area of your life was a flop. And to think, you thought you were better than everyone else. It’s obvious you were wrong at that also.
How many of you blog know-it-alls are sitting in watching the open judicial interviews right now? Oh yes, none. But of course you know the best candidates because criminal is so important lol
What kind of a loser has time for dat?
You do for sure.
When you’ve dealt professionally with most of these punks, it not hard to come to a conclusion about what kind of judges they’d make !
Most of them are looking for a bridge to a regular paycheck.
It’s a pretty stable bridge. How nice to have a good pension and paid health insurance during retirement years. That’s exactly why a lot of the older lawyers can’t retire, it’s expensive to live in Broward.