Comment #: AZ2904
Rating:1.0
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This judge is completely unprofessional and displays a distinct and obvious bias the likes of which I have never seen before. I have had the displeasure of sitting in many court rooms and his is by far the worst of which I have witnessed. He shows open disdain for people without the means to afford an attorney and bases his rulings accordingly. He also heavily favors women/mothers in family court hearings, regardless of the facts of the case. He insists his rulings will be prompt after taking them under advisement, but (as is obvious by his own public violations of the rules) waits until the last minute to submit an opinion, by which point he no longer even remembers what he's ruling on. This judge's reports are so fact-less, misleading, and downright false as to be potentially criminal. I have no idea how he still presides over any trial, let alone cases that involve the safety and wellbeing of children and their families. Rest assured, he takes pride in ruining lives at this point - this much is clear. This man is a menace and disgrace to the bench.

Comment #: AZ2868
Rating:1.0
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Had him for family court hearings, he didnt seem very competent, so I was curious and started lookin around about this Brad Astrowsky guy. After googling his name, I fully realized what a zero he is. Truly one of the dimmest bulbs to ever get appointed to the bench (God knows how).

Comment #: AZ2792
Rating:1.3
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Wish we'd known about this site earlier, our case ended with a lot different results than we expected. Some of that we blame on our well respected attorny, who advised us to end the case quickly because he thought astrowski was "imcompetent". If we'd know he was having sex with a lawyer(s) appearing in his cases, we'd have gotten him removed. Its almost impossible to believe (especially since this guy looks exactly like george costanza from "seinfeld"), but all you have to do is search his name and story after story comes up. Its an embarrassment arizona allows this to go on

Comment #: AZ2689
Rating:1.6
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This individual has a great deal of difficulty grasping basic tenets of justice such as due process, Constitutionality, and rules of evidence. I would imagine these comprehension problems stem from his own lack of personal integrity and work ethic as duly outlined in his public record.

Comment #: AZ2592
Rating:1.3
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The debacle that has been the judicial career of Bradley J Astrowsky nearly ended on November 8, 2022, when he was the 4th lowest vote recipient in an election that for the first time in Arizona history resulted in 3 judges being removed from the bench. Its long been public knowledge that he: 1)engaged in at least one extramarital sexual relationship with a lawyer appearing in his court in 2018 https://michaelvolpe.substack.com/p/bad-judge-up-for-reelection; 2)attempted to cover up this highly unethical & philandering behavior via a “tearful” apology letter to the commission on judicial conduct, in essence begging them not to make his sexual transgressions public https://fcvfc.org/2021/10/05/intergenerational-incest-protected-and-generated-by-american-family-courts-your-tax-dollars-at-work/; and 3)persuaded a fellow superior court judge to seal his incendiary family court records when his 2nd wife subsequently sued him for divorce http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/docket/FamilyCourtCases/caseSearchResults.asp?lastName=astrowsky&FirstName. Had these transgressions occurred at any time other than the covid crisis, he most certainly would have been disbarred. However his conniving coercion swayed the commission to discipline him for “failure to issue a timely ruling” (as opposed to his more egregious conduct). https://www.azcourts.gov/portals/137/reports/2019/19-362.pdf https://www.azcourts.gov/portals/137/reports/2019/19-363.pdf https://www.statepress.com/article/2022/10/shady-park-mirabella-judge-brad-astrowsky-reelection .
Obviously the presiding judge in Maricopa County wanted to lessen the damage Astrowsky and others had already wrought on the integrity of the court, so upon his rotation to the civil department he was assigned only one high profile case: “Mirabella vs Shady Park”. Unsurprisingly he botched it completely, his over-reaching injunction being reversed & remanded by the appellate court on 12/29/22 https://www.pressconnects.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/12/29/shady-park-tempe-won-noise-dispute-appeal-mirabella-asu/69764925007/.
Had this ruling come BEFORE the election, Astrowsky’s bungling might just have tipped the electoral scales in favor of his removal from the bench. Lifelong prosecutors have generally made terrible civil judges, as their narrow-minded focus on conviction quotas long ago made them forget contract & constitutional law 101. Astrowsky is soon to be rotated off the civil bench, undoubtedly to an area where he can do the least damage (perhaps juvenile). His egregious transgressions (as well as those of other superior court judges (https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/dishonorable/abc15s-dishonorable-special-exposes-judge-who-mocked-people-during-hearings) have already had their ripple effect. There is now a serious push in the State legislature to finally force transparency & oversight upon the commission for judicial conduct https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/dishonorable/lawmaker-wants-audit-of-judicial-investigations-after-abc15-report.
All that said, the honorable thing would be for Astrowsky to step down from the bench voluntarily (given as promotion is highly unlikely). At the very least, every civil case he has ever presided over should be reopened/re-examined for similar legal defects. The bottom line? Astrowsky is just not competent, nor does he possess the requisite integrity required to be an effective Jurist.

Comment #: AZ2228
Rating:Not Rated
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A$$trowsky does not go by evidence or facts and is part of the parental alienation” scam that pits parents against each other for the financial benefit of attorney and “expert witness” buddies. He recently ordered Family Bridges in the David Segui case and then gagged Segui to silence him. Now why would a judge order parents to pay exhorbitant fees to attend a shady “program” run by unlicensed “coaches” out of motels to cure the kids from “”lying” about abuse? And how pathetic is a parent duped into using the courts to force their child to have a relationship with him or her? Wrong approach, traumatizes the kids, and backfires in the long run, not that corrupt family court professionals and judges actually care.

$hhh.

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Comment #: AZ2196
Rating:Not Rated
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3 he didn't even listen to me or let me have my right to due process just because i didn't have a lawyer this is my life my daughters life and he could have cared less why is he a judge if he doesn't even care he is extremely bias especially if you are a male

Comment #: AZ2193
Rating:10.0
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I LOVE THIS JUDGE. HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO WISH ME A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO ME. HE WAS SO RESPECTFUL. HE LISTENED TO EVERY WORD I HAD TO SAY. HE DIDN'T TALK OVER ME. HE DIDN'T TALK DOWN TO ME. HE WAS SO VERY RESPECTFUL AND AN AWESOME LISTENER. I FELT LIKE HE CARED.

Comment #: AZ2171
Rating:Not Rated
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Extreme bias exspecially if he decides he doesn’t like you. Idk if he gets kick backs for supervised visitations but my ex had no evidence I had done everything asked of me and at the end of the day I got 2 hours of supervised time with my child. Based on the comments below if you get this judge your screwed exspecially if your a male.

Comment #: AZ2049
Rating:1.0
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This judge carries a bias. If he doesn't like you, he doesn't show it, but he is very passive aggressive. His court room manner comes across pleasant but wait until his rulings come out. And if you call him out on it, he will make you pay. His latest game is that he is taking the full 60 days on the "Matter Under Advisement" just to be a dick. More than likely I will have to appeal but I will win in appeal, but the thought that I even have to do that is frustrating. OH, and his assistants messed up almost every minute entry where I had to file a clarification if they refused to do it behind the scenes. How he made judge is beyond me, but it appears he keeps good company. Good Luck as you need to kiss his ass. He doesn't follow statutes and he tries to conduct the hearing himself. He doesn't think Pro per's can represent themselves. He kept trying to direct me to what he wanted me to cover and I refused to cower to him. In my humble opinion is he favors women over men. He really needs to brush up on the procedures of conducting an evidentiary hearing.........

Comment #: AZ1190
Rating:1.0
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The Judge does not go by the law or the constitutional rights of the people in his courtroom. Only listens to CPS and their 3 ring circus. They are all bought and paid for by CPS. Don't even have to show up for court because CPS will tell you before court what the status will be after court. They are all wasting our hard-earned tax dollars.

Comment #: AZ730
Rating:9.3
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This judge has the ability to change peoples lives for the better, for whats best in the future of children's lives. I just wish this judge would be more openminded into the fact that these are people, that they are human just like him and everyone makes mistakes. But most importantly , not everything is what it may seem to be. Ask the defendants themselves the questions... because they feel like you dont care