"The Robing Room: FL State Judges

Hon. James Martz	See Rating Details
Circuit Court
Palm Beach County 15th Circuit	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)

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Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: FL9859
Rating:2.0

Comments:
This judge has packed his net worth through illegal efforts. Net worth over 2 million but makes 180k a year. When it comes to custody or modifications. DCF acknowledges fault and no help or response yet this judge still sides with DCF. This man does not need to be a judge. He’s blind/sided and only sees or hears what he wants regardless of the facts.

Other

Comment #: FL7187
Rating:10.0

Comments:
He is open to hear everything the attorneys have to say and does not stop them from stating anything they feel necessary for him to hear. No ego and does not flex his authority.

Litigant

Comment #: FL3431
Rating:1.0

Comments:
i can't give him a zero. He is Biased. His JA put altered ex-parte communications into court records to CYA after they were confronted about the inappropriateness of some ex-parte communications. The Judges JA agreed to keep a litigant "in the loop". Since when is the court considered in the loop with any litigant. Especially a litigant that got caught commiting perjury at least 10 times. 32 minutes of testimony missing from a hearing. Judge Martz is disrespectful to women. Judge Martz needs to go to animal court and continue hearing cases about parrots, because the decisions he makes in family cases affects children and families. Judge Martz doesn't find a problem with litigants entering perjured testimony, orally and in writing, when it was being revealed in court coincidentally the hearing stops being recorded. The the hearing resumes recording when the father is represented in a more positive light. the court hearing stops recording at 2:57 pm and resumes recording at 3:31 pm. that is a RED FLAG. The ability to alter a court transcipt is HUGE futhermore why would a honest Judge want to, or if it happened accidentally acknowledge and correct it