"The Robing Room: NY State Judges

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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. Maria Arias

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Comment #: NY13363
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
I Have a domestic violence case and she’s been advocating for the father instead. Father has continued to violate order of protection and endanger the child’s welfare. She is very sloppy with her work and rude to staff. She continues to adjourn court dates and ignore police reports, child’s attorney concerns and has prolonged the case for the last 5 years. Very lazy !

Please continue to file complaints because she will punish you if you are a DV victim and have a child in common. She does very little for the interest if the child and keeps people on pay roll

Litigant

Comment #: NY8851
Rating:2.0

Comments:
Judge Arias......... Prepare for wild ride.

Adjectives to describe: weak, weak, weak.

Comes with great credentials if you read her biography, yet can not execute on the bench.

Has a slightly high pitched, annoying whine of a voice that makes whatever she say sound like a scolding mother rather than an officer of the court.

Court time is misused and little is accomplished. She is skillful at "putting her head in the sand" and not active with decisiveness. Hard to see that she is a Judge, lets anything in and then it snowballs and she seems to get easily overwhelmed.

Have been a litigant in her courtroom for over two years and she seems to be getting worse and not better.