"The Robing Room: NY State Judges

Hon. Jodi Orlow	See Rating Details
Civil Court
Queens County	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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What others have said about Hon. Jodi Orlow

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Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: NY13464
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This judge is a complete waste of time and extremely biased and one-sided. This judge overrules her own court order time and time again in favor of the defendant. When asked why she does this she claims she likes to afford people “grace”, but at the detriment to the other party! She never makes a decision and likes to revisit topics over and over again at every conference when clearly both parties cannot seem to come to an agreement. There’s a reason the parties have come to court. If they could have agreed on issues themselves they wouldn’t be there!!! If you get this judge request for a change immediately! You will waste time and money and still end up going to trial because she never enforces her own order and refuses to make a decision based on the facts presented before her.

Litigant

Comment #: NY12802
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
I tried to protect my child from my VERY abusive ex, without looking into my accusations she automatically offered my ex FULL custody, and threatened to make me lose custody. Meanwhile my child is constantly bruised on the back while over my ex's. After an acs case was opened, rather then see I was HONEST, she then okayed an order for me to be investigated instead. she saw the bruises on me and my CHILD AND STILL BELIEVED MY EX husband and continued to side with my abusive ex that doesn't financially support our child at all. she's not impartial, nor does she care about me or my toddler's safety. I don't know how she sleeps at night. I've met warmer ice cubes.

Other

Comment #: NY12730
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Honestly I wish I had a different judge. Judge Orlow listens to hearsay and not actual facts that can be presented (text, emails, videos, audios, etc.) All she wants to do is close the case out and not think in the best interest of all involved. Also, due to covid, I'm unable to participate and listen to any proceeding and have to wait in the virtual "waiting room" only to be dragged in once Plaintiff's lawyer have made unknown accusations without giving me the chance to defend myself. Again, it's a he said she said battle. Judge never bothered to read my motion. I understand that we may be just a number to this judge but this is my family's life we are talking about. My kids are my priority who unfortunately will be collateral damage to a careless judge who can't determine fact from fiction.

Other

Comment #: NY12449
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Horrible judge. Favors one person over another without any valid reason. Drags on cases without answering anything. Then blames other people for wrongdoing. She also never gives any actual orders but just decides on things verbally. Then she pretends she didn’t say that at a later court date.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY10767
Rating:1.0

Comments:
How can a Judge say that she cannot change something in an order given by her but she can decide on other things and change it? This judge is not professional at all. She was talking out loud saying that everybody lies that every proof she gets are not true and blah blah in the courtroom. I really hope that she gets recorded and investigated because she’s doing very poor job. Instead of yelling and offending people around her, she should be helping and not destroying families in a very disrespectful way.

Other

Comment #: NY10697
Rating:1.0

Comments:
The only thing I could say if you are reading this, don’t let the judges control your situation. They will be after the money in the end always. I’ve seen many lady judges and not one can solve my family issues but one judge a make one. Unfortunately this judge is not a fair one, but please try to solve your problems and talk it out if you can with the person you having trouble with, or go to meadiation first. This judge is a waist of time and money.

Other

Comment #: NY10659
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Totally biased. Has stated that she will need to "look this up?" Excuse me? Why? Doesn't she understand the laws? Completely inept, no knowledge of Divorce Law, very arrogant and nasty. Will not allow anyone to speak. Too busy flipping her hair and flirting with all the male lawyers. At a loss here....

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY10589
Rating:1.0

Comments:
I've been practicing law for over 25 years, and can say this judge should not be a judge. She is biased, and does a poor job of hiding her bias, tries to bully attorneys, is ignorant of basic principles of law, confuses cases and has no notion of fairness.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY9966
Rating:1.0

Comments:
in my opinion, she is ignorant, racist, disrespectful of attorneys and litigants, lazy,arrogant, pretentious, and without a shred of humanity or compassion ;
Shockingly ill-mannered, ill-tempered, racist and sexist in her treatment of attorneys and Unqualified to be a judge.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY9885
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
I went to see this judge for divorce matter and she denied my petition only because it was first time handling my case and defendant was not present as well. It's been 2 years almost that I've been trying to get this done, and judge did not do her job as expected. How can we the people get justice with judges that their interests are probably only the money. They got the nerve to put up on wall " In God We trust" !! Seriously, what kind of system are these people developing!? (Not a good one)

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: NY9826
Rating:1.4

Comments:
Judge is unfair, bias and racist. It doesn’t matter the evidence provided. No knowledge on the matter presented to her. Unbelievable for a judge to change her mind. Judges like her are the reason people have lost trust in the justice system.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY9481
Rating:10.0

Comments:
first tine appearance before Judge, found the judge to be knowledgeable about case and what was needed. treated all parties fairly

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: NY5393
Rating:9.3

Comments:
I found Judge Orlow to be extremely fair and very real world in her understanding of the matter before her. While respecting the law, she did not abandon the need to see the big picture and make sure neither side was unduly disadvantaged by the unevenness of the legal principles at issue.
It was a pleasure to appear before her and I look forward to my next assignment in Queen Civil Court before her.