The Robing Room: NY State Judges

Hon. Matthew F. Cooper

Supreme Court (Civil)
New York County

Attorney Average Rating: 4.9 - 28 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 6.0 - 30 rating(s)

General Rating Criteria

* Temp.	Temperament (1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Sch.	Scholarship (1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Indu.	Industriousness (1=Not at all industrious,10=Highly industrious)
* Comp.	Ability to Handle Complex Litigation (1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Punct.	Punctuality (1=Chronically Late,10=Always on Time)
* Ab-Pr.	General Ability to Handle Pre-Trial Matters (1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
* Ab-Tr.	General Ability as a Trial Judge (1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
Flex	Flexibility In Scheduling (1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)

Criminal Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Ev-Cr.	Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation (1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Bail	General Inclination Regarding Bail (1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
Plea	Involvement in Plea Discussions (1=Not at all Involved, 10=Very Involved)
Inc.-Pr.	General Inclination in Criminal Cases Pretrial Stage (1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
Inc.-Tr.	General Inclination in Criminal Cases Trial Stage (1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
Inc.-S.	General Inclination in Criminal Cases Sentencing Stage (1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)

Civil Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Ev-Cv.	Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation (1=Not at all Evenhanded,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Settle	Involvement in Settlement Discussions (1=Not at all Involved,10=Very Involved)
Inc.	General Inclination (1=Pro-defendant, 10=Pro-plaintiff)

General Rating Criteria

Criminal Case Rating Criteria
(if applicable)

Civil Case Rating Criteria
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	*Temp.	*Sch.	*Indu.	*Comp.	*Punct.	*Ab-Pr.	*Ab-Tr.	Flex
Criminal Defense Lawyer	120709	09/21/2023	1	1	3				1
Civil Litigation - Private	72635	07/17/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	55768	05/06/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
Civil Litigation - Private	55019	04/04/2018	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	55018	04/04/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	54473	03/02/2018	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	54437	02/28/2018	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	52025	10/06/2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	52021	10/05/2017	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	51175	08/20/2017	3	1	2	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	39015	11/20/2015	4		1	6	10	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	31967	12/31/2014	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	29592	09/21/2014	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	26963	05/14/2014	1			1		1
Civil Litigation - Private	26636	04/24/2014	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	26305	04/02/2014	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	26215	03/28/2014	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Civil Litigation - Private	23730	10/16/2013	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Civil Litigation - Private	20651	03/20/2013	1	6	1	1	2	1	1	5
Criminal Defense Lawyer	20649	03/20/2013	2	3	1	2	1	2	3	2
Civil Litigation - Private	19417	12/31/2012	1	1	1	2	6	2	3	5
Civil Litigation - Private	16496	07/31/2012	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	16227	07/12/2012	1	1	1	1	9	1	1	8
Civil Litigation - Private	15724	06/24/2012	1			1	5	1	1	4
Criminal Defense Lawyer	14795	05/03/2012
Criminal Defense Lawyer	11658	08/27/2011	1	1	3			1	2
Civil Litigation - Private	10093	03/04/2011	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	9416	11/26/2010	1	2	1	1	4	1		2
Civil Litigation - Private	8765	08/23/2010		10
Category Average			4.6	5.1	4.8	4.9	6.1	4.6	5.0	5.9

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
120709
72635
55768
55019	10	10	10	10	10	10
55018	1	1	1	1	1	1
54473	10	10	10	10	10	10
54437	10	10	10	10	10	10
52025
52021	10
51175	1
39015
31967
29592
26963
26636
26305
26215
23730
20651
20649	2	2	1	3	5	7
19417
16496
16227
15724
14795
11658
10093
9416
8765
	6.3	6.6	6.4	6.8	7.2	7.6

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
120709				1.5
72635	1	1	5	1.0
55768				1.0
55019	10	10	10	10.0
55018	1	1	1	1.0
54473	10	10	10	10.0
54437	10	10	10	10.0
52025	1	1		1.0
52021	10			10.0
51175	1	1	1	1.4
39015	1	5		3.4
31967	10	9	5	10.0
29592	1	1	1	1.3
26963	1	1		1.0
26636	10	10		9.5
26305	10	10		9.9
26215	3	2		2.4
23730	10	9	10	9.9
20651	1	1	1	1.8
20649	7	8	10	2.6
19417	3			2.4
16496	10	10	5	10.0
16227	1	1		2.0
15724				1.8
14795				0.0
11658	1	1	1	1.5
10093	10	10	10	9.6
9416	1	1	1	1.6
8765	10		10	10.0
	5.4	5.1	5.7	4.7

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Non-attorney Rating
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	123319	11/05/2023	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	102884	02/13/2022	242	9	9.0	Read Comment
Other	101666	12/18/2021	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	101665	12/18/2021	242			Read Comment
Other	100165	10/28/2021	242			Read Comment
Litigant	100160	10/28/2021	242	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	100085	10/25/2021	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	100007	10/22/2021	242	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	97609	08/07/2021	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	97537	08/04/2021	242	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	94666	04/17/2021	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	94651	04/17/2021	242	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	93814	03/23/2021	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	93661	03/18/2021	242	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	93042	02/28/2021	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	92972	02/26/2021	242	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	83848	03/01/2020	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	80573	12/20/2019	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	80451	12/17/2019	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	80375	12/15/2019	242	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	79964	12/08/2019	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	76545	09/22/2019	242			Read Comment
Other	72715	07/17/2019	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	72712	07/17/2019	242			Read Comment
Litigant	68738	05/07/2019	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	68660	05/04/2019	242			Read Comment
Other	62522	12/10/2018	242			Read Comment
Litigant	59317	09/05/2018	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	57554	07/04/2018	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	55782	05/07/2018	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	55760	05/06/2018	242			Read Comment
Other	55457	04/27/2018	242			Read Comment
Litigant	55247	04/19/2018	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	55040	04/06/2018	242	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	55027	04/05/2018	242	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	51188	08/21/2017	242	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	43500	06/07/2016	242			Read Comment
Other	27214	05/30/2014	242			Read Comment
Other	20647	03/20/2013	242			Read Comment
Court Staff	16999	08/23/2012	242			Read Comment
Other	13698	02/27/2012	242	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	12973	01/18/2012	242	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	11657	08/27/2011	242			Read Comment
Category Average				6.7	6.7

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General Rating Criteria

Criminal Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

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Non-attorney Rating (if applicable)

Criminal Case Rating Criteria
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