The Robing Room

Hon. John Jay GontarekJudgeCircuit CourtOkaloosa

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Comment #	Occupation	Rating	Comments	Date & Time	Actions
124625	Litigant	No Rating	Fantastic judge for felony cases is amazing.	01/07/2024 01:31 AM	Contact reviewer
54484	Litigant	No Rating	Judge gave absolutely zero consideration for the safety and welfare of two children bearing LITTANY of prior protective orders against the same respondent, including an existing injunction against their father, who most recently a...Read More	03/02/2018 08:13 PM	Contact reviewer
51797	Other	No Rating	Our family had a very complicated probate/family law case that took several days to try. Our attorney told us not to worry because Judge Gontarek has handled thousands of family,probate and criminal cases. Judge Gontarek gave both...Read More	09/21/2017 05:01 PM	Contact reviewer
51184	Other	No Rating	I think John is incompetent as a judge. He only rules in favor of his favorite attorney Tim Shaw. He takes campaign funds in exchange for rulings. This is the good ol boy system and they only rule fair if they're not getting bribe...Read More	08/20/2017 07:42 PM	Contact reviewer
45693	Other	No Rating	Terrible and incompetent! A simple probate case with questions and objections and he could not rule on it. He has to set another hearing. He didn't listen to heirs presented the case. He boasted about his work when he was an attor...Read More	10/04/2016 05:53 PM	Contact reviewer
35728	Litigant	No Rating	Judge Gontarek listened to the facts and made a fair determination based on our specific circumstances. He gave us a decision the same day and I felt better knowing the outcome when I walked out of the courtroom.	06/25/2015 09:28 AM	Contact reviewer
34632	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	One would assume that a judge could differentiate between right and wrong as well as have the common sense to separate the truth from lies. This man was incapable of doing either of these tasks. What happened to "the best interest...Read More	05/05/2015 11:04 PM	Contact reviewer
34630	Other	No Rating	Was sleeping while the witnesses were testifying. I know it was the end of the day for the last case,but come on.....	05/05/2015 10:33 PM	Contact reviewer
34614	Other	No Rating	He was completely disengaged at the end of the day and only interested in going home. He was approximately 15 minutes late to the courtroom and made his decision in 20 minutes after keeping his head down on his desk while attorney...Read More	05/05/2015 08:53 AM	Contact reviewer
31265	Other	No Rating	Changed numerous parts of a prior court order from another judge. And couldnt make a simple decision. Took 5 hearing for him to make it.	11/25/2014 07:05 PM	Contact reviewer