Hon. Francois A. RiveraJudgeSupreme Court Kings (Brooklyn)
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| Comment # | Occupation | Rating | Comments | Date & Time | Actions |
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| 134528 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | The problem with this judge is that he thinks he’s smarter than he is. He’s not a bad judge, but that problem leads to him being rude and tends to suggests new arguments to the other side if he’s favorable to them. As others sai...Read More | 11/19/2025 12:45 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 133819 | Litigant | View Details | A Plea for Justice. (Concerning 1746 E13 Street LLC v. Khaimov – Index No. 525824/2019) To those who watch the scales of right, I raise my voice and pen my plight. Before the court, I stood alone, Yet fairness never clearly shone....Read More | 08/17/2025 03:13 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 126305 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Rivera knows how to run a court room and conduct a trial. He is a no nonsense jurist who requires litigants to be on time, be prepared, and follow the rules. His decisions are fair to all sides. He knows the law and his d...Read More | 04/16/2024 02:51 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 126152 | Litigant | No Rating | Warning to pro se litigants: Rivera has patience for litigants with little education, but if you spent one year in college, he will expect you to know the CPLR as well as an attorney who has been practicing law for 30 years. He ...Read More | 04/05/2024 08:59 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 124001 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Thinks he's smart in a dangerous way. Obvious why he'll never be appointed to the Appellate Division. | 12/07/2023 12:08 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 123122 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Prioritizes his "strict courtroom" over everything, including basic decency, respect for litigants' time, and moving cases along. Calendar calls are an horror show, with most of the court's time spent mocking and demeaning attorn...Read More | 11/02/2023 04:04 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 120270 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | This judge is one of the worst to sit the bench. I have rarely met a judge with less emotional maturity or judicial temperament in my career. In addition, although he appears to be reaosnably intelligent in his speech during court...Read More | 08/30/2023 04:09 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 103389 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I have been in practice for close to 40 years. Justice Rivera is among the very finest judges I have ever appeared before. I am attorney for one of defendants (a retired couple who sold a business) in a multi-defendant products li...Read More | 03/12/2022 09:53 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 78204 | Litigant | No Rating | Smartest judge I ever saw. He ruled against me on my case. He spend 5 days explaining his decision in court. I learned my lawyer sued the wrong parties. He tipped me off that my lawyer with this giant loss didn't know what w...Read More | 10/27/2019 01:14 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 66484 | Other | No Rating | This man gives the rest of the Judges in this City a bad name. He is miserable, always looking for money, and if you don't have the money, he threatens you. All the world is not rich sir. You should step down. It's way overdue...Read More | 03/08/2019 02:57 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 66296 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | No Rating | If you look in the dictionary for the term “pompous ass”, Judge Rivera’s photo should be right there. | 03/05/2019 04:42 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 60070 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | By far the worst judge to ever sit on the bench. This judge has no patience and makes his decisions without considering any of the evidence before him. He is an egotistic judge that will stick to his old, erroneous rulings no matt...Read More | 09/27/2018 02:37 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 58585 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | This man is absolutely incompetent! He sits on that bench planning his vacations instead of dealing with his motion calendar. I have seen him again and again making decisions on motions/OSCs without reading the actual papers. His ...Read More | 08/08/2018 03:10 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 56330 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Something must have happened to this man as a child as he thrives on making decisions on motions without giving attorneys the courtesy of reading the papers before him. He entertains frivolous lawsuits for the sheer entertainment...Read More | 05/25/2018 12:44 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 54609 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Positives: He's usually close to the right answer, you get decisions from the bench, and he moves cases. Negatives: He appears to enjoy torturing attorneys. On any given day in his courtroom, you will likely hear him threaten s...Read More | 03/09/2018 04:03 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 53444 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Didn't read the papers. Suggested something unethical or incompetent had been done, threatened sanctions when I had to interrupt to correct. | 01/08/2018 01:30 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 51200 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | A complete moron. Lazy, insulting and Supercilious. embarrasses lawyers who appear before him, Insists on all sorts of minutiae which no other judge cares about. No courtesy for lawyers. But very good at wasting time | 08/21/2017 09:34 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 50671 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Great judge. He gets to the point and keeps it moving. Wish we had more like him. | 07/19/2017 12:48 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 50431 | Civil Litigation - Govt. | No Rating | I never got a fair trial by this judge. HE made many legal mistakes during the trail. One especially serious mistake, was he never let the defense put one of the plaintiff's named to be called by the defense, and therefore not all...Read More | 07/04/2017 10:50 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 50157 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Horrible. One of the worst trial judges I've seen in over 20 years of practice. He's a second plaintiff's attorney in the courtroom. What he lacks in intelligence he makes up for with brazen ego. | 06/16/2017 10:08 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 50033 | Civil Litigation - Govt. | View Details | One of the worst judges I ever appeared before. Arrogant, sarcastic, insulting, condescending, arbitrary and capricious, biased against defendants New York and careless of their rights. | 06/08/2017 07:09 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 46758 | Other | No Rating | HORRIBLE - This guy is acting as Pltf Atty - napoleonic & demeaning to the entire courtroom. He should be removed immediately, a disgrace to the justice system and his colleagues. | 12/14/2016 10:24 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 46616 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | watched one too many episodes of judge judy; this guy does not act like a judge should act: he is disrespectful, rude, condescending, impatient, petulant, aggressive..... IMO its plain sick that someone like this is on the bench....Read More | 12/05/2016 04:27 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 46108 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Excellent judge | 10/29/2016 09:51 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 45612 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | HAVING READ SOME OF THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS, I THINK JUDGE RIVERA IS MISUNDERSTOOD. I FINISHED A ONE WEEK TRIAL BEFORE HIM WITH A NUMBER OF ATTORNEYS INVOLVING VARIOUS LEGAL ISSUES. YES, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE JUDGE OPERATES A V...Read More | 09/29/2016 05:36 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 44832 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Rivera's mantra is "why bother reading papers when you can listen to 45 seconds of oral argument". His decisions often portray the lack of time he spends reviewing the motion papers (which is 0). At least if you have a poo...Read More | 08/18/2016 02:50 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 44272 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Reads no papers. Makes decisions based upon 30 seconds or less of oral argument with virtually no knowledge of the case. Makes you write decisions for him because he is too lazy to do it himself. He thinks he is far smarter than...Read More | 07/14/2016 04:05 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 40609 | Litigant | No Rating | If you like being trapped in a bad Seinfeld episode - enjoy. Petulant, misandrist, Napoleonic, insecure, petty, overall not nice guy who perceives himself to be a judicial wizard and who proudly nods his head in self approval ...Read More | 02/01/2016 07:55 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 40124 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I found Judge Rivera to be tough and sarcastic, but often it was well deserved. He runs a tight ship, was knowledgeable, and even handed. I wish more judges were like this one. | 01/11/2016 02:03 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 39225 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | The Best in my experiences in his court!!! | 12/02/2015 08:20 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 37694 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | If you know what to expect and are prepared, you will do well. At least you know what you will get, as opposed to most of the rest of the judiciary. He will rain down on a poor, unprepared shlub. Even when you lose in front of ...Read More | 09/23/2015 12:11 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 37623 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Terrible judge with absolutely no common sense and an inability to write coherent decisions which make sense. | 09/18/2015 02:17 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 36468 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | terrible arrogant judge | 07/24/2015 12:38 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 33852 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I agree with the commenter below. Judge Rivera is a breath of fresh air. He runs a tight ship and follows the CPLR. If every judge were this focused and conscientious, there would be no backlog in Kings Supreme. Sit in his par...Read More | 04/04/2015 03:20 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 33563 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I was concerned by some of the negative comments that I saw here before appearing for oral argument before this judge. I found the comments to be false or maybe sour grapes by someone who lost a motion or case. The judge was ext...Read More | 03/20/2015 07:40 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 31029 | Other | No Rating | "Chief Justice" Francois Rivera is a petty tyrant who has an equally petty court clerk. "Chief Justice" demands a singular demeanor in court where you get chastised if you answer a direct question, if you can hear of the constant...Read More | 11/13/2014 01:13 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 28634 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Justice Rivera is very formal in the Courtroom, particularly during the conduct of the trial. In the motion part, all oral arguments are recorded. At trial, he articulates his expectations regarding attorney's conduct, and for...Read More | 08/07/2014 09:18 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 28501 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | I SEE THAT NO ONE HAS NOT HAD TROUBLE IN FRONT OF THIS JUDGE. MY STATEMENT WAS MADE PREVIOUSLY. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS JUDGE HAS CHANGED THE LAW IN RETROSPECT, FOR WHAT THE LAW READ IN 2003, OF WHAT CONSTITUTES ACCEPTENCE O...Read More | 07/31/2014 09:27 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 26444 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Truly, one of the worst judges in the state. He must believe that someone anointed him King because he does not follow the law and ignores undisputed facts. | 04/10/2014 12:00 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 25431 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | He is the worst judge around. He is a true bully. He seems to thrive on making lawyers squirm for no reason. When he makes a mistake, he blames the lawyers, and is not man enough to admit his own errors. He has a Napoleon complex. | 02/28/2014 09:36 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 24936 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | He believes that he is a legal genius, and yet he writes the most convoluted decisions which make no sense whatsoever. It's as if he hasn't even read the papers. | 01/17/2014 03:53 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 23999 | Civil Litigation - Private | No Rating | This judge is sadistic, pompous, overbearing, condescending and downright rude. He will look for any opportunity to humiliate lawyers. I am dubious of the authenticity of the positive comments about this judge. | 11/01/2013 12:46 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 23385 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | This judge is a bad representative for the whole profession. He is quite disrespectful no matter what, prepared or not! He just loves the idea of having the power or, at least, he thinks he has it. I was disgusted sitting in his c...Read More | 09/20/2013 09:21 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 20580 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | It is my opinion that this jurist, while quite knowlegable in the law and the rules of evidence, is a bully of the first magnitude and is disrepectful to counsel at trial and in pre-trial proceedings. It is obvious that he was toi...Read More | 03/14/2013 10:30 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 20347 | Other | No Rating | If he comes off as pompous and disrespectful, it's because you're an idiot and you said something to warrant it. He is very willing to listen to you and any points you may have but if you waste his time talking for no reason he wi...Read More | 03/01/2013 05:56 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 19411 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Thinks he is brilliant but rude and dumb | 12/31/2012 11:33 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 16789 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | A stickler for minutiae of procedural rules, which he uses to duck having to deal with substantive issues. No common sense. A bit arrogant. | 08/09/2012 04:28 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 12494 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | The single most remarkable thing about this Judge is that absolutely everything will be on the record. He handles everything on the record with a transparency that other Judges should emulate. I've appeared a lot in his Part, li...Read More | 12/08/2011 12:54 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 10900 | Other | No Rating | Hon. Francios Rivera is a smart honest and fair judge he handles all his cases with the most respect towards both parties | 06/05/2011 01:23 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 9890 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Justice Rivera is an eloquent man but his pomposity overpowers his judicial ability. Believes he is smarter than he actually is, refuses to really listen and jumps to conclusions. Would be better served to stop assuming he knows e...Read More | 02/02/2011 03:12 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 9745 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | The hardest working stupid judge in the business. He can listen to oral argument for hours and make an assinine decision and then try to get the parties to sign off on something so that he doesn't get overturned. Pompous ass. | 01/14/2011 12:20 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 8728 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Terrible judge. Dishonors the profession | 08/19/2010 04:09 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 8727 | Other | No Rating | Pompous and arrogant. Had no appreciation or understanding of the case litigatad before him. A total joke | 08/19/2010 04:08 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 6418 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | An overall excellent judge. | 12/02/2009 11:07 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 1399 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Brilliant judge with an arrogant streak. Very capable trial judge who knows how to run a trial. If you make intelligent, well-reasoned arguments, he will respect you and treat you accordingly. Be very prepared on motion day. H...Read More | 12/31/2007 11:59 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 702 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | This guy is a menace. He has no idea how limited he is and he is neither neutral nor objective. He leans hard. It was impossible to get a fair trial. He should be demoted to some menial task or removed altogether. | 10/31/2007 12:47 PM | Contact reviewer |
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