Cathleen M. Vitale

She is [Redacted by Ed.] , horribly biased, and ALLOWS FRAUDULENT (and illegally obtained) EVIDENCE TO SWAY her decision making, leading to negligent assumptions. This judge definitely has her own agenda, and acts self-righteous while screwing innocent people.

Loud mouth. Love to hear herself talk. Grandstanding.

Gave sole custody to father with criminal record of Domestic Violence leading to the forceful return of the children against their will to mother‘s abuser and traumatization of children.

This judge is biased, racist, and power struck. She has the temperament of a toddler. She doesn’t come to court prepared, it is hard to believe that she even does her due diligence in reviewing cases. I had the displeasure of her ruling on my divorce. If you are a woman of color in her courtroom you are doomed to fail Apparently this is well known to lawyers in the area and lawyers of color will have their partners represent their clients cases in her courtroom for the advantage. She holds the assumption that any active parent holding the other parent accountable for the responsibility of raising children as “controlling” and rules on custody with that prejudice. She openly mocks you if you make more money than she thinks you should and will penalize you. She will openly berate the defendant about their evasion of employment to support their children and then rule in their favor, condoning continued bad behavior. She is unprofessional and over confident in her knowledge of the military, having never actually served herself. The overly positive reviews of her are questionable at best, all of the negative reviews dating back to 2017 are an accurate reflection of my experience in her courtroom. I can only gather from the evidence of that reviews that she is consistent in her inability to render proper judgement. Prepare for the pontification, waste of a full day and lawyer fees. She knows the law well enough to not be appealed or to have it be overruled but she treads that line.

This judge is biased, racist, and power struck. She has the temperament of a toddler. She doesn’t come to court prepared, it is hard to believe that she even does her due diligence in reviewing cases. I had the displeasure of her ruling on my divorce. If you are a woman of color in her courtroom you are doomed to fail Apparently this is well known to lawyers in the area and lawyers of color will have their partners represent their clients cases in her courtroom for the advantage. She holds the assumption that any active parent holding the other parent accountable for the responsibility of raising children as “controlling” and rules on custody with that prejudice. She openly mocks you if you make more money than she thinks you should and will penalize you. She will openly berate the defendant about their evasion of employment to support their children and then rule in their favor, condoning continued bad behavior. She is unprofessional and over confident in her knowledge of the military, having never actually served herself. The overly positive reviews of her are questionable at best, all of the negative reviews dating back to 2017 are an accurate reflection of my experience in her courtroom. I can only gather from the evidence of that reviews that she is consistent in her inability to render proper judgement. Prepare for the pontification, waste of a full day and lawyer fees. She knows the law well enough to not be appealed or to have it be overruled but she treads that line.

Recently in front of Judge vitale for a divorce and custody case. I don’t agree with the other people who have commented since that wasn’t my experience. She was strict short but knew the law. I also got a lecture but took it in stride All in all fair judge but she does pontificate too much and gives lots of examples and uses her own experiences. Not sure that’s good

Leaving divorce issues unresolved, being rude and condescending, even saying things like litigants don't have much in the way of assets to separate, acknowledging that a litigant has lied under oath, while ruling in a manner that aligns with the same litigant is the norm. Watching this judge argue angrily with a litigant, as if both are somewhere other than in a courtroom, and then rule in that litigant's favor is what I observed. Appearing before other judges who shook their heads in disbelief and complained about her previous rulings became common during my divorce and child custody hearings.

This judge is a disgrace to the family law system. As everyone has mentioned she is one sided. She is extremely volatile and has absolutely no problem calling someone a jerk in the court room, but awarding them custody! No issue with repeat substance abuse and absence but awards custody. Do not for any reason stand infromt of this judge without representation. She knows it all from being able to go into a bank and take care of her sons bank account, though he is of age and she is not on the account. To dictating that anyone can get information to make payments on accounts that don’t have their name. She has absolutely no problem calling out behaviors but is very fooled by the narcissist or maybe she is one herself. She should be ashamed to sit and be referred to as honorable. There is absolutely nothing honorable. She in my case, didn’t even follow the DCM. As a previous person stated she should be disbarred. She is absolutely judgmental and even looked over a DV case that was attached to my custody case. She should not be on the bench for family law at all.

It appears from her review that this judge has gotten progression worse over the years. It’s clear why. Thus judge has a volatile temper and does not act in the best interest of the children - rather, she favors one parent and vilifies the other…no matter if it is Mom or Dad. She did not listen to my teenage child when in chambers - rather, she berated her and returned my child to family in tears. In response to her visitation decision (several years ago), my smart, funny, and high-performing teen became and remains suicidal and has felt unimportant and misunderstood. This judge ruins lives.

Just appeared in a court with Judge Vitale. Found her to be prepared and well reasoned. Hard sentencer, but that is her reputation. She is extremely strict in probation violations. Don't violate her probation!. She does not tolerate lawyers who are not prepared and when she takes the bench you better be ready. She is clearly no nonsense. Read the prior comments. Have never found her to be mean or caustic. Have found her short tempered when lawyers are not ready. All in all a decent balance as a judge.

Ms Vitale is a disgrace to our society. Our judicial system depends on public confidence that judges are deciding cases fairly, "Not Vitale", she is rude, nasty, racist, anti black and brown. She yells at attorneys as they are useless and she is the only wise woman on earth. She ruins careers and lives of people by abusing her power. She should be investigated, disbarred and removed. That is why majority dont trust our corrupt, politically motivated and biased judicial system. She is a prime example.

Cathleen deserves every one of these honest comments about her rude, nasty, biting behavior in and out of the courtroom. Deplorable human being who does not deserve to judge any other human being on this planet. Cathleen: there is a reason you failed politically; don't take your failures out on the people you SERVE.

This judge is rude, condescending, biased, and just plain mean. I was completely shocked by her behavior in the courtroom.

Just awful

Terrible judge. Working on filing appeal and working with panel representing unfairly treated women in her courtroom. Does not due her due diligence in research prior, belittles defendants and looks for easy way out. Does not service the community by their needs.

This judge has a horrific, unprofessional temper. Loses composure with both adults and children. Does not consistently rule in accordance with what is in the children’s best interest and disregards opinions of BIA. Habitually late. Heavy handed in favor of defendants.

Very highly regarded by bench and bar. Patient, smart, articulate. Destined for CSA. Benefitted enormously from years of close proximity to 3C.

Horrible as an attorney, worse as a judge. Should never have been appointed. Absolute disgrace.

this judge is rude, condescending, acts superior to everyone else, and is overall a nasty person.