Cormac J. Carney

Judge Carney is an asset of the first order to the federal judiciary. He possesses the rare combination of intellectual rigor and practical judgment, dispatching dense legal doctrine and tangled factual records with a clarity. His rulings reflect disciplined reasoning, command of the record, and a professionalism that never degenerates into performance or preening.

Judge Carney is principled, smart and always prepared. He treats all litigants, attorneys, witnesses, jurors and staff as equal participants in the process and is respectful to all. He is very thoughtful at sentencing and understands that the sentencing guidelines are advisory.

Capable of understanding complex issues and able to discern the most important aspects of those complex issues in a way which anyone with a normal college degree could understand. Intellectually consistent. Even tempered. And one hell of a wide receiver at UCLA and in the USFL.