David T Reilly

Fair-minded and even-handed. He allows the lawyers to try their cases and protect the record when necessary. He is extremely courteous and will not insert himself into issues when the parties agree-e.g. witness scheduling etc. An excellent trial judge.

I do not remotely agree with the extremely negative reviews on this site about Justice Reilly. I recently handled a lengthy complex civil jury trial before Justice Reilly and found him to be a delight to practice before. He was prepared, punctual, organized, courteous, humorous, and willing to listen to arguments by counsel at all times. To be clear, I am referring to Justice David T. Reilly of Supreme Court, Suffolk County lest there be another Justice by the same name practicing in Nassau County as indicated by this site. In our lengthy matter, Justice Reilly commanded the respect of counsel, the parties, the jury and did so with extreme patience and deference. As a trial court judge, I believe most practicing attorneys would rate Justice Reilly highly and would not agree with the balance of reviews on this page.

There is something really wrong with this judge. His decisions in my case have been entirely one-sided, with mistakes and omissions of legal basics. He appears to be downright inconsiderate of the law, especially case law. I'm between incompetent, biased/bigoted, or both. As of now, he's both to me.

Something is not right with this judge, and hasn't been for years. He's pleasant enough, and seems like he could be a decent judge, but appears to picks a side and then knowingly tries to bend the law or otherwise wield his authority capriciously to favor whoever he sympathizes with. The problem is exacerbated by the 2d Dept being so backed up, so a lot of appeals probably aren't pursued, but it would be interesting to see stats as to how often he gets reversed.