Harold E. Kahn

Judge Kahn is simply not interested in working. He wrote an article about burnout as a lawyer and the joy of "not caring whatsoever" as a judge. He simply wants to clear his docket and can't be bothered to read submissions or rule with weight of the law, he is simply looking for the easy way out any chance he can get, no matter how hard litigants have fought to be heard before the Court of Law.

This pompous fool is way past his stale date. He was never great, but he wasn't this bad until recently. He woke up one day as a 70-year old has-been. He is lazy to the core. And as the personification of mediocrity, he can't recruit law clerks with IQs above room temperature. A bad combination. Then, when called out for his stupidity, he takes it out on the litigants and their counsel. Go away, Harold. You bother me.

My name is Donald Norman and I'm willing to speak on the record and substantiate my claims if contacted. You can find evidence to the claims below in this post by searching for an article I have written called A Tale of Two Judges. During a mandatory settlement conference, Kahn repeated that if I failed to accept a settlement offer the case would be fixed against me for wasting the court's time by bringing the case to trial. He didn't use the word "fixed" but used euphemisms ad nauseam like saying what happens in the settlement conferences "always gets leaked" and that the trial judge "would not be happy" and would find against me specifically because I turned down a settlement offer. My three attorneys were witnesses and have substantiated these claims. I was incredulous that a judge was committing extortion against me but you can find evidence to these actions as they happened in front of three attorney witnesses who substantiate these events. Ridiculously, I thought "if the corruption is so bad why isn't Kahn a vocal advocate against this type of corruption?" My incredulity that a judge would do this caused me to not fully get the hint that I was being extorted and is probably why Kahn repeated his extortionary threats over and over. When Kahn realized he went too far due to his repetition of the threat to coerce a settlement by undermining my faith in the justice system, he pulled back his words for fear of his own liability at least saying that he wouldn't be the one that leaks it. After which, Kahn turned to shaming tactics saying that I "don't have the right to a trial" and that I should be ashamed of myself for choosing to take a lawsuit all the way to trial because of how backed up the courts are. He even tried to shame me saying I would be taking away a courtroom from a paraplegic. I have no idea if there was any paraplegic that I was in line in front of. To complicate matters, he wouldn't even transmit my request for a company audit to t

I just concluded a criminal case as a member of the jury in Judge Kahn's case. It was my impression that he did an excellent job. In general, his explanations and expectations were good and not rushed. He invited us to ask questions of the witnesses after the lawyers took their first turns. We asked some pretty good questions, and some of them prompted a new line of questioning from the lawyers. In general, he overruled most objections about witness testimony. I felt that was useful in determining the truth. He directed the lawyers to correct their wording or behavior several times, and it seemed to be in the spirit of making them better lawyers.

what a moron. awarded a 5k judgment on a 500 dollar dispute in small claims. small claims may only be granted actual damages. he actually violated the rules of civil procedure. I would expect an actual Judge to follow the rules of civil procedure.