Hope Schwartz Zimmerman

Family Court

New YorkNassauNew York
1.9/ 5

14 reviews

Courtroom conduct1.9
Impartiality1.9
Case preparation1.9
Case management1.9
Quality of rulings1.9
Treatment of counsel1.9
Empathy with parties1.9
Language & clarity1.9

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Reviews (14)

This woman is a Joke to the Judicial System.

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/ 5

This woman is a Joke to the Judicial System. Justice is not blind in her courtroom, her rulings are very personally based. She forms an opinion first and allows nothing to be heard. Seriously, how is it possible she is still al...Read More

AnónimoLawyer

The absolute pits!

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/ 5

The absolute pits! Judge Zimmerman is the prototype of what is so wrong at the Matrimonial Center. For the life of me, I can’t understand how she has not been dismissed. The most biased, lazy, short-tempered and atrocious judge...Read More

AnónimoLawyer

Judge Zimmerman was fair and equitable on a recent divorce trial.

5.0
/ 5

Judge Zimmerman was fair and equitable on a recent divorce trial. She listened carefully, engaged with the litigants and asked her own questions. She was interested in their stories, listening carefully, and she was patient with t...Read More

AnónimoLawyer

This Judge is the opposite of who should be representing justice; she refuses to read motions and refers even black-a...

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/ 5

This Judge is the opposite of who should be representing justice; she refuses to read motions and refers even black-and-white, simple, already-ordered issues to a hearing, wasting enormous time and money for the litigants, in ess...Read More

AnónimoLawyer

Totally illogical, unprepared and UN knowledgeable, overlooks evidence when she feels like it.

2.0
/ 5

Totally illogical, unprepared and UN knowledgeable, overlooks evidence when she feels like it. She's a travesty to the justice system.

AnónimoLawyer

Bad

1.0
/ 5

Bad

AnónimoLawyer

It is always a pleasure appearing before Justice Zimmerman.

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/ 5

It is always a pleasure appearing before Justice Zimmerman.

AnónimoLawyer

She is a menace who enjoys hearing the sound of her own voice in the courtroom more than anything else.

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/ 5

She is a menace who enjoys hearing the sound of her own voice in the courtroom more than anything else. She has no knowledge of the law or the facts of the case and displays a flagrant disregard for the law by denying due process ...Read More

AnónimoLawyer

Judge Zimmerman and the buffoon that assists her with her cases, the Referee Across the Hall Esq., are disgraceful.

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/ 5

Judge Zimmerman and the buffoon that assists her with her cases, the Referee Across the Hall Esq., are disgraceful. Her law clerk seems to be the only person there with sense and really should be the only one deciding these cases....Read More

AnónimoLawyer

A complete disgrace!

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/ 5

A complete disgrace! Our tax money is going to pay this lazy and bitter woman who hates her job and the litigants who appear before her. She is hostile to 90% of the members of the Bar. It seems that she reads People Magazine inst...Read More

AnónimoLawyer

This is a politically motivated, nasty woman who chooses to cause more issues for litigants, rather than to resolve t...

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/ 5

This is a politically motivated, nasty woman who chooses to cause more issues for litigants, rather than to resolve them, all for the benefit of the very unethical vultures that are her close circle of friends who are matrimonial ...Read More

AnónimoLawyer

Hard working and tries to be fair.

5.0
/ 5

Hard working and tries to be fair.

AnónimoLawyer

the most irrascible and nasty judge in the family court of nassau.

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/ 5

the most irrascible and nasty judge in the family court of nassau. What a mean disposition she has!! I would never send an associate before this judge--she hates the job and lets all know it.

AnónimoLawyer

Dumb. Doesn't listen.

1.0
/ 5

Dumb. Doesn't listen. Jumps to conclusions. My client's ex said he was drunk and excited and was spitting when he spoke. She yelled for five minutes about how vile it was and disrespectful to women it is to spit on them, think...Read More

AnónimoLawyer