Katharine H. Parker

One of the worst, if not the worst, magistrate judges in the SDNY. Neither fair nor impartial. Hostile toward plaintiffs. Generally pro-defense and attempts to elicit information useful and/or helpful towards defendants at court conferences, etc., Ignores the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and case law in the Second Circuit. Litigants will have to preserve any issues for appeal because this magistrate is biased. Does everything she can to prevent parties from obtaining discovery. Namely, deems paper print outs as sufficient for plaintiffs and will not permit them access to electronic data which is standard operating procedure in federal court. Awful magistrate who is also a racist. POC parties should take particular note of her conduct. She is pro-defense and will disregard any and all litigation/discovery misconduct by defendants. Be sure to preserve the issues for appeal. She should never become an Article III judge and hopefully she will not be reappointed. Should have stayed at Proskaeuer!

The absolute worst. She doesn't even pretend to understand an injured plaintiff and went so far as to belittle my client and his injuries.

I fail to understand the negativity ascribed to Mag. Parker. She is practical and reasonable. She practiced in the trenches, and it shows. Excellent temperament. Understands the difficulties attorneys face and that what she has to rule upon is usually the doing of the clients, not the attorneys. There should be more judges like her. Period.

There are some judges that should just say Plaintiffs suck and Defendants rule. She is an embarrassment to the bench.

I wonder if this judge ever self reflects to see how one-sided her decisions are. Why take a role as a judge if you have a biased viewpoint? Keep your job as a litigator and defend the corporations as you've done throughout your entire career. Don't bring that to the bench.