Laurel Beeler

Bottom of the barrel among the magistrates in this district. One sided rulings in favor of defendants.

Not very intelligent which is reflected in her decisions. Defendants will love her in a fee shifting case since she does not follow the lodestar. Pretty easy to overturn on appeal but good luck having her award the fees expended on the appeal overturning her defective decision. Hopefully she will go away soon.

Judge Beeler is one of the best judges in the Northern District. She's extremely intelligent and hard-working, and in my experience, she studies the papers and arguments very carefully before issuing a decision. A modest gripe is that she is a little too nice - attorneys will get caught misrepresenting things to her, but she doesn't reprimand or admonish them. So it only encourages them to try again because they don't experience any apparent consequences (although I suspect she factors in such behavior in making her rulings).

I would not consent to this magistrate judge. Reveals a shallow understanding of the facts of the case and has preconceived notions.

Does not apply the law but rather focuses on the vague concept of "fairness." Has a history of one-sided decisions with shoddy reasoning. One of the worst, if not the worst, magistrate judges in the N.D.

Clearly biased in favor of the defendants in civil litigation and will bend over backwards to side with the defense. Thankfully she is only a magistrate judge so go ahead and decline if you the plaintiff and take your chances with a district judge. It cannot be worse. The fact that she is "nice" has little relevance to her being impartial.