Martin E. Ritholtz

I miss Judge Ritholtz. He did five things at once, and sure maybe that forced him to ask his court reporter to repeat a question a couple times per trial, but he kept the courthouse humming and our case loads moving. Also, a fine mediator who helped settle probably thousands of cases.

Now 5 years retired, Judge Ritholtz is still regarded as one of the most knowledgeable and competent Justices to ever have presided in the Queens County Supreme Court. He understood what lawyers do to get ready, what the Court needs to do to move cases and most importantly how the litigants are effected by all of it. He knew how to settle a case better than anybody. He had relationships on both sides of the table and never hurt anyone. We need more Judges like him. It is truly sad when an attorney would feel the need to say the nasty and negative things previously written about him. Anybody who truly knows his statistics would never say the rude and negative things mentioned below. His number of dispositions was quite frankly impressive. If he were a baseball player he would certainly be a First-Ballot Hall of Famer. Hard working and fair. Any other comments are simply meant to disparage. They say you never really know how good you got it until you lose it. Judge Ritholtz's retirement was a great loss to the legal community. I recently had him as a mediator on a case and I can tell you that he still has the magic touch and got the case settled after 2.5 hours of bickering between counsels. FYI, I feel compelled to write this review when I see comments like "fake reviews" because none of the negative comments are based in fact or truth.

One of the worst if not THE WORST Judge I was ever before. His shit attitude and crappy decisions lasted after he retired but are now finally almost all gone. He is an embarrassment to Jewish people everywhere! Utter disgrace. PS I did NOT get a bad decision from his-I saw his conduct towards others for many years. HORRID!