Mary Kay Vyskocil

Competent and no nonsense. A touch slow to decide motions but that has become the standard for SDNY. Professional and detached. She's more or less what you'd expect of a federal judge.

This judge is mean-spirited, angry, cruel, and lacks the intellectual heft most Southern District judges possess. Needlessly harsh sentencer. Woe to any criminal defendant unlucky enough to appear before her.

She raises arrogance to an art form. A Federalist Society graduate, Trump-appointed cat lady.