Michael Antoniewicz

I was brought into his court as an outspoken critic of family court, and he issued a protective order against me for my public speech, stating that it is "harassment" for a court appointee (Guardian ad Litem Evelyn Nissirios, who is a favorite of Bergen County Family Court for deciding that the children should go to their abusers, which brings in massive profits)--even though she needed to look up the Internet to find those articles. Since everything I said about her or about family court was truthful, she could not sue me for defamation, especially since this would entail discovery. Hence, she filed for a protective order, and Antoniewicz, who worked extensively in same cases with her in the past, of course granted it. My judicial complaint outlines his lawless conduct in the courtroom (I filed in January, and still do not have acknowledgment of receipt): https://familycourtviolence.substack.com/p/though-judicial-ethics-committees

During my observation of this proceeding, I was deeply concerned by the presiding judge's conduct. The plaintiff presented photographic evidence depicting significant bruising to the neck and face, along with additional evidence offered against the defendant. Despite this, the judge appeared dismissive of the plaintiff’s evidence and arguments. Throughout the hearing, the judge permitted the defendant to berate and belittle the plaintiff without meaningful intervention. Additionally, the judge posed questions in technical legal terminology that would be reasonably understood only by someone with formal legal training, creating a disadvantage for the pro se plaintiff. Overall, the judge’s demeanor and conduct reflected a lack of neutrality and suggested prejudice against self-represented litigants. As a courtroom observer, not a party to this case, I found the proceedings troubling and inconsistent with the expectation of fairness, impartiality, and access to justice for all litigants. In my opinion, this Judge failed to protect a victim of domestic violence.

There are so many previous cases but only focused on ones that were regarding the judgement on the discretion of the court and not factual evidence provided. Good luck to those that have him as the Judge residing on their case that do the right thing by supplying requested documentation. Sad since I always believed in the judicial system where laws and evidence are the basis of decisions but obviously mean nothing since his opinion matters more since everything is at the discretion of the court.

Did not look through evidence provided and based all decisions on discretion of the court. Must have had a bad morning or didn’t want to be bothered looking through the evidence provided in the motion. He only allowed request of motion filed and did not allow argument in response to motion.

Did not allow oral argument or consider any evidence that was provided. Awarded all judgements in defendant's favor who was incompliant to requested documents, proofs, and has not complied with previous court orders. His decisions and judgements were made before the hearing even began.

Did not allow oral argument or consider any evidence that was provided. Awarded all judgements in defendant's favor who was incompliant to requested documents, proofs, and has not complied with previous court orders. His decisions and judgements were made before the hearing even began.

Did not even look at evidence provided or allow any explanation. Totally dismissed all previous court orders and based judgements with no proofs, evidence, or arguments. Defendant also did not comply with documents requested yet ruled in favor of them.

Completely ignored large swaths of evidence and arguments and seemed to draw his own conclusions without considering case law or previous court orders, including one from the appelate court.

Agree with above posters. He doesn’t know the law on RO and he misses important evidence. Idiot imho.

Judge doesn’t seem to consider important evidence. Opinions don’t match the evidence presented in trial. Don’t seem to have a grasp on NJ restraining order laws.

Judge has been assigned to RO cases. He doesn’t know the law and doesn’t seem to care all that much that he doesn’t. I will say he has gotten a little better in the past year or so. He’s even-tempered which is a plus but that’s not going to stop him from injecting his opinion in place of actual law.