Michelle I. Schauer

Family Court

New YorkWestchesterNew York
1.0/ 5

9 reviews

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Treatment of counsel1.0
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Reviews (9)

The worst judge.

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/ 5

The worst judge. Blindly rules against anyone of color and hates women. Complete disgrace to the profession.

AnónimoLawyer

Simply horrible and unprofessional.

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Simply horrible and unprofessional. Extremely biased almost acted like she wanted to sleep with the defendant while not even letting the litigant speak. She can’t even do her job, chooses one side and doesn’t even care to listen to the other. No idea how she has her job. A 5 year old would be better at it.

AnónimoLitigant

Trump needs to remove her from office

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Trump needs to remove her from office

AnónimoLawyer

Does not seem to judge based on the law but rather whatever she feels like.

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Does not seem to judge based on the law but rather whatever she feels like. Flopped back and forth on her decision several times. Seems to judge on a whim. Also biased against mothers.

AnónimoLitigant

I have been dealing with this Judge since 2019.

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/ 5

I have been dealing with this Judge since 2019. She has never been on my side, and she has stated on the record that she was able to grant me custody of my child but she won't because she doesn't want to traumatize my child and has been using my child's mental health as a defense to not grant me custody. False allegations were brought against me several times and she sides with the other side, she doesn't listen to my attorney and disregards everything he says. He told the judge it wouldn't be in my child's best interest to stop my overnight visits and she completely ignored him and stopped them anyway, now my child has been having behavioral issues since the over nights stopped. She goes back and forth on her decisions one month I have overnights and the next I don't the only person traumatizing my child is the judge and this court system. If you have had a case with this judge please reach out to the email attached, I will be starting a petition to get this judge impeached and removed for re-election. It doesn't matter how long ago or how new your case is, we have to stand up and use our voices or nothing is going to change!

AnónimoLegal Professional

This “judge” is not only ignorant but entirely unprofessional.

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This “judge” is not only ignorant but entirely unprofessional. She screams at clients and attorneys, relies upon the unsupported allegations of whomever she chooses, and has no idea what the law is or how it should be applied. Schauer is basically a horror show on the bench. My wish is that she leaves the bench, the practice of law, and removes herself to a place far far away from the courts. My question: why is this person still occupying a seat on the bench? All involved with her placement in family court are accountable to the litigants ANDchildren’s lives she so assiduously destroyed. Shame an all of you! But Schauer—the most shameful of all.

AnónimoLawyer

This Judge is perhaps the worst judge ever to be on the bench.

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/ 5

This Judge is perhaps the worst judge ever to be on the bench. Is proud of the fact she knows relatively nothing, spews wrong law and feels perfectly comfortable siding with one side—absent ANY corroborating evidence. And her law clerk is as dumb if not dumber than the Judge. How in g-d’s name did this cretin get on the bench. Impeachment is too good of an outcome. A sorry excuse for a human, much less an occupant of any bench-/

AnónimoLawyer

I have never been before a judge like this who makes a snap decision about who she likes and then rules based on that.

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I have never been before a judge like this who makes a snap decision about who she likes and then rules based on that. She does not follow the rule of law and beyond that makes being in her courtroom a misery. Why do they voters keep electing her

AnónimoLitigant

I have appeared before my share of distasteful jurists, but this woman eclipses all the worst.

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I have appeared before my share of distasteful jurists, but this woman eclipses all the worst. She is rude, crafts orders based on supposition, NOT evidence, demonstrates a less than pedestrian understanding of law or legal process. This occupier of the bench screams at attorneys, litigants, and asks question which are not only inappropriate by violate conceptions of due process; something I doubt she understands with any depth of knowledge. This woman shouldn’t be permitted to adjudicate where lost dogs belong much less critical matters which affect children and their parents. She is a disgrace to the Court system and to the families unfortunate to appear before her. She should be taken off the bench. Immediately, if not sooner. And to write this, saddens me deeply. Very deeply.

AnónimoLawyer