Patrice E. Lewis

Hands down the rudest "reality TV/attention seeking" judge that exist on the bench. She is smug, arrogant, unprofessional, a poor listener, unfair, and one-sided. the county truly should take seriously the complaints filed against her before the county is liable because of her haphazard and non-prudent rulings. Her lack of discretion and due diligence could truly result in a horrendous situation for the parties, which come before here. She does not take these cases serious. She needs to be removed from the bench.

Aggressive and ego-driven communication style - disrespectful and condescending. No patience for those unfamiliar with the system. She read a report incorrectly and accused my son of lying, then would not allow presentation of evidence to the contrary.

We had her as a judge for a civil trial. She refused to allow the defense to testify. She refused to allow cross-examination of the plaintiffs. She admitted from the bench that the plaintiffs didn't have any evidence to support the amount for which they were suing, but stated that she didn't care. She gave the plaintiff both judgment and attorney fee awards well in excess of that allowed by Maryland law. She ignored without comment multiple counts of well-documented plaintiff perjury. We thought she might have been paid off by our plaintiff, but according to CourtwatchPG, she routinely doesn't allow for defensive arguments. At least 10 formal complaints to the state judiciary board/commission have been filed against her. She really needs to be removed from the bench.