Shana Frost Matini

I have spent a lot of time in front of Judge Matini, and believe that she genuinely cares a great deal about doing her job diligently and "getting it right" when it comes to the law. On the latter point, I do believe she falls short of expectations, but she is more capable than my average experience in D.C. Superior. I also do not know how experienced she is managing trials, but I think her ability to "get it right" suffers a bit by the time pressures of trial. That said, she tries very, very hard to be fair, and I would consider her to be a "good draw" for any civil case.

The Bar is so low in SUperior Court that she comes out looking decent overall or maybe I'm too generous in my ratings. In any event, this woman had a problem with me from the moment she saw me. She immediately attacked me. She protects female lawyers. I think she is against black male lawyers. She wouldn't be the first judge to be so. When I'm attacked I defend myself. So, I gave her meanness right back to her. Not a pleasant judge to appear before. Not impartial. Tries to hide her bias or racism behind the rules. Don't let her bully you!