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Judge Carol Berkman |
Malice Malice, in its false witness, promotes its tale with so cunning a confusion, so mingles truths with falsehoods, surmises with certainties, causes of no moment with matters capital, that the accused can absolutely neither grant nor deny, plead innocence nor confess guilt. Sir Philip Sidney Malice sucks up the greater part of her own venom, and poisons herself. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne The International Dictioary of Thoughts |
Judge Carol Berkman, currently an Acting Supreme Court Justice, was first appointed to the Criminal Court in 1979. She received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and her law degree from Harvard Law School. Judge Berkman previously served as an appellate attorney at the Legal Aid Society and was also an associate for private law firms. Reappointed January 2009. |
Supercilious The quality of having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those, one views, as unworthy; "some Jurist are disdainful of their colleagues."; "a haughty public servant"; "her imperious manners were offensive"; adjective scornful, arrogant, contemptuous, disdainful, lordly, proud, lofty, patronizing, condescending, imperious, overbearing. Her manner is supercilious and arrogant. |
The Legal Aid Society has taken the unusual step of publicly petitioning against Berkman’s reappointment to Criminal Court. The society wrote a letter to the Mayor’s Committee on the Judiciary that accused the justice of “systematic rudeness and mistreatment of both defense and prosecution lawyers and defendants (and occasionally even belittlement of other judges).” To say that Acting Supreme Court Justice Carol Berkman of Manhattan is unpopular among litigators would be an understatement. More than a dozen lawyers recently cited her penchant for extraordinary verbal abuse of counsel" Abovethelaw.com "This Judge (Carol Berkman) is one big walking EGO who has lost sight of not only her humanity, but her reason for being on that bench." Indefensible blog "Judge Carol Berkman's bail restrictions are insane. She is unjust and unfair." Indefensible blog A fellow Justice, Alvin Schlesinger, came out of retirement to speak on the case (Darius McCollum). She (Judge Carol Berkman) cut him off and wouldn’t hear a word of what he had to say. Schlesinger was shocked:
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Judicial Offices Acting Justice, Supreme Court, New York County, Criminal, Appointed by Chief Administrative Judge, 1982 to Present Judge, Criminal Court, Appointed by Mayor Giuliani 1999 to 2008; Re-appointed, by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, 2009 to 2018 Judge, Criminal Court, Appointed by Mayor Dinkins, 1989 to 1999 Judge, Criminal Court, Appointed by Mayor Koch, 1979 to 1989 |
The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the state court system of New York, United States. There is a supreme court in each of New York State's 62 counties, although some smaller counties share judges with neighboring counties. All but the most populous counties are grouped into judicial districts from which the justices are elected, with unwritten agreements allotting the judgeships among the counties of the district. Supreme Court Locations The Supreme Court operates from courthouses throughout the state. In each county, the Supreme Court is divided into multiple Parts. The Court uses the term "Part" for what other state courts call a "Department"; that is, a single courtroom staffed by a single judge who manages the cases assigned to that Part. The Supreme Court in New York County is located in several buildings in Manhattan. The civil branch is in several buildings near Foley Square: the main New York County Courthouse building at 60 Centre Street (see photo), and three others at 80 Centre Street (across Worth Street), 111 Centre Street, and 71 Thomas Street. The criminal branch is at 100 Centre Street, shared with the Manhattan Criminal Court, the Office of the District Attorney and other agencies, and at 111 Centre Street, shared with the New York County Civil Court. The Supreme Court in Kings County (Brooklyn) and in Richmond County (Staten Island) are similarly housed in their respective counties. In Richmond County several Parts of the Supreme Court are located in the former U.S. Navy Home Port. In Queens County, the Supreme Court is located in three neighborhoods. The Criminal Term is located in Kew Gardens, in the same building as the New York City Criminal Court. The Civil Term is located in Jamaica and in a small and historic courthouse in Long Island City. |
Venal Venality in its mild form is a vice notable especially among those with government..careers. Wikipedia |
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