Some say they believe it has little effect on the case. In the matrimonial courtroom he runs in Supreme Court in Nassau County, Justice Anthony Parga sees many litigants who are at each other's throats. But often, according to attorneys, Parga adds to the tumult, especially during case negotiations. Parga said in an interview in his chambers. But only so I can make myself be heard.
Judges are human beings, too.
Sometimes you get caught up in it. Some attorneys who appear before Parga said he can be unpredictable, pleasantly overseeing the courtroom one day but becoming disagreeable and unreasonable the next. It is my belief that the matrimonial bar has become too adversarial as it stands and that it doesn't need the injection of more stress. Others characterized Parga's outbursts as a clumsy attempt to cut to the heart of a case. Sometimes, even though attorneys feel they get a fair trial or respect a judge's intellect, they simply dislike appearing before someone who is quick to berate them.