With foreclosure filings rising sharply in New York state, several judges have developed reputations for discarding the rubber stamp to which many banks grew accustomed. Suffolk County Acting Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Arlen Spinner has recently issued several decisions that have made him a media darling for, as one paper put it, sticking it to "ruthless bankers." Those decisions have also gotten the attention of banks and their attorneys. Says one attorney, "The banks are scared to death of Judge Spinner."
July 19, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
At first blush, Suffolk County Acting Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Arlen Spinner seems an unlikely figure to strike fear in attorneys.
The 50-year-old judge is physically unimposing, speaks in soft, measured tones and is unfailingly polite. He habitually refers to the attorneys who appear before him as “nice,” “reasonable” and even “wonderful” people.
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