The Honorable Judge Casey
Presiding · Motion hearing
A capable generalist who hears anything on a civil calendar — contract, crime, employment, appeal. He has read the papers, has no theatrics, and expects a straight answer.
commercial · criminal · employment · appellate
Justice Elena Kagan
Presiding · Motion hearing
Modeled on her own argument transcripts, so the questions come out in her register: one clean hypothetical, then the follow-up that shows you where your rule breaks.
appellate · commercial · criminal
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
Presiding · Motion hearing
Modeled on her own transcripts: she takes your position apart one step at a time and will not move on until the step in front of her holds up.
appellate · criminal · employment
Judge Ambrose Sterling
Presiding · Motion hearing
He has read the papers, he has decided, and he is daring you to change his mind. The hardest room in the building — and the one worth practicing in.
commercial · criminal · employment
Judge Callie Monroe
Presiding · Motion hearing
Two years on the bench and still delighted to be there. She gives you room — which is exactly how counsel talks themselves into trouble.
commercial · criminal · employment
The Honorable Rosalind Vance
Presiding · Family court motion
Child-focused to the point of bluntness. She will be kind to your client and merciless about the schedule, the transport, and who is actually doing the pickups.
family
The Honorable Harold Bennett
Presiding · Family court motion
A motion-calendar veteran with a courtroom full of people behind you. Lead with the relief and the two facts that get you there, or he will find them himself.
family
The Honorable Amara Osei
Presiding · Family court motion
Quiet, meticulous, impossible to read. She listens for what's underneath the motion and asks the one question you hoped nobody would.
family
Justice Kagan and Justice Jackson are AI practice simulations modeled on their public oral-argument transcripts. Casey is not affiliated with or endorsed by either justice.