James F. Matthews

Judge James F. Matthews currently presides in Supreme Court - Unspecified in Suffolk County and has served as a New York judge for 11 years.

Judge Matthews was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2025 and ending in 2025.

To view Judge Matthews’s profile on the New York State Courts website, click here.

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 2.5 decisions per year

Higher than 89.62% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate: 0.0%

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Findings: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Reductions: 0.0 years

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Reassigned Reversals: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Favored Commercial Bonds: 95.9% of bail cases

Higher than 68.16% of judges in the dataset

Blocked Affordable Bail: 97.3% of bail cases

Higher than 62.91% of judges in the dataset

Public Discipline: 0 determinations

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Disproportionate Carcerality

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Published Decisions

25 decisions

2024

U.S. Bank N.A. v. Fitzsimmons

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2023

Greenstone v. Global Computer Corp.

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2023

Record v. Marciano

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2022

Optimum Health Acupuncture, P.C. v. Integon Natl. Ins. Co.

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2022

Carousel Props. v. Valle

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2022

Harmon v. Misholy

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2021

Medalliance Med. Health Servs. v. Travelers Prop. Cas. Ins. Co.

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2021

Sultan v. King

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2021

Jiang Acupuncture, P.C. v. New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co.

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2021

Lieb at Law, P.C. v. Lodato

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NYSCEF Decisions (Unpublished, E-Filed Decisions)

5 decisions

2021

Calderon v. Holland

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2020

Garden Dept. Corp. v. F.E. Inc.

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2020

Javaherforoush v. Hawkins

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2020

Midura v. Kfoury

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2019

Baxter v. Javier

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