OK, I have followed links through to find more of the transcript.
http://fightingfloridaforeclosure.com/news/results/we-received-the-transcript-from-last-weeks-miami-dade-foreclosure-trial-with-judge-schwartz-good-reading/

I think the more complete transcript shows the court’s continued bias towards the Plaintiff, or short shift of Defense Counsel’s argument.
No question the Court was not at all interested in allowing defense counsel to challenge the witnesses knowledge, credibility or foundation for the document.

The Court is quite obviously wrong about Acceleration, and probably standing too, although the latter was not developed before recuseal.

Having now read the prior transcript I think moving for the Judge to recuse was it was a sound tactical move.

BUT – The need to add footnotes to explain what counsel was attempting to prove suggests it may have been better for counsel to find a way to outline where he was going to the court, before trying to go there.

Sometimes judges attempt to add humor, sometimes they dress down counsel, this does not mean they can’t be fair to the pleadings and matters before the court. I suspect a better way to handle it would have been to say, “Oh, a joke, I am sorry I missed that.”

A good litigator is un-phased by slights, misrepresentations and errors. Like a good sailor, you deal with the weather as it comes.

Counsel is being paid good money to weather the squalls and bring the pleadings home, not to be liked by the Court. Hopefully counsel will make sound legal arguments that will be respected by the court and if not hold up well on appeal.

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