A lot of the judges in lawyer shows (for example, Law & Order) are pretty curt with attorneys. Aren judges expected to be jerks?
Even the rudest TV judge is not nearly as vicious as Onuska (for example, see “Pit Day”). In the real world, most district judges are very businesslike and pleasant in their dealings with attorneys and witnesses. The New Mexico Code of Judicial Conduct states “A judge shall be patient, dignified and courteous to litigants, jurors, witnesses, lawyers and others with whom the judge deals in the judge’s official capacity . . . .
