Finkelstein launched the first arrow last week by declaring Seidman has become increasingly mean-spirited and vindictive toward defendants and attorneys alike since his loss in the August judicial primary. The public defender demanded Tobin remove Seidman and followed with a staff directive to file motions for disqualification in all cases pending before Seidman.
Tobin received the written request Wednesday but opted not to respond until Monday. He expressed surprise by Finkelstein’s complaints and assertions that Seidman has upset other county judges since no such concerns were raised when they spoke a few days earlier. Tobin noted a similarly unremarkable conversation about Seidman with Finkelstein’s chief of misdemeanors at about the same time.
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