Hon. Charles R. Norgle See Rating Details
District Judge See Comments
N.D.Ill.  
Average Rating:4.0 - 19 rating(s) Please send me alerts on this judge
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*Temperament:   (1=Awful,10=Excellent)
*Scholarship:   (1=Awful,10=Excellent)
*Industriousness:   (1=Not at all industrious,10=Highly industrious)
*Ability to Handle Complex Litigation:    (1=Awful,10=Excellent)
*Punctuality:    (1=Chronic`y Late,10=Always on Time)
*Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation:    (1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
*Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation:   (1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Flexibility In Scheduling   (1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)
General Inclination Regarding Bail (1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases, Pre-Trial:   (1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
Involvement in Civil Settlement Discussions:   (1=Least Involved,10=Most Involved)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases, Trial:    (1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases, Sentencing:    (1=Most Lenient,10=Most Harsh)
Typical Discount Off Guidelines for Cooperators:    (1=10%,10=100%)
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What others have said about Hon. Charles R. Norgle


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Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: 18458
Rating:1.5
Comments:
Judge Charles R. Norgle has an ill-tempered, apparently biased, and angry demeanor. He frequently and unreasonably yells at counsel and persons appearing pro-se, often for issues upon which he has not prepared or checked facts. In my opinion, this Judge is a poor example of the otherwise adequate group of Judges in the Northern District of Illinois.

Send e-mail to this poster 8/15/2012 9:32:36 PM

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: 18167
Rating:1.2
Comments:
Extremely hands-off when it comes to managing discovery and moving cases to resolution. Moody and unpredictable.

Send e-mail to this poster 6/28/2012 8:02:20 AM

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: 13890
Rating:8.0
Comments:
He's not a Johnny Carson, but he is incredibly fair. He sanctioned me five times in one civil case (FLSA), yet gave me a veryfair trial in a 14 plaintiff spuriou class action before jury. In the same case, he awarded me a fully compensatory fee and wrote a 28 page decision praising my work. He is one of the most misunderstood judges in the district. He insists on following the law to the letter, so you better have a good case to begin with. When you win a civil rights case, he won't deprive you of a reasonable fee, unlike some judges. I've tried three cases to verdict in his courtroom and was treated fairly, but I had to tow the line. You can't ask for more. Der-Yeghiyan is the worst judge in the district, not Judge Norgle.

Send e-mail to this poster 4/12/2012 10:06:13 AM

Litigant

Comment #: 12972
Rating:2.0
Comments:
He is a judge that demands respect in his courtroom; however, he can go to extreme during the winter months with using attorneys in the courtroom to pressuring a female pro se plaintiff to remove a knit hat. Otherwise, he uses reprisals in his decisions. That kind of coercive decision making for gaining compliance over getting a litigant to remove her hand-made knit hat is strange when many women today wear wigs, especially Black women. I think it is overreaching into the personal domain of personal choices. But obviously Judge Norgle wanted the hat off, and made several bad decisions.

Send e-mail to this poster 10/8/2011 1:36:06 AM

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: 12821
Rating:8.8
Comments:
Even-handed and fair. Moody at times, but right on the law and engaged during argument.

Send e-mail to this poster 8/30/2011 2:25:04 PM

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: 12549
Rating:2.3
Comments:
We've had dispositive motions pending for over a year before Judge Norgle with no end in sight. The other side filed a motion that Judge Norgle acknowledged in open court was improper, yet set a briefing schedule on it anyway. The client is furious and there is nothing we can do.

Send e-mail to this poster 7/12/2011 1:44:39 PM

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: 9351
Rating:8.6
Comments:
An excellent judge. In the end, my client lost, but the opinion we received was acceptable. Judge Norgle was fair throughout discovery and for the most part insisted that the parties work out petty disputes. Overall a good experience.

Send e-mail to this poster 10/22/2009 11:34:00 AM

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: 9169
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Experienced judge that produces well-reasoned opinions. He does run a rather formal courtroom, though I can't imagine why this is a source of complaints.

Send e-mail to this poster 9/8/2009 4:25:07 PM

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: 8964
Rating:3.5
Comments:
Runs the most formal courtroom possible; gives each side as much time as needed to argue a point and, sometimes, changes his mind due to arguments of counsel; often misses the point in rulings; while quite dry in demeanor, is actually not a mean person.

Send e-mail to this poster 7/30/2009 4:44:27 PM

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: 6256
Rating:1.4
Comments:
Slow and Lazy. Does not understand the law or refuses to apply it. Perfect judge to draw if you are an AUSA.

Send e-mail to this poster 5/31/2008 9:25:58 AM

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: 5797
Rating:1.6
Comments:
By far the worst judge in the Northern District. Not only hugely biased, but dumb on top of it. When you draw Norgle for a case, you know your prayers haven't paid off.

Send e-mail to this poster 2/24/2008 3:46:53 PM

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: 5780
Rating:8.5
Comments:
His hearings sometimes wandered off the mark at times (you would go into whatever issues the judge wanted to go into, regardless of the motions in front of him), but he followed the law and came up with a reasonable ruling every time.

Send e-mail to this poster 2/19/2008 5:12:52 PM

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: 5632
Rating:10.0
Comments:
The best, but most misunderstood, judge in the Northern District of Illinois.

Send e-mail to this poster 1/29/2008 12:51:55 PM

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: 3769
Rating:1.3
Comments:
Slow, disagreeable and dead wrong on the law. Poorly written opinion which injected
false issues into the case which neither party raised or briefed.

Send e-mail to this poster 2/28/2007 11:09:12 AM

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: 2957
Rating:2.8
Comments:
Mean, for no good reason. Would be much better as a county states attorney, in the deep South, before the Civil War.

Send e-mail to this poster 11/6/2006 7:48:18 PM

Civil Litigation - Govt.

Comment #: 2611
Rating:1.0
Comments:
The worst judge of the Northern District

Send e-mail to this poster 10/4/2006 9:14:50 AM

Other

Comment #: 1413
Rating:9.0
Comments:
A lot of experience and does a very good job.

Send e-mail to this poster 6/27/2006 2:05:21 PM