"The Robing Room: FL State Judges

Hon. Kelly P Butz	See Rating Details
Circuit Court
Polk County 10th Circuit	See Comments

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General Rating Criteria

* 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=Chronically Late,10=Always on Time)
* General Ability to Handle Pre-Trial Matters		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
* General Ability as a Trial Judge		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
Flexibility In Scheduling		(1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)

Criminal Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation		(1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
General Inclination Regarding Bail		(1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
Involvement in Plea Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved, 10=Very Involved)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Pretrial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Trial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Sentencing Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)

Civil Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation		(1=Not at all Evenhanded,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Involvement in Settlement Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved,10=Very Involved)
General Inclination		(1=Pro-defendant, 10=Pro-plaintiff)

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What others have said about Hon. Kelly P Butz

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Other

Comment #: FL8884
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This judge is anything but honorable. She signed an application for a search warrant, certifying that the officer provided probable cause and descriptions of the areas to be searched and what was being searched for, despite having seen none of those, because none existed.

she approved an illegal warrant in bad faith, that had been filed in retaliation and bad faith, and was then executed in bad faith. David Rudd #8171 even openly admitted during the execution that the entire matter was initiated in response to a call from a homeless woman, whom he and another officer had arrested and sexually battered 3 months prior, inquiring about how to file a sexual battery complaint against an officer. he even congratulated her when she said as much, laughing while he said, "oh you figured it out!"

a judge enabling this disgusting abuse of power and display of force is reprehensible, as Rudd MADE A POINT OF SEXUALLY BATTERING THE WOMAN ALL OVER AGAIN DURING THE EXECUTION OF THE WARRANT, STICKING HIS HANDS DOWN HER PANTS JUST AS HE HAD 3 MONTHS PRIOR. He then proceeded to pry open the door of an rv on the property, and physically drag an unknown pregnant woman outside, zip tied her and confiscate her phone and cash, despite having the only person named on the warrant already in custody. the woman miscarried the following week.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: FL8439
Rating:1.0

Comments:
She is a judge that does not care about what proof or facts you have on the other party in that particular case and does not even consider that a disabled child is involved only goes based on what the FLORIDA law says WoW never did I think that a judge would be ruling against the primary care giver to the child giving the other parent the rights to take everything nice job judge for having a an once of consideration way to go

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: FL7166
Rating:8.3

Comments:
She’s very smart, knowledgeable of the law, very competent and overall a very good asset to the bench. Her temperament is very uneven, however. If her civility improved I would rate her straight 10s across the board.