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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. Joel D. Berg

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Litigant

Comment #: IL4179
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Condensending, seemed entirely in with plaintiff's counsel. Alowed plaintiff's counsel complete leeway to do as she pleased. When Plaintiff's counsel admitted on record that her own pleading was deficient and was incorrect and that the numbers were not accurate, he did not care. He was angry that I asked to be impartial and even though I was not an attorney, I deserved the same respect and priveledge he was showing her, but to no avail. While I showed him proof of
everything included in my response, he wanted nothing to do with me and further admoonished me and threatened me with contempt because I dared to disagree with him and his unilateral siding with Plaintiff who, on the record, admitted she had filed an incorrect motion twice with out the benefit supporting documentation. Judge Berg did not care, only was concerned with me as I apparently irked him by asking him to do his job.To hold Plaintiff's counsel to the same standards he was holding me to, a Layman. He treated me like crap all because I was not an attorney. A rather unjudgelike Judge.