"The Robing Room: IL State Judges

Hon. Heinz M. Rudolf	See Rating Details
Associate Judge Circuit Court
St. Clair County Twentieth Judicial Circuit	See Comments

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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=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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Comment #: IL3912
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
Definitely takes the side of the wife not the husband. He has no regard for Wounded Warriors or Purple Heart Veterans nor understanding or compassion for PTSD sufferers. I witnessed his indifference as a Wounded Warrior advocate. He dismissed my Veteran with contempt and no empathy or compassion.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: IL413
Rating:4.3

Comments:
Very favorable to mothers even when parental alienation by the mother is clear and evident. Ability to be fair is minimal while taking a handholding to mothers behavior and scolding the fathers who is trying to be a father. Its definant judges in illinois work against any father in child custody cases no matter how good they are

Other

Comment #: IL377
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
After observing several family judges for a paper I am writing about fathers that want their children but are still subject to a buyist court system, I found this judge and a couple others in St Clair county to do just that. Even when the fathers would bring evidence and police reports about mothers interfering with the fathers time, he did not take any action and simply dismissed it. This is very sad that this kind of discrimination exists still. Mothers use their children as weapons in custody and the father-child relationship is allowed to be hurt. How is this in the best interest of the child? I wonder how different Judge Rudolph would feel if he were a non custodial father having to fight every day just to have a relationship with his child?

Court Staff

Comment #: IL369
Rating:3.0

Comments:
This judge seemed fair and honest in the beginning but after observing several divorce/custody proceedings he seems quite favorable to mothers. I have seen alot of good fathers come before him that are fighting to spend time with their children but cant because the mothers interfere. In the end, the winning result seems to go to the mothers regardless and when I see the look on the devasted fathers it just hurts my heart.