"The Robing Room: IL State Judges

Hon. Lisa Ruble-Murphy	See Rating Details
Subcircuit Judge Circuit Court
Cook County Cook 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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Court Staff

Comment #: IL1811
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
I have no idea where to begin. I have never written a review before. I will say in short,,,do not ever use Lisa Ruble Murphy for any legal or mediation matters. As all the legal rating entities show - she has never been recommended for re-election. She refuses to hear cases and she refuses to make decisions for the parties involved. She forces the parties to go to the hall and decide for themselves. Well, if that was possible - they would not be in front of Lisa Ruble Murphy to begin with. When the parties try, and cannot resolve the issue themselves, she sends them home with another status date for months away, with her still not deciding on an issue. In addition to her failure to "rule" as a Judge, she provides no attempt to even mediate the matter. There are no mediation skills and no interest in solving matters. How is this person a Judge or in mediation? Seriously, all should google her name and just move to another mediator or Judge. There are dozens and dozens of good ones out there. My recommendation is to enlist the help of anyone with positive reviews, or no reviews at all. Going with Lisa Ruble Murphy will only end up wasting time and money.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: IL1730
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Openly hostile towards those that cannot afford representation, lazy,poor attitude on seriousness of case. Outright refused to hear defendant of case and no respect to disabled in courtroom.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: IL1477
Rating:1.1

Comments:
Murphy is an embarrassment to the legal community. She absolutely could care less about any Illinois law. She is totally biased against men. Lazy, doesn't read motions, hands them back and say no, I'm not going to rule on this. She should be immediately removed from the bench.

Other

Comment #: IL1373
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Openly hostile towards Pro Se. Poor Work ethic. Runs her courtroom like her Personal Kingdom. Openly berates litigants. Causes unnecessary delay in resolving an already painful process. Seems to enjoy enraging litigants. No concern for equitable distribution.

Litigant

Comment #: IL1247
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
After dragging case on for over three years (their mother tried abducting our children), refused to hear for a change of custody when mom was arrested for child endangerment, and refused further when mom's boyfriend then green card husband was convicted of attacking me at our son's school at mom's behest to interfere with visitation-even though police records showed he had attacked mom and threatened to kill the boys, as I had warned. Judge Murphy demanded that I sign a consent order requiring me to leave my sons with the monster she "married" if mom wasn't home. (I said that there was no way in hell, and refused. Judge Murphy then said she could sign it) Mom subsequently divorced and remarried the monster, who then divorced her. Just recently, the monster hacked his present wife to death, having stalked her in Racine, WI.
Such is Murphy's "Law." Warming a bench to hatch a pension.

Litigant

Comment #: IL1245
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Her cases drag on for extraordinary long times due, to her refusal to actually hear the case. She is rude to the extent of being offensive. She is more interested in being feared than doing her job. Judge Ruben Murphy is openly hostile towards Pro Se Litigants and openly refuses to hear Pro Se litigants arguments regardless of litigants presentation in same standard as professional attorney. I have overheard her telling a Pro Se litigant "I don't care what the law says this is my court room and in here what I say goes". If, an attorney can't be afforded then, by all means exercise your right to have another Judge hear the case.

Other

Comment #: IL1224
Rating:1.0

Comments:
She is absolutely horrible. My case dragged on for 3 years. She had made her decision in the first week and unfortunately the kids paid the price. She doesn't care about who she hurts but wants to be respected and feared.

Other

Comment #: IL1200
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Prolongs cases, does not make decisions, disrespectful, seem not to realize that her actions (or rather lack of them)cause enormous stress and escalate legal costs. Ask for a judge change is you still can.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: IL1199
Rating:1.3

Comments:
Favors men.

Litigant

Comment #: IL1198
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Horrific. She has knowledge of the law but no wisdom in implementation. No understanding. Thinks she knows the facts and so seems to tune out. Rude and disrespectful. Does not possess the requisite appreciation for the lives she holds in her hand. Extremely flippant about very sensitive and intimant aspects of litigants' lives. She should not be in this position.

Other

Comment #: IL1101
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Dear Sirs & Madams,

Re: Judge Lisa Ruble-Murphy and her Zionist colleagues abusing Public Office and violating the Law of the Land: -

Magna Carta 1215, and the US Constitution; guarantees Due Process via Trial by Jury for EVERY case Civil, Criminal and Fiscal.

Magna Carta 1215 and the US Constitution has been HIJACKED by Jew Process in OUR Courts in the UK, Ireland, Australia and the USA. - Which is HIGH TREASON!

This man was right all along
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2003/may/10/Tax.ScamsAndFraud

For the record: 5,000 miles away in Chicago, Illinois, my brother, John Cullinane, was ROBBED of over $1M by Judge Lisa Ruble-Murphy and Attorney Marcia Newman the same Zionist MAFIA Gangsters that ROBBED me of my home and possessions in London by denying US our guaranteed rights to Due Process via Trial by Jury.

Jon Krenek of the Kankakee Daily Journal, is in on the COVER-UP, as he has ignored the abuse of process, FRAUD and DECEPTION in my brothers case for years now. I, Patrick Cullinane and John Cullinane had several meetings with, Jon Krenek, in the Daily Journal Offices in Kankakee, which were ALL to NO avail, as he never exposed my brother’s case. The Zionist MAFIA Media must go and go NOW! - Covering-up serious FRAUD and Organised Crime in the US Courts; who is Jon Krenek?

Yours truthfully,

Patrick Cullinane, Common Law Lawyer and Victim of ‘Jew Process’ in the UK's COMMERCIAL Kangaroo Courts.

Other

Comment #: IL1023
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Very unfair, biased. She signed an order giving my rx husband almost 25years of pension money, If it was a mistake, she should have fixed it. How do you drag something out for 3 years to decide it can't be fixed in your court when you are the one who made the mistake of signing the order? She is the one with 20 years experience? Was it because my ex husbands relative was a judge? Was it because he was a fireman? Why not just say that from day one instead of making everyone drain their retirement bank accounts? Well I do take with me some comfort in the fact that in my case she only gave away money and not my life and child.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: IL982
Rating:1.0

Comments:
The ARDC needs to get involved immediately,
She is incompetent and not qualified.
She does not hesitate to rule on motions and petitions without hearings and withoug even having read and stating so in open court.
The worst judge I have ever witnessed on the bench in 30 years.

Other

Comment #: IL821
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
This judge is a disgrace to the judicial system, and needs to be disbarred. Judge Lisa Murphy is unprofessional, disrespectful, doesn't have any regard for children's welfare, and plays favorites. I dread going to court, because the most that she going to do is to continue the case for a year or so before she makes a poor ruling. I've had this judge since 2002, and I have never received a decent support order.

Litigant

Comment #: IL805
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Hers was a very poor performance. She is unprofessional, partial, plays favorites and wastes court time by not listening and calling for later dates for no reason. She doesn't care to learn the cases in front of her, as the children really do not matter to her. She yells at people and is completely disrespectful to them. She has no problem sending a woman to raise her children all by herself, without the child support she deserves, while giving the husband three months to reply to her just motion. Once she decides (after many months of dragging her feet) to close a case, she gets very mad if people are not ready to sign the documents without even being heard. She threatens women by saying exactly how she is going to rule if they dare to go to trial, when that is their last resort of getting any justice at all. Judge Murphy is a disgrace to the Illinois legal system, and very bad news for a woman who dares to ask for a divorce. If you can change her before she makes a substantial ruling in your case, do not wait -- run to do so.

Other

Comment #: IL802
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
This judge rules from the back room. She doesn't take the time to read files, refuses to listen, is disrespected by trial attorneys, is an embarrassment to the bench, and treats many different cases and scenarios with blanket rulings. She should be investigated by the media for her injustice on the bench, as well as her laziness.

Other

Comment #: IL705
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Judge Murphy decides how she is going to rule before even hearing opposing motions. She appoints children's reps rather than doing her job and listening to the arguments. She is disrespectful and cares nothing for children, as there is no benefit to children to have parents spending time and money in court when parents need to work together and be encouraged to do so through mediation. Worst of all, she does not uphold the law, as she outright ignores established statutes.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: IL593
Rating:1.1

Comments:
I agree with the other litigants and so does the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Bar. She handled my divorce several years ago; reversed her decisions, had no interes in my children ages 3 & 5 at the time; and was rude and unprofessional.

Litigant

Comment #: IL543
Rating:1.0

Comments:
This Judge should be disbarred. I have been in litigation since 2009 - Will lose my home, not an equitable split and she tells me "it's water under the bridge". Heartless and I have a 15 year old son who was collateral damage and she could not have cared less. She actually flipped a coin to divide dogs my ex clearly never even paid for. After he broke in and stole my furniture she actually said "well he needed furniture too". Tragedy on every level!!!

Litigant

Comment #: IL496
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Judge Murphy shows an overall lack of respect to the law, and to male defendants in her courtroom, regardless of the welfare of the child(ren) involved.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: IL383
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Lisa Ruble-Murphy is a terrible judge who won't make decisions...She has made decisions in divorce cases and has hurt many who shouldn't be hurt. She's an embarassment to the legal system...Her tenure and attitude ride the system..Just because her husband cheated on her , she shouldn't take that out in the court room

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: IL374
Rating:1.5

Comments:
Lisa Ruble-Murphy is riding the system; she's often late; disinterested in her cases; shows boredom and disrepsect to litigants and has no interest in upholding the goal of family law to protect children. As a professional in private business she'd be fired within a week.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: IL209
Rating:3.2

Comments:
Judge Ruble-Murphy is one of the tragedies of the divorce division. She is quite bright, but she simply puts everything off, ignoring the plight of the litigants in front of her. Your client will starve to death before this judge will lift a finger. She is often unavailable from 2 pm - 3 pm on. She has substantial political clout and knows it so she just doesn't care what the bar or litigants think. She also has favorites among the bar and demonstrates her favoritism.