The Robing Room: IL State Judges

Hon. Joseph M. Grady
Circuit Judge
Circuit Court
Kane County
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 3.0 - 6 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 8 rating(s)

* Temp.	Temperament (1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Sch.	Scholarship (1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Indu.	Industriousness (1=Not at all industrious,10=Highly industrious)
* Comp.	Ability to Handle Complex Litigation (1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Punct.	Punctuality (1=Chronically Late,10=Always on Time)
* Ab-Pr.	General Ability to Handle Pre-Trial Matters (1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
* Ab-Tr.	General Ability as a Trial Judge (1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
Flex	Flexibility In Scheduling (1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)

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

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	*Temp.	*Sch.	*Indu.	*Comp.	*Punct.	*Ab-Pr.	*Ab-Tr.	Flex
Civil Litigation - Private	88064	07/19/2020
Civil Litigation - Private	75434	09/01/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	67060	03/21/2019	2			1	1	1	1	2
Civil Litigation - Private	66015	02/28/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	55652	05/03/2018
Civil Litigation - Private	53476	01/10/2018	3	1	3	1	1	1		1
Civil Litigation - Private	52314	10/24/2017	5			1	5	1		4
Civil Litigation - Private	26517	04/16/2014	10	10	10	10	8	10		9
Category Average			3.7	3.3	3.8	2.5	2.8	2.5	1.0	3.4

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
88064				0.0
75434				1.0
67060	1	1	1	1.2
66015	1			1.0
55652				0.0
53476	1	1	1	1.6
52314	5			3.4
26517	10	4	5	9.7
	3.6	2.0	2.3	2.2

Only items marked with (*) are averaged into the displayed overall rating.

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	124033	12/10/2023	4193
Other	124032	12/10/2023	4193	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	90221	10/29/2020	4193	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	89244	09/14/2020	4193	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	60597	10/16/2018	4193	2	2.0	Read Comment
Litigant	58923	08/21/2018	4193			Read Comment
Litigant	53721	01/23/2018	4193	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	50304	06/25/2017	4193	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	42125	04/19/2016	4193	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	34783	05/14/2015	4193	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.1	1.1