The Robing Room: IL State Judges

Hon. Kathy M. Flanagan
Circuit Judge
Circuit Court
Cook County
Cook Judicial Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 5.2 - 23 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 1 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	129103	10/08/2024	1	5	5	3	5	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	128114	08/08/2024	1	1	1	1	10	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	127938	07/23/2024	1	3		1		1		1
Civil Litigation - Private	127892	07/20/2024	1	1	1	1	8	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	127856	07/16/2024	1	5	7	3	6	3		1
Civil Litigation - Private	127183	06/10/2024	1	1	1	1	8	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	126957	05/21/2024	1	3	3	2	5	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	126751	05/10/2024	1	2	2	2	10	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	125087	02/09/2024	6	9	8	10	10	10		4
Civil Litigation - Private	119438	07/15/2023	1	6	7	8	10	2	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	118870	06/09/2023	1	5	6	5	5	5	1	3
Civil Litigation - Private	112176	12/03/2022	1	6	7	4	8	6		1
Civil Litigation - Govt.	89976	10/17/2020	1	3	8	3	10	3		1
Civil Litigation - Private	49170	04/26/2017	4	10	10	10	8	10		4
Prosecutor	44147	07/08/2016	10	10	10	10	10		10
Civil Litigation - Private	24120	11/08/2013	1	8	10	6	5	7		1
Civil Litigation - Private	14334	04/04/2012	1	7	8	8	8	5	6	2
Criminal Defense Lawyer	13598	02/20/2012	2	10	9		9			2
Civil Litigation - Private	2798	09/10/2008	3			8	10	8	8
Civil Litigation - Private	2179	07/08/2008	1	10	10	10	10	6
Civil Litigation - Private	2003	05/01/2008	2	10	10	10	10	8	8	1
Civil Litigation - Private	1828	03/20/2008	3	7	9	8	10	6		5
Criminal Defense Lawyer	1558	01/29/2008	4	5	5	4	7	6	5
Category Average			2.1	5.8	6.5	5.4	8.3	4.4	3.5	1.8

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
129103	1	1	5	2.8
128114	2	1		2.3
127938				1.5
127892	1	1	1	1.9
127856	2		8	3.9
127183	1	1	7	1.9
126957	1	1	5	2.1
126751	1	1	2	2.5
125087	10			9.0
119438	5	1		5.0
118870	4	1	1	3.7
112176	3	1		5.0
89976	3		1	4.4
49170	9		5	8.7
44147				10.0
24120	10		5	6.7
14334	4	5	3	5.9
13598	10	3	5	8.0
2798	4		6	6.8
2179	10		5	8.1
2003	5	4	5	7.9
1828	9		6	7.4
1558	5	6	5	5.1
	4.8	2.1	4.4	5.2

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	102490	01/28/2022	4388	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.0	1.0