The Robing Room: MD State Judges

Hon. Cynthia Callahan
Circuit Judge
Circuit Court
Montgomery County
6th Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 6.9 - 10 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 4.0 - 11 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	58943	08/21/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	45748	10/07/2016	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	36322	07/17/2015	9	10	10	10	8		10
Civil Litigation - Private	25051	01/29/2014	10		7	10	10	10		10
Civil Litigation - Private	22240	07/02/2013	7	5	10	5	10	8	7
Civil Litigation - Private	15317	06/04/2012	1				2	3
Civil Litigation - Private	15010	05/22/2012	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	12976	01/18/2012	10	9	10	9	9	10	9	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	10689	05/08/2011	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	10040	02/26/2011	9	8	9		7	9	9	8
Category Average			6.8	6.8	7.6	6.6	6.4	6.5	6.7	6.7

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
58943	1	1	1	1.0
45748	1	1	10	1.0
36322	10		9	9.6
25051	10	1	5	9.5
22240	8		5	7.5
15317	5			2.8
15010	10	1	5	10.0
12976	10	9		9.5
10689	10	10	5	10.0
10040	8	6	5	8.4
	7.3	4.1	5.6	6.9

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Probation or Pretrial Officer	125072	02/08/2024	11399			Read Comment
Other	89847	10/12/2020	11399			Read Comment
Other	88315	07/31/2020	11399	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	87736	07/04/2020	11399	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	86302	05/24/2020	11399	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	81746	01/17/2020	11399			Read Comment
Other	80740	12/25/2019	11399	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	78995	11/15/2019	11399			Read Comment
Litigant	78992	11/15/2019	11399	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	77789	10/18/2019	11399			Read Comment
Other	71713	06/30/2019	11399			Read Comment
Court Staff	69877	06/01/2019	11399	10	10.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	69761	05/30/2019	11399	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	69757	05/30/2019	11399			Read Comment
Litigant	68462	04/28/2019	11399			Read Comment
Other	59923	09/23/2018	11399	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	41899	04/06/2016	11399	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	15701	06/23/2012	11399	9	9.0	Read Comment
Other	10769	05/17/2011	11399	8	8.0	Read Comment
Category Average				4.0	4.0