The Robing Room: MD State Judges

Hon. Cheryl A. McCally
Associate Circuit Judge
Circuit Court
Montgomery County
6th Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 1.6 - 17 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 10 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	127622	07/05/2024	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	123793	11/23/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	101821	12/28/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	98110	08/27/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	97672	08/09/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	76354	09/18/2019	2	1	1	1	2	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	74605	08/18/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	71886	07/03/2019	1	2	1	1	5	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	64452	01/28/2019	1	1	1	1	5	5	1	5
Criminal Defense Lawyer	58944	08/21/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	58889	08/20/2018	3	1	1	1	7	3	3	7
Civil Litigation - Private	56536	06/01/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	54928	03/29/2018	1				1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	53628	01/19/2018	3	1	1	1	5	2	1
Civil Litigation - Private	53446	01/08/2018	1	1	1		1	1	1	5
Civil Litigation - Govt.	47089	01/07/2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	31096	11/16/2014	8	8	5	6	9	8	8	10
Category Average			1.7	1.5	1.3	1.3	2.6	1.8	1.5	2.6

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
127622	1		1	1.0
123793	1		1	1.0
101821	1	1	1	1.0
98110	1	1	10	1.0
97672	1	1	1	1.0
76354	1			1.3
74605	1	1	1	1.0
71886				1.6
64452	1	5	10	1.9
58944	1	1	1	1.0
58889	1			2.5
56536	1		1	1.0
54928	1	1	1	1.0
53628	3		10	2.1
53446	1		1	1.0
47089	1	1	1	1.0
31096	8			7.5
	1.6	1.5	3.1	1.6

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	128153	08/10/2024	21158	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	105194	05/30/2022	21158			Read Comment
Litigant	101841	12/29/2021	21158	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	100692	11/18/2021	21158			Read Comment
Litigant	98120	08/27/2021	21158			Read Comment
Other	98109	08/27/2021	21158	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	93630	03/17/2021	21158	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	76752	09/27/2019	21158			Read Comment
Other	69002	05/13/2019	21158			Read Comment
Other	64451	01/28/2019	21158	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	63365	01/02/2019	21158	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	60121	09/28/2018	21158	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	51036	08/11/2017	21158	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	47017	01/03/2017	21158	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	39248	12/02/2015	21158	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	31109	11/17/2014	21158
Category Average				1.0	1.0