The Robing Room: MD State Judges

Hon. Karen C. Friedman
Circuit Judge
Circuit Court
Baltimore City County
8th Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 2.6 - 44 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 3 rating(s)

General Rating Criteria

* 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)

Criminal Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* 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)

Civil Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* 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)

General Rating Criteria

Criminal Case Rating Criteria
(if applicable)

Civil Case Rating Criteria
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	*Temp.	*Sch.	*Indu.	*Comp.	*Punct.	*Ab-Pr.	*Ab-Tr.	Flex
Civil Litigation - Private	129809	11/23/2024	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	103153	02/25/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	99607	10/08/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	93205	03/03/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	92543	02/12/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	92451	02/08/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	92333	02/04/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	89484	09/23/2020	9	9	9	8	10	9	9	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	89004	09/04/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	87435	06/23/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	86189	05/19/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	85629	05/07/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	85523	05/04/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	82865	02/06/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	81778	01/18/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	79449	11/25/2019	1	1	1	1			1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	73752	08/05/2019	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	69094	05/15/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	68382	04/25/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Govt.	67327	03/28/2019	8	7	7	7	8
Civil Litigation - Private	67217	03/25/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	66583	03/10/2019	1	1	1	1		1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	65076	02/12/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	63420	01/03/2019	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	62754	12/16/2018	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	10
Civil Litigation - Private	61380	11/07/2018	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	59793	09/19/2018	1		1	1	1		1
Civil Litigation - Private	57341	06/27/2018	1	1	1	1			1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	55415	04/25/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	53950	02/03/2018	1	1	1	1			1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	52990	12/06/2017	1	1	1	1			1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	52313	10/24/2017	1	1	1	1			1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	51527	09/12/2017	1	1	1	1		1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	50851	07/31/2017	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	48968	04/18/2017	1	1	1	1			1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	48158	03/09/2017	1	1	1	1			1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	47754	02/15/2017	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	47197	01/13/2017	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	47161	01/11/2017	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Prosecutor	47152	01/11/2017	10	8	8	7	9	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	47148	01/11/2017	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	46944	12/29/2016	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	46701	12/12/2016	1	1	1	1		1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	46648	12/07/2016	1	2	1	1	9		1	1
Category Average			2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	3.3	3.1	2.4	2.3

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
129809
103153
99607
93205
92543	1		1	1	1	1
92451
92333
89484
89004	1	1	1	1	1	1
87435
86189
85629
85523
82865
81778
79449
73752
69094
68382
67327
67217
66583
65076
63420	10		10	10	10	10
62754	10	7	8	5	5	5
61380
59793
57341
55415
53950
52990
52313
51527
50851
48968
48158
47754
47197	10
47161
47152	10	10	8	10	10	10
47148	10		10	10	10	10
46944
46701
46648
	7.4	6.0	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
129809	1	1	1	1.0
103153	1	1	1	1.0
99607	1	1	1	1.0
93205	1	1	1	1.0
92543				1.0
92451	1	1	1	1.0
92333	1	1	1	1.0
89484	10	9	10	9.1
89004				1.0
87435	1	1	1	1.0
86189	1	1	1	1.0
85629	1	1	1	1.0
85523	1	1	1	1.0
82865	1	1	1	1.0
81778	1	1	1	1.0
79449	1	1	1	1.0
73752	1	1	1	1.0
69094	1	1	1	1.0
68382	1	1	1	1.0
67327	10		8	7.8
67217	1		1	1.0
66583	1	1	1	1.0
65076	1	1	1	1.0
63420				10.0
62754	10	8	5	9.6
61380	1	1	1	1.0
59793				1.0
57341	1	1	1	1.0
55415	1	1	1	1.0
53950	1	1	1	1.0
52990	1		1	1.0
52313	1	1		1.0
51527	1	1	1	1.0
50851	1		1	1.0
48968	1		1	1.0
48158	1		1	1.0
47754	1	1	1	1.0
47197	10			10.0
47161	10	10	10	10.0
47152				9.0
47148				10.0
46944	1			1.0
46701	1	1	1	1.0
46648	1		1	2.3
	2.2	1.8	1.8	2.6

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

Non-attorney Rating
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	49917	06/03/2017	13513	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	47550	02/03/2017	13513	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	46822	12/19/2016	13513	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.0	1.0

General Rating Criteria

Criminal Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

Civil Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

General Rating Criteria

Criminal Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

Civil Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

Non-attorney Rating (if applicable)

Criminal Case Rating Criteria
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Civil Case Rating Criteria
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Non-attorney Rating
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