The Robing Room: MD State Judges

Hon. Joan Bossmann Gordon
Associate District Judge
Circuit Court
Baltimore City County
8th Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 4.7 - 11 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 9 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	98147	08/29/2021	1	1	1	1	5	5	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	98146	08/29/2021	1	1	1	1	5	5	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	89631	10/01/2020	1	1	2	1	5	1	1	3
Civil Litigation - Private	82126	01/23/2020	2	1	2	2	5	3	1
Civil Litigation - Private	80498	12/19/2019	2	3		3				2
Criminal Defense Lawyer	36753	08/07/2015	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	36699	08/04/2015	10	10	10				10
Civil Litigation - Private	36671	08/04/2015	10	10	10	9	10		10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	36646	08/03/2015	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	36636	08/03/2015	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	36634	08/03/2015
Prosecutor	36629	08/02/2015	1	1	1	1	3	1	1
Category Average			4.5	4.4	4.8	3.9	6.0	4.5	4.6	4.8

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
98147	1	4		1	3	3
98146	1	4		1	3	3
89631	1
82126
80498
36753	10	10	10	10	10	10
36699
36671	10		10	10	10	10
36646	1	1	1	1	1	1
36636	10	6	6	5	5	5
36634
36629	1
	4.4	5.0	6.8	4.7	5.3	5.3

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
98147	1	1	1	1.9
98146	1	1	1	1.9
89631				1.6
82126	1		1	2.1
80498	2		2	2.5
36753				9.9
36699				10.0
36671	10	10	10	9.9
36646	1	1	1	1.0
36636				10.0
36634				0.0
36629	1			1.2
	2.4	3.3	2.7	4.3

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	82130	01/23/2020	13515			Read Comment
Court Staff	72615	07/16/2019	13515	2	2.0	Read Comment
Litigant	53605	01/18/2018	13515	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	48449	03/24/2017	13515	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	36705	08/05/2015	13515	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	36678	08/04/2015	13515	2	2.0	Read Comment
Other	36675	08/04/2015	13515	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	36668	08/03/2015	13515			Read Comment
Other	36651	08/03/2015	13515			Read Comment
Other	36647	08/03/2015	13515	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	36633	08/03/2015	13515	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	36626	08/02/2015	13515	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.2	1.2