The Robing Room: MD State Judges

Hon. Cathleen M. Vitale
Circuit Judge
Circuit Court
Anne Arundel County
5th Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 5.7 - 32 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 5.0 - 17 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	120731	09/23/2023	1	5	4	4		4	3	2
Criminal Defense Lawyer	117364	04/14/2023	9	8	9	9	7	8	8
Criminal Defense Lawyer	114543	01/09/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	114541	01/09/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	104802	05/10/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	100338	11/06/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	94543	04/13/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	94035	03/28/2021	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	91407	12/26/2020	9	8	9	9	8	9	10	9
Civil Litigation - Private	90667	11/21/2020	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	90489	11/12/2020	1		3		2
Criminal Defense Lawyer	90056	10/21/2020	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	85905	05/13/2020	10	9	10	9	10	9	10
Civil Litigation - Private	83964	03/06/2020	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	3
Criminal Defense Lawyer	83696	02/26/2020	10	9	10	9	9	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	83200	02/12/2020	10	9	10	10	9		8	8
Civil Litigation - Private	82902	02/06/2020	1	5	5		5		5
Criminal Defense Lawyer	80909	12/30/2019	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	76344	09/18/2019	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	76051	09/13/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	73825	08/06/2019	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	71577	06/28/2019	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	53704	01/22/2018	9	8	10	9	9	8	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	53038	12/09/2017	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Civil Litigation - Govt.	52800	11/23/2017	9	9	10	10	8	9	9	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	52321	10/24/2017	8	6	8		9		8
Criminal Defense Lawyer	52301	10/23/2017	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	50583	07/12/2017	7	7	8	8	8		9
Civil Litigation - Private	50470	07/07/2017	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	48731	04/09/2017	8	9	8		8	9	9
Civil Litigation - Private	47735	02/14/2017	2	5				3		3
Civil Litigation - Private	46281	11/12/2016	1	4	2	6	8	4	2
Category Average			5.5	5.8	6.0	6.0	6.3	5.7	6.0	6.0

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
120731
117364	9	8	1			3
114543	1	1	1	1	1	1
114541	1	1	1	1	1	1
104802	1	1	1	1	1	1
100338	1	1	1	1	1	1
94543	1	1	1	1	1	1
94035
91407
90667
90489
90056	10	6	1
85905	9
83964
83696	10	6	4
83200	10
82902
80909	9	7	2	5	5	3
76344	10		6	5
76051	1
73825	10	10	10	10	10	9
71577	10	10	10	10	10	9
53704	9	5		5	5	5
53038	1
52800
52321	8		8		6	9
52301	1					1
50583
50470
48731
47735
46281
	5.9	4.8	3.6	4.0	4.1	3.7

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
120731				3.5
117364				8.4
114543	1	1	1	1.0
114541	1	1	1	1.0
104802	1	1	1	1.0
100338	1	1	1	1.0
94543	1	1	1	1.0
94035	10		10	10.0
91407				8.9
90667	10	10		9.9
90489	1	1		1.8
90056				9.8
85905	10	9	5	9.6
83964	1		1	1.3
83696	10			9.7
83200	10			9.5
82902	1			3.7
80909	10	8	5	9.7
76344	10			10.0
76051	1			1.0
73825	10	4		10.0
71577	10	10	10	10.0
53704				9.0
53038	1			1.1
52800	9	8		9.1
52321				7.8
52301	1			1.0
50583	9		8	8.0
50470	1		1	1.0
48731	8	8	5	8.4
47735	2		3	3.0
46281	1			3.5
	5.0	4.8	3.8	5.7

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Non-attorney Rating
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	128603	09/09/2024	23025	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	128602	09/09/2024	23025	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	126321	04/17/2024	23025	9	9.0	Read Comment
Litigant	126226	04/10/2024	23025	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	125077	02/08/2024	23025			Read Comment
Other	118218	05/20/2023	23025	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	116887	03/21/2023	23025	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	104985	05/20/2022	23025	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	103712	03/25/2022	23025			Read Comment
Other	102376	01/24/2022	23025	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	100486	11/10/2021	23025	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	100485	11/10/2021	23025	10	10.0
Litigant	100003	10/22/2021	23025	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	94576	04/15/2021	23025			Read Comment
Litigant	70280	06/13/2019	23025	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	61454	11/09/2018	23025	8	8.0	Read Comment
Other	57772	07/13/2018	23025	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	50960	08/06/2017	23025	9	9.0	Read Comment
Litigant	50777	07/25/2017	23025	8	8.0	Read Comment
Other	47772	02/16/2017	23025	10	10.0	Read Comment
Category Average				5.4	5.4

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