The Robing Room: NY State Judges

Hon. James P. Flanagan

District Court
Suffolk County

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Attorney Average Rating: 6.4 - 16 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
Criminal Defense Lawyer	129276	10/19/2024
Civil Litigation - Private	129255	10/18/2024	1	2	1	1	1	1		1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	87981	07/16/2020
Civil Litigation - Private	87980	07/16/2020	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	7
Civil Litigation - Private	63187	12/26/2018	2	4				2
Civil Litigation - Private	60206	10/02/2018	5	8	8		10	8	7	8
Civil Litigation - Private	54310	02/22/2018	1	1	1		8	1
Civil Litigation - Private	51976	10/03/2017	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Civil Litigation - Private	47621	02/08/2017	10	10		10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	47416	01/26/2017	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	34076	04/16/2015	5	10	10	9	1	9	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	33899	04/07/2015	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	29821	10/03/2014	7		10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	28330	07/25/2014	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	5
Civil Litigation - Private	19630	01/18/2013	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	14262	03/27/2012	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	13320	02/08/2012	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Category Average			6.1	7.5	7.3	8.2	7.6	7.2	8.8	7.4

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
129276
129255
87981
87980	10
63187
60206
54310
51976
47621
47416
34076
33899
29821
28330
19630
14262
13320	10	5	5	6	5	5
	10.0	5.0	5.0	6.0	5.0	5.0

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
129276	1	1	10	1.0
129255	1	2	1	1.1
87981				0.0
87980	10	10		9.9
63187	1	1	1	2.3
60206	8	8	5	7.7
54310	1	1	10	2.2
51976	10	10	1	9.1
47621	10		5	10.0
47416	1	1	10	1.3
34076	10	5	10	8.0
33899	10	10	10	10.0
29821	10	9	9	9.6
28330	10	9	5	9.6
19630	1	10	1	1.0
14262	10	10	5	10.0
13320	10	10	5	10.0
	6.5	6.5	5.9	6.0

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Non-attorney Rating
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	119937	08/12/2023	391	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	111417	10/31/2022	391			Read Comment
Other	95395	05/16/2021	391			Read Comment
Other	87042	06/05/2020	391	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	83634	02/24/2020	391			Read Comment
Other	82416	01/28/2020	391	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	42377	04/28/2016	391			Read Comment
Category Average				1.0	1.0