The Robing Room

Hon. Kathy M. FlanaganCircuit JudgeCircuit CourtCook

2.4

Comment #	Occupation	Rating	Comments	Date & Time	Actions
129103	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	offensive. vindictive. rude. Ill-tempered.	10/08/2024 04:15 PM	Contact reviewer
128114	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	She is an tyrant, who has no regard for justice nor the rights and dignity of attorneys and parties. She has unnecessarily and irreparably damaged the working lives of countless attorneys.	08/08/2024 08:17 AM	Contact reviewer
127938	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	All the comments about her nasty, imperious temperament are spot on. Her goal is obviously not to shepherd cases through efficiently but, rather, to look for or create unfounded reasons to belittle virtually every attorney that s...Read More	07/23/2024 08:12 AM	Contact reviewer
127856	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	She is ill-suited for the bench, but especially so for the Room 2005 call. For all its talk about the importance of civility in the legal profession, the Illinois Supreme Court permits this petty tyrant to terrorize the lawyers i...Read More	07/16/2024 10:02 PM	Contact reviewer
127183	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Judge Flanagan puts litigants and attorneys down in court. She is offensive, petty, and just plain rude to the attorneys (many of which are simply tying to make a living to support themselves and their families, and try to do a go...Read More	06/10/2024 12:00 PM	Contact reviewer
126957	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	She has created such a toxic and unhealthy environment that the entire Law Division is ready to have a heart attack or a nervous breakdown. Her general assumption is that all lawyers are lazy liars and have only one case. It’s cle...Read More	05/21/2024 08:46 PM	Contact reviewer
126751	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	She is a tyrant, who was a real lawyer for about 5 minutes, and cannot comprehend the stresses and complexities of the job. She is the antithesis of justice. It is an embarrassment and anti-democratic that she is the presiding j...Read More	05/10/2024 03:42 PM	Contact reviewer
125087	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Focused and detailed; very clear in her expectations. Do what she says and you are fine, which is mostly to keep to the schedule she provides. She is tough on litigators who are used to talking their way out of their mistakes, d...Read More	02/09/2024 03:30 PM	Contact reviewer
119438	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	She is so offensively disrespectful to the litigants that it is counter-productive. She is immediately angry and condescending no matter the situation. She behaves as if everyone is trying to deceive her.	07/15/2023 08:37 AM	Contact reviewer
118870	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Inconsistent in her rulings, obnoxious, and outright ignorant. People like this who delight in talking down to grown adults and in exerting the tiny bit of power she has are pathetic, and screams of insecurity. She has become more...Read More	06/09/2023 10:56 PM	Contact reviewer
112176	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Judge F is unreasonable, prickly, childish, parochial, wholly lacking in appropriate judicial temperament and, most of all, vindictive. She actively seeks to chastise, embarrass and humiliate attorneys. It’s why she has topped-out...Read More	12/03/2022 01:12 PM	Contact reviewer
102490	Other	No Rating	Please call me at 773-220-9807. Thank you; stay safe! Kevin	01/28/2022 11:43 PM	Contact reviewer
49170	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Temperament is an issue, though I always was treated fairly. Do not try to BS her! No other motion judge can equal her substantive and procedural knowledge and she has a huge docket to manage.	04/26/2017 11:30 PM	Contact reviewer
44147	Prosecutor	View Details	I was impressed by her ethics. She's not afraid to speak up when other judges aren't doing their job, and then take action to make it right. Integrity is important to her, and it shows.	07/08/2016 04:00 PM	Contact reviewer
24120	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Judge Flanagan is a bright, hardworking and fair-minded judge. Unfortunately, her temperament is so bad that it often gets in the way of her legal ability. She appears to be constantly overburdened with respect to her caseload, an...Read More	11/08/2013 09:48 AM	Contact reviewer
14334	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Unnecessarily mean and rude, almost exactly like Judge Judy. Undoubtedly intelligent and knowledgeable but too focused on letting people know she's smart and in control. Has little patient to hear both side and THEN make a judgm...Read More	04/04/2012 03:05 PM	Contact reviewer
13598	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	I gave her a "2" on temperament only because I've never seen her use foul language or throw things at people. Otherwise, she's a pretty mean person. But having said that, she knows the law as well as anyone and will move her doc...Read More	02/20/2012 01:22 PM	Contact reviewer
2798	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Can be downright mean and berating in open court. I have seen her pick sides based only on allegations and, perhaps, news reports. Very strong legal mind but might let personal judgments sway her rulings.	09/10/2008 10:22 AM	Contact reviewer
2179	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Were it not for her contemptuous treatment of attorneys, she would be the best motion judge presently in the court and one of the best three judges I have seen in thirty years.	07/08/2008 09:34 AM	Contact reviewer
2003	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Temper, yes. But she runs her courtroom with supreme efficiency and you almost always get a written ruling - plus, she is one of the few who is not afraid to grant a MSJ. Do your job and you will never run afoul of her good side...Read More	05/01/2008 03:04 PM	Contact reviewer
1828	Civil Litigation - Private	View Details	Except for her extreme impatience and rudeness she would be a superb judge.	03/20/2008 01:16 PM	Contact reviewer