The Robing Room

Hon. James N. KarahaliosAssociate JudgeCircuit CourtCook

1.5

Comment #	Occupation	Rating	Comments	Date & Time	Actions
53008	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	Definite temperament issues and have seen him be particularly rude to people from outside the U.S. (Africa) - including making ebola jokes while on the bench. Injected himself into pretrial agreement to disadvantage of defendant....Read More	12/07/2017 05:09 PM	Contact reviewer
47436	Other	No Rating	This judge is not only rude and disrespectful, but also clearly biased against people of color. I am a white 59 year old woman who was in the courtroom on behalf of my son who was in custody. This judge was an hour late. After han...Read More	01/27/2017 12:49 PM	Contact reviewer
37579	Litigant	No Rating	this judge wouldn't allow me to speak or present evidence I had when my ex placed an unjust order of protection against me. when I was in the middle of explaining my point, he started to talk to his court clerk. Needless to say, t...Read More	09/16/2015 11:46 AM	Contact reviewer
36806	Other	No Rating	He is the worst judge, by far, that I have ever been in front of. He is more busy with his sycophantic audience of lawyers than he is with distributing just sentences. It is criminal that this scumbag is a sitting judge.	08/09/2015 03:21 PM	Contact reviewer
27799	Criminal Defense Lawyer	View Details	Judge Karahalios is extremely biased against Spanish-speaking defendants. His sentencing offers are outrageous and his venom for defendants who are Spanish-speaking is abhorrent. He has stated in his courtroom that the hearings an...Read More	07/02/2014 05:20 PM	Contact reviewer