Hon. Jeanne M. ReynoldsAssociate JudgeCircuit CourtCook
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| Comment # | Occupation | Rating | Comments | Date & Time | Actions |
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| 133776 | Other | View Details | Reynolds is a disgrace to family law! She needs to be removed expeditiously. She does have a moral compass for children involved in cases with parentage dispute’s. She refuses to read motions yet directs you to file them. She has ...Read More | 08/08/2025 08:00 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 133277 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | I have appeared before her in many domestic relations cases and been on both the winning and losing side. She is even handed with both sides, carefully listens to both arguments and evidence and issues her rulings with great care...Read More | 05/30/2025 11:35 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 129184 | Civil Litigation - Private | No Rating | I dont think she's half bad I didnt see this side of her she was pretty fair | 10/13/2024 10:04 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 128779 | Civil Litigation - Private | No Rating | The judge is up to point, and very clear. | 09/21/2024 08:20 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 128570 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Reynolds should be avoided if possible. She has a very poor temperament, often rudely scolding both lawyers and litigants who aren't doing anything particularly wrong. Once she gets an idea in her head, she will often stick ...Read More | 09/06/2024 11:41 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 127774 | Litigant | No Rating | This horrible [Redacted by Ed.] vindictive judge has utterly ruined my life and done irreparable harm to my children. She refuses to listen to any reason and bullies those in her courtroom no matter how respectful and calm one m...Read More | 07/15/2024 03:30 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 125164 | Other | No Rating | Judge Reynolds has no purpose being a family court judge. She hates men, is biased, is not fair, and does not hold both parties to the same standard. If you are a woman, no need to get an attorney if you have Judge Reynolds. You c...Read More | 02/13/2024 06:37 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 119704 | Other | No Rating | If you have been harmed by "Judge" Reynolds, contact us through the Judge Reynolds Must Go Facebook Page. | 07/28/2023 01:28 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 119542 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Reynolds doesn't give fair hearings and is disrespectful and biased. She manipulates and guides her cases to the result that she has in mind by not allowing litigants to present their evidence or even to testify. | 07/18/2023 04:52 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 118618 | Litigant | No Rating | Judge Jeanne Reynolds was bias and unprofessional. She yelled at me the first court date. Let the defendant answer for me at the second court date. Then after following her instructions and doing what was asked of me, she dismisse...Read More | 05/31/2023 01:57 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 109700 | Other | No Rating | Women for women, bias and no patience | 08/21/2022 05:23 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 79689 | Litigant | No Rating | She does not even follow basic statutes and her math skils and compensation knowledge are non existent. There is nothing honorable about this judge and she should not even be practicing basic law.That is what you get with politica...Read More | 12/02/2019 03:27 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 77920 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | needs to be evaluated for incompetence | 10/21/2019 03:10 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 72721 | Other | No Rating | Worst judge ever. Extremely unfair | 07/17/2019 10:50 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 68035 | Other | No Rating | Worst Judge, Awful, completely to one side, does not follow the law, have me paying more than 50% of my net income for child support for two children. Made me pay during 11 months "temporarily relief" of $3,500 , sent me to jail...Read More | 04/18/2019 01:17 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 61100 | Litigant | No Rating | Worst judge I ever seen. She is ruining childrens lives with her rulings. I completely agree with others that once she decides she doesn't like you, you will never win even if you have in your face evidence. I wasn't allowed to be...Read More | 10/30/2018 01:52 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 60946 | Litigant | No Rating | Horrible at her job. Once she decides she doesn't like you, you then have no chance. | 10/25/2018 10:42 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 59008 | Other | No Rating | Completely biased. Unprofessional, disrespectful, and threatens when challenged. Her court room is a circus designed to grind out attorneys fees. Claims to care about children, yet gave away to my ex’s attorney child’s education f...Read More | 08/23/2018 07:00 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 57274 | Other | No Rating | This judge sizes up litigants weaknesses, and uses her judicial power to exploit those weaknesses, especially by using their children, in an entirely mean, vindictive, counter-productive and void of merit manner, other than to scr...Read More | 06/25/2018 08:58 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 57008 | Other | No Rating | Judge Jeanne Reynolds is a money hungry woman.She is very rude and very disrespectful.She is biased toward the other party.She shouldn't be a judge and needs to go.You will not find justice in her courtroom.Its a shame we have a j...Read More | 06/17/2018 11:42 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 57005 | Other | No Rating | Judge Raynolds should not be a judge.she puts people in jail for no reason. She always stays on womens side, and the father has no rights. She only cares about the money, and her mind is set up before trail. I cant believe she is ...Read More | 06/17/2018 11:19 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 52010 | Other | No Rating | This judge is insane I requested Visitation be suspend from my daughter's father.. Concerned for my daughters safety.. Heavy drinker he is.. Since court he has a DUI.. Visitation request DENIED!! Thank You Judge Reynolds!! He's p...Read More | 10/05/2017 06:51 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 51992 | Other | No Rating | This judge has tortured my life for the past two years! I have gotten a lawyer who she refuses to direct her questions to because she denies my lawyer from speaking and directs her questions to me, and it turns out to be a waste o...Read More | 10/03/2017 11:20 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 50843 | Other | No Rating | This judge is mentally ill and needs to be removed. Attorneys should NOT FILE NEW CASES in her courtroom. This judge does not follow canons or laws- STAY AWAY! | 07/30/2017 02:11 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 49712 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | The most biased and unfair judge. She needs to go. Her mind was made up without hearing any of the details and before I even entered the courtroom. Two attorneys wouldn't take my case. I am so mortified that this is our system. Sh...Read More | 05/23/2017 06:24 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 49706 | Litigant | No Rating | I was advised by a very prominent attorney not to go before this Judge in my Divorce case when Reynolds came on the Bench. Per this recommendation I immediately filed for SOJ based on right, which she wrongfully denied. Judge onl...Read More | 05/23/2017 11:45 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 46859 | Other | No Rating | Do NOT expect to find justice in her courtroom! I have been slaughtered by this crazy woman while fighting for custody of my daughter. She is biased, mean spirited and narcissistic. I sent my rebellious, badly behaved 16 year ol...Read More | 12/22/2016 11:02 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 46253 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Reynolds can become stubbornly biased towards a litigant or their attorney. | 11/09/2016 12:57 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 44922 | Litigant | No Rating | I have watched this Judge degrade and disregard my daughter who is trying to get a relocation order approved. She has ben BIASED TOWARD the father - completely disregarding evidence of domestic abuse!! What can we do to get rid ...Read More | 08/23/2016 02:58 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 44627 | Other | No Rating | New Facebook Group started! Judge Jeanne Marie Reynolds Must Go Like and Join! We are working tirelessly to get her removed from the bench! Let's keep our children safe! | 08/05/2016 01:37 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 43730 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | No Rating | The word is out-attorneys are not filing new cases in her courtroom. Tax payers are paying for an empty courtroom. | 06/15/2016 03:27 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 43725 | Other | No Rating | I have seen this judge provide one of the most balanced approaches to a case. While she will not put up with a litigant that is clearly lying she is respectful to all that appear in her court room. We could use more judges like ...Read More | 06/15/2016 02:31 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 43055 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | No Rating | Attorneys-Do not file any cases in this courtroom, unless you wish to play with Alice in her Wonderland. Go downtown. | 05/31/2016 01:26 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 42576 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Reynolds seems unable to maintains fair and unbiased presence. She is easily swayed and forms an opinion for one side and unnecessarily delays hearings with senseless pre trials that eventually leads to an inevitable hearing...Read More | 05/07/2016 09:08 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 41161 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | The state of Illinois should be embarrassed to have Judge Jeanne Reynolds on the bench. She would only listen to the mother who lied all the time about the father. Never wanted to hear what the father had to say. | 02/29/2016 08:35 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 38054 | Litigant | No Rating | Sorry, men, I have to disagree. I've never seen a judge who hates women more! Although I'm glad to find out how many other people she has completely screwed over, it scares me that there is little or nothing that can be done to re...Read More | 10/09/2015 03:31 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 31064 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | No Rating | people this Judge is committing hate crimes based on gender or sexual orientation as defined by the congress;“If you or someone you know has been the victim of a hate crime based on sexual orientation or gender identity, the FBI m...Read More | 11/14/2014 06:47 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 31041 | Other | No Rating | I'll tell you,I visited this site before my divorce started and should have taken some of the criticism I read from other bloggers about Jeanne Reynolds (I will not call her a honorable judge)but her court room demeanor,her obviou...Read More | 11/14/2014 05:53 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 30233 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Let's get her out!!!!! | 10/22/2014 04:45 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 29429 | Other | No Rating | File a complaint with the Judicial Inquiry Board. http://www2.illinois.gov/jib/Pages/complaint.aspx They can't ignore investigating a judge with a bunch of complaints. And they won't know unless someone complains. | 09/13/2014 02:07 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 29424 | Other | No Rating | Chief Justice Evans and presiding Judge Dickler are the problem too. They know of her horrors and do nothing. Yet you all voted Dickler back in by not voting her out. we MUST vote these Judges ALL out and set our own term limits-e...Read More | 09/13/2014 07:19 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 29414 | Other | No Rating | Wife of non custodial parent. Was removed from court room as Judge Reynolds told me that I was 3rd party and had nothing to do with case. Tho it is an open court and other case's were being heard and benches were full. Which wo...Read More | 09/12/2014 07:51 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 29392 | Other | No Rating | It is entirely possible Judge Reynolds may finally be “asked” to leave the bench. Long anticipating the inevitable, the judges’ overtly favorable treatment to firms like Shiller Ducanto & Fleck is a naked attempt for a nice cush...Read More | 09/11/2014 09:55 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 29340 | Litigant | No Rating | Reynolds is a monster, plain and simple. Her disregard for procedure, complete lack of impartiality, and tyrannical reign over her court are a disgrace to the entire judicial system. | 09/09/2014 09:25 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 28567 | Other | No Rating | A shocking exposé of the inner workings of the $50 billion a year U.S. family law industry, Divorce Corp shines a bright light on the appalling waste, and shameless collusive practices seen daily in family courts. It is a stunning...Read More | 08/04/2014 02:37 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 27685 | Other | No Rating | So many people are now surfacing with the horror stories of this horrid judge. We all have had enough and there is strength in numbers. Please contact us at the following email and join us-everything is kept in strict confidence.W...Read More | 06/28/2014 11:51 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 27399 | Other | No Rating | Judge Dickler may have been a blessed judge, but is one lousy administrator. The charitable say she’s brought diversity to the domestic relations division. The uncharitable say it’s now filled with matronly uptight cows. At ...Read More | 06/10/2014 08:02 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 27395 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Easily the most biased and thoughtless judge I have had the displeasure of appearing before. She truly deserves her rating as the lowest on this entire site. Her opinionated, thoughtless rules serve only to harm children and perpe...Read More | 06/10/2014 06:21 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 27353 | Other | No Rating | I keep hearing about her brothers in-laws firm. Who is he??? | 06/07/2014 10:48 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 27352 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | That 'nice' review is as phony as it gets-either she had it done or her brother-in-laws firm. We haven't met one lawyer who has a single nice thing to say or respect her-not one.Dickler was a great Judge but she now turns a blind ...Read More | 06/07/2014 09:37 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 27331 | Other | No Rating | Good for you. A case went your way in front of that monster. Obviously you haven't been on the receiving end of her biased, opinionated, pre-conceived, self-righteous plight for "abused" women. She has does nothing fair in my case...Read More | 06/05/2014 06:35 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 27327 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Judge Reynolds had a tough act to follow when Judge Dickler moved downtown as Judge Dickler is probably one of the best if not the best divorce court judge in Cook County or otherwise. I have seen Judge Reynolds evolve and grow in...Read More | 06/05/2014 04:11 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 27120 | Litigant | No Rating | UNBELIEVABLE to hear the similar horror stories I've encountered for many years with Judge Reynolds.I think we're all so fearful that she'll come down even harder on us (if that's possible) if we're caught speaking out against her...Read More | 05/22/2014 10:10 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 26377 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | No lawyer matters in her court room-the good news is when she is finally taken out in handcuffs and serves her time for her hate crimes and civil liberty crimes-she wont be able to practice law again-not that any law firm would ev...Read More | 04/06/2014 05:01 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 26376 | Litigant | No Rating | does anyone have any lawyers they would recommend for court in her courtroom? I am desperate. | 04/06/2014 03:14 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 25614 | Litigant | No Rating | My lawyer just left her courtroom today, and is quitting my case, saying that she is being unfair and that he doesn't know what else to do. Does anyone know an attorney that isn't afraid of her? Please help -- I have a trial comin...Read More | 03/12/2014 09:03 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 25578 | Other | No Rating | People, we are finally finding each other and there are now a lot of us. Everyone, please send your contact information (it will be held in strict confidence) to: judgereynoldsmustgo@yahoo.com We all know the devastation that she...Read More | 03/11/2014 01:03 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 25570 | Other | No Rating | When your attorney comes out of a pretrial and tells you that she will never step into this judge's courtroom again and that they won't be happy until you are homeless and sleeping under a bridge somewhere, then there is a problem...Read More | 03/11/2014 11:31 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 25508 | Other | No Rating | First off, there is no way that one should call Judge Jeanne Reynolds "honorable." I question whether she even has a legitimate law degree. She has no knowledge of the law, which she has managed to prove over and over as she is un...Read More | 03/05/2014 06:21 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 25463 | Litigant | No Rating | She has a horrifying lack of judicial sense. She almost ruled in favor of my ex-husband, in direct contradiction of contract law, public policy, family law --everything. I think that she went to correspondence law school. She has ...Read More | 03/03/2014 09:16 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 25418 | Other | No Rating | Everyone, please send contact information for you to: cleanupthecookcountycourts@yahoo.com All will be held in strict confidence. We must set a meeting between all of us and get this judge off the bench. Also, remember to start t...Read More | 02/27/2014 02:14 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 25345 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | Judge Reynolds is easily the worst judge ever, and an embarrassment to the judiciary. She is never impartial, conducts her courtroom as though she were an advocate rather than a judge, routinely insults attorneys and railroads hea...Read More | 02/23/2014 04:09 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 25113 | Litigant | No Rating | She is incapable of being unbiased. She refuses to hear her own witnesses, AKA court-appointed experts. She picks a side at the onset of a trial, and refuses to hear the other. She is a disgrace to her robe and the bench. | 02/04/2014 02:02 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 24686 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | View Details | She is a disgrace on all counts! Finally, people are finding each other that know this monster judge must be taken off the bench! Please make sure that you leave your contact info: e-mail cleanupthecookcountycourts@yahoo.com. Also...Read More | 12/21/2013 10:17 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 24685 | Litigant | No Rating | This judge interrupted my lawyer and myself nearly every time that we tried to speak, and believed every slanderous statement that my ex-wife directed at me. She ruled quite unfairly, and never listened to my side of the story. I ...Read More | 12/21/2013 01:19 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 24681 | Other | No Rating | I have to agree with the other comments -- she's the worst judge that I've ever seen. I had clear documented history that my ex was arrested for domestic battery and has several DCFS cases, yet she released my children to him for ...Read More | 12/20/2013 08:41 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 24528 | Litigant | No Rating | This is truly an emotionally sick, gender-biased person that has no business judging anyone. We have formed a group to rid our court of this monster. Please contact us ASAP to join us, because something has to be done about this j...Read More | 12/08/2013 12:41 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 24135 | Other | No Rating | There is no justice in her courtroom. She doesn't listen to all parties, and she takes the longest breaks! It depends on the day, how she rules. Is there a way to have her out of our court system? | 11/08/2013 10:49 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 23946 | Other | No Rating | She should be disbarred. If she is married, her husband is a saint. | 10/29/2013 07:18 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 23070 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | Judge Reynolds is the biggest disgrace of any judge I have ever appeared before. She refused to recognize a common notarized document, and then had the audacity to berate and belittle me as if I did not know what I was doing (afte...Read More | 08/28/2013 04:28 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 22954 | Criminal Defense Lawyer | No Rating | One last thing: don't be bashful about sending your complaint to the mayor, chief judges, the Chicago Tribune and especially the Skokie courthouse -- they love stuff like this. | 08/21/2013 03:14 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 22953 | Other | No Rating | It doesn’t matter whether Judge Reynolds is removed or not, just marginalized. And you can do only what you can do: stay in control and individually tell of your encounters to the Judicial Inquiry Board. This recent Tribune articl...Read More | 08/21/2013 02:56 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 22951 | Other | No Rating | People we need to unite. There are some of us that will take the lead. It's all about numbers and the more we have, the less they can ignore us. The press will embrace us. Please leave an email contact at: cleanupthecookcountycou...Read More | 08/21/2013 02:30 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 22950 | Civil Litigation - Private | View Details | They aren't going to do anything about her and she is out of control. We the people must unite in numbers (and there are plenty of us -- both attorneys and non-attorneys). Some of us are getting together and we will ultimately sta...Read More | 08/21/2013 02:21 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 22949 | Litigant | No Rating | Anyone can file a complaint against a judge with the Judicial Inquiry Board. Here's the website: http://www2.illinois.gov/jib/Pages/complaint.aspx They don't know anything unless someone complains, and then they will investiga...Read More | 08/21/2013 02:19 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 22948 | Litigant | No Rating | I couldn't agree more. Nothing but compassion for my poor, abused, future ex-wife and (her frivolous order of protection), nothing but overt disdain for me and my attorney, despite the fact I am an awesome father. | 08/21/2013 02:15 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 22947 | Litigant | No Rating | I spoke with the board office and they said that there is validity in numbers. I am all for getting together and filing jointly. Am I alone or are there others who will stand up with me? | 08/21/2013 02:14 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 22945 | Other | No Rating | Judge Reynolds is out of control. The real problem is that no one is watching her and she knows it. She can't even be removed by voting, because she was appointed. The judicial inquiry board mentioned below is a sham -- they last ...Read More | 08/21/2013 02:06 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 22931 | Other | No Rating | Anyone can file a complaint against a judge with the Judicial Inquiry Board. Here's the website: http://www2.illinois.gov/jib/Pages/complaint.aspx They don't know anything unless someone complains, and then they will investigate...Read More | 08/20/2013 03:32 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 22929 | Other | No Rating | This judge is completely biased and makes up her mind prior to the trial. She does not allow for the man to put up any defense. I find it unbelievable that this is where our tax dollars go. There are countless complaints about thi...Read More | 08/20/2013 02:53 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 22766 | Litigant | No Rating | She is completely biased. She decides at the onset of a case and refuses to recognize the truth. She orders litigants to go to professionals to get insight and then makes decisions that are the complete opposite of what they recom...Read More | 08/13/2013 02:12 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 21333 | Other | No Rating | This judge is a farce. She goes by personal relationships and who has the most money. Attorneys are afraid to go against her because if they do she treats them unfairly in other cases. She should be removed from the bench immediat...Read More | 04/26/2013 09:38 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 21151 | Other | No Rating | After watching her court room numerous times, it is clear that she has a personal issues and does not dish out equally. | 04/20/2013 10:14 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 17408 | Litigant | No Rating | This Judge acts as attorney and Judge for women. More then three attorneys, told me they refuse to even practice in her court room. "One told me the ‘joke’ is that any attorney who takes a male client before this Judge, should be ...Read More | 09/16/2012 10:21 AM | Contact reviewer |
| 16857 | Litigant | No Rating | This Judge is a disgrace to the Bench. The fact that she continues to handle family law matters when she is blatantly anti-male/father is shameful. She is so horrible she cannot even enforce her own Orders. | 08/14/2012 03:04 PM | Contact reviewer |
| 16488 | Other | No Rating | Very knowledgeable and passionate about fairness in ruling on the law. Extremely professional and articulate. Outstanding judge. | 07/30/2012 02:45 PM | Contact reviewer |
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