The Robing Room: MD State Judges

Hon. Joan E. Ryon
Associate Circuit Judge
Circuit Court
Montgomery County
6th Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 3.3 - 16 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 32 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	123790	11/23/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	119425	07/14/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	105697	06/18/2022	5	2		1			1
Civil Litigation - Private	84083	03/10/2020	10	9	9	9	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	77376	10/09/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	71128	06/24/2019	1	1	1	1		1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	70184	06/10/2019	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	68260	04/23/2019	10	10		10	10	10		10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	61238	11/02/2018	1	1	1	1			1
Civil Litigation - Private	60495	10/12/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	59935	09/24/2018
Civil Litigation - Private	59854	09/20/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	58806	08/18/2018
Civil Litigation - Private	58785	08/17/2018	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	58743	08/16/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	58734	08/15/2018	10	10	9
Civil Litigation - Private	58728	08/15/2018	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	52078	10/10/2017	10	9	10	10	9		10
Category Average			3.5	3.2	2.8	2.7	3.9	2.5	2.3	2.3

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
123790
119425
105697
84083
77376	1	10	1	1	1	1
71128	1	1	1	1	1	1
70184	1			1	1	1
68260
61238	1				1	1
60495	1	1	1	1	1	1
59935
59854
58806
58785
58743	1	1	1	1	1	1
58734
58728
52078
	1.0	3.3	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
123790	1		1	1.0
119425	1	1	1	1.0
105697				2.3
84083	10			9.6
77376	1	1	1	1.0
71128	1	1	1	1.0
70184	1	1		1.0
68260	10	10		10.0
61238	1			1.0
60495	1	1	1	1.0
59935				0.0
59854	1	1	1	1.0
58806				0.0
58785	1	1	1	1.0
58743	1	1	1	1.0
58734	10			9.8
58728	1			1.0
52078	10			9.7
	3.4	2.0	1.0	2.9

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Non-attorney Rating
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	95552	05/21/2021	21159			Read Comment
Other	95256	05/10/2021	21159			Read Comment
Other	89533	09/27/2020	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	77519	10/12/2019	21159			Read Comment
Other	76850	09/29/2019	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	71820	07/02/2019	21159			Read Comment
Other	70871	06/21/2019	21159			Read Comment
Other	70182	06/10/2019	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	69419	05/24/2019	21159			Read Comment
Other	69305	05/21/2019	21159			Read Comment
Other	69125	05/16/2019	21159			Read Comment
Other	69124	05/16/2019	21159			Read Comment
Other	69112	05/15/2019	21159			Read Comment
Other	69078	05/15/2019	21159			Read Comment
Other	69075	05/15/2019	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	69068	05/14/2019	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	69063	05/14/2019	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	69056	05/14/2019	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	69052	05/14/2019	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	68986	05/12/2019	21159	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	68608	05/03/2019	21159			Read Comment
Other	68605	05/02/2019	21159			Read Comment
Other	68570	05/01/2019	21159			Read Comment
Other	68567	05/01/2019	21159	10	10.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	68263	04/23/2019	21159			Read Comment
Other	67911	04/14/2019	21159			Read Comment
Other	66969	03/19/2019	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	65502	02/19/2019	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	64278	01/25/2019	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	64253	01/24/2019	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	63379	01/02/2019	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	63257	12/28/2018	21159			Read Comment
Litigant	61599	11/14/2018	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	61237	11/02/2018	21159			Read Comment
Other	60494	10/12/2018	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	60254	10/03/2018	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	60250	10/03/2018	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	60239	10/03/2018	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	60215	10/02/2018	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	60014	09/26/2018	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	59945	09/24/2018	21159			Read Comment
Other	59742	09/17/2018	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	59736	09/16/2018	21159			Read Comment
Other	59704	09/15/2018	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	59702	09/15/2018	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	59684	09/15/2018	21159			Read Comment
Other	59654	09/14/2018	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	59590	09/13/2018	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	58949	08/22/2018	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	58807	08/18/2018	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	58802	08/18/2018	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	58786	08/17/2018	21159	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	46161	11/02/2016	21159	2	2.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.6	1.6

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General Rating Criteria

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Non-attorney Rating
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