Louisville Bar Association

Judicial Evaluation of Sitting Judges (Numbers represent the percentage of positive responses received)
2005 Results	2004 Results

2005 results, for Jefferson Family Court and Jefferson District Court

Judge	Judicial Temperament	Court Management	Judicial Integrity	Legal Ability	Overall Performance
Jefferson Family Court
Dolly Wisman Berry	91	90	92	83	89
Jerry J. Bowles	84	89	87	82	84
Joan L. Byer	68	84	76	71	71
Patty Walker FitzGerald	94	89	95	88	90
Eleanore M. Garber	77	81	85	72	71
Kevin L. Garvey	74	93	92	80	81
Stephen M. George	96	98	97	97	98
Hugh Smith Haynie	90	90	92	87	91
Joseph W. O’Reilly	71	74	88	66	62
Paula F. Sherlock	85	85	88	77	79

Jefferson District Court
Donald E. Armstrong	89	95	91	89	90
Judith K. Bartholomew	92	94	95	88	90
Angela McCormick Bisig	87	89	87	82	84
Sheila A. Collins	87	93	89	87	87
Kevin W. Delahanty	84	89	89	85	89
Sean R. Delahanty	85	91	90	87	91
Deborah J. Deweese	84	88	87	84	83
Audra J. Eckerle	89	94	93	87	89
Jacquelyn P. Eckert	86	85	85	81	82
Matthew K. Eckert	80	90	83	83	82
Paula Fitzgerald	54	52	69	34	36
Anne Haynie	90	93	91	88	88
Janice R. Martin	88	89	90	86	88
Claude R. Prather	89	93	93	84	89
William P. Ryan, Jr.	78	92	89	73	81
Michele B. Stengel	86	86	85	78	81
Joan “Toni” Stringer	91	90	93	87	89

For the complete 2005 Comparative Review, click here.

2004 Results, for Jefferson Circuit, U.S. District, U.S. Bankruptcy & Magistrate Judge

Judge	Judicial Temperament	Court Management	Judicial Integrity	Legal Ability	Overall Performance
Jefferson Circuit Court
Lisabeth Hughes Abramson	89	97	95	85	88
Denise G. Clayton	91	87	92	76	82
F. Kenneth Conliffe	77	90	95	73	72
Martin F. McDonald	66	78	84	53	57
Judith McDonald-Burkman	91	94	95	84	87
Stephen K. Mershon	94	92	97	89	91
Geoffrey P. Morris	85	95	96	89	91
Stephen P. Ryan	77	88	90	75	80
Ann O’Malley Shake	91	93	93	87	89
James M. Shake	98	99	99	95	98
Barry L. Willett	81	83	95	73	74
Thomas B. Wine	86	95	92	82	83
U.S. District Court
Jennifer B. Coffman	80	86	93	73	83
John G. Heyburn II	89	94	95	89	89
Edward H. Johnstone	88	90	96	84	87
James D. Moyer	92	96	95	89	92
Thomas B. Russell	92	98	98	93	96
Charles R. Simpson	88	90	96	86	90
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Joan L. Cooper	91	94	97	86	92
Thomas H. Fulton	93	98	99	95	91
David T. Stosberg	76	93	90	86	79

For the complete 2004 Comparative Review, click here.

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