The purpose of this report is to evaluate the performance of the Hamilton county judges, in three different courts. The data is compiled from information gathered over a three year period and includes a total of 182,908 cases handled by 38 judges in Common Pleas Court, Domestic Relations Court, and Municipal Court. The information presented should help determine how many cases have been appealed, reversed, or a combination of stated variables which will help determine the amount of errors made by judges. The judges will also be ranked in order of efficiency, as to how they appropriately handle each case. The information found is as follows:

Given the data in the sample of Hamilton County Judges the probability of cases being …show more content…

COMMON PLEAS COURT

JUDGE PROBABILITY OF REVERSAL GIVEN AN APPEAL

Fred Cartolano 0.087591241 or 8.76%

Thomas Crush 0.084033613 or 8.40%

Patrick Dinkelacker 0.181818182 or 18.18%

Timothy Hogan 0.116666667 or 11.67%

Robert Kraft 0.05511811 or 5.51%

William Mathews 0.197802198 or 19.78%

William Morrissey 0.181818182 or 18.18%

Norbert Nadel 0.152671756 or 15.27%

Arthur Ney Jr. 0.112 or 11.20%

Richard Niehaus 0.116788321 or 11.68%

Thomas Nurre 0.049586777 or 4.96%

John O'Connor 0.093023256 or 9.30%

Robert Ruehlman 0.124137931 or 12.41%

J. Howard Sundermann Jr. 0.166666667 or 16.67%

Ann Marie Tracey 0.102362205 or 10.24%

Ralph Winkler 0.068181818 or 6.82%

DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURT

JUDGE PROBABILITY OF REVERSAL GIVEN AN APPEAL

Penelope Cunningham 0.142857143 or 14.29%
Patrick Dinkelacker 0.210526316 or 21.05%
Deborah Gaines 0.1875 or 18.75%
Ronald Panioto 0.09375 or 9.38%

MUNICIPAL COURT

JUDGE PROBABILITY OF REVERSAL GIVEN AN APPEAL

Mike Allen 0.093023256 or 9.30%

Nadine Allen 0.176470588 or 17.65%

Timothy Black 0.146341463 or 14.63%

David Davis 0.11627907 or 11.63%

Leslie Isaiah Gaines