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Johnson County Bar Association Judicial Review

Tenth Judicial District – Johnson County District Court 2016 Judicial Evaluation Results – Full Report

1. Survey Overview

• On June 13th, 2016, the Johnson County Bar Association mailed surveys to all 3,759 lawyers registered in

Johnson County. It is estimated approximately 1200 of these lawyers would appear in court.

• Lawyers were required to only evaluate judges with whom they had personal experience. • 473 surveys were returned by the response deadline of July 29th. This quantity was well above the number

needed to achieve a 95% confidence level with a 5% margin of error which are research industry standards. Therefore, these results are considered representative of the surveyed population.

• Survey data was kept confidential and managed by a third party.

2. Retention Results for only those Judges Appearing on the November 2016 Ballot

Judge

In Your Opinion, Should This Judge Be Retained?

% of Responses Answering Yes

% of Responses Answering No

Hon. Brenda Cameron 89% 11% Hon. James Charles Droege 97% 3%

Hon. Michael Farley 98% 2% Hon. Thomas Foster 85% 15% Hon. James Phelan 95% 5%

Hon. Thomas Sutherland 97% 3% Hon. Linda Trigg 72% 28% Hon. James Vano 92% 8% Hon. Sara Welch 94% 6%

Hon. Robert Wonnell 92% 8% 3. Full Survey Results

Comprehensive survey results for all district court and magistrate judges of the 10th Judicial District follows.


Index:

Judge Page # Judge Page #

Hon. Brenda Cameron 2 Hon. Keven O’Grady 6 Hon. James Charles Droege 2 Hon. James Phelan 6

Hon. Christina Dunn Gyllenborg 3 Hon. Thomas Kelly Ryan 7 Hon. Gerald Elliott 3 Hon. Erica Schoenig 7

Hon. Michael Farley 3 Hon. Kathleen Sloan 7 Hon. Thomas Foster 4 Hon. Thomas Sutherland 8

Hon. Neil Foth 4 Hon. Linda Trigg 8 Hon. Paul Gurney 4 Hon. James Vano 8

Hon. David Hauber 5 Hon. Daniel Vokins 9 Hon. Michael Joyce 5 Hon. Sara Welch 9

Hon. Timothy McCarthy 5 Hon. Robert Wonnell 9 Hon. Kevin Moriarty 6

Hon. Brenda Cameron – Appointed on 12/20/2002, retention ballot 2016.

Hon. James Charles Droege – Appointed on 9/10/2007, retention ballot 2016.


Hon. Christina Dunn Gyllenborg – Appointed on 8/1/2012, retention ballot 2018.

Hon. Gerald Elliott – Appointed on 1/14/1991, retiring in 2016.

Hon. Michael Farley – Appointed on 8/16/1999, retention ballot 2016.


Hon. Thomas E. Foster – Appointed on 6/28/1999, retention ballot 2016.

Hon. Neil B. Foth – Appointed on 2/10/2009, retention ballot 2018.

Hon. Paul C. Gurney – Appointed on 3/14/2013, retention ballot 2018.


Hon. David Hauber – Appointed on 7/7/2008, retention ballot 2018.

Hon. Michael P. Joyce – Appointed on 11/9/2012, retention ballot 2018.

Hon. Timothy McCarthy – Appointed on 4/1/2013, retention ballot 2018.


Hon. Kevin Moriarty – Appointed on 4/23/2004, retention ballot 2018.

Hon. Keven O'Grady – Appointed on 10/1/2012, retention ballot 2018.

Hon. James Phelan – Appointed on 1/2/2003, retention ballot 2016.


Hon. Thomas Kelly Ryan – Appointed on 11/6/2008, retention ballot 2018.

Hon. Erica K Schoenig – Appointed on 9/16/2013, retention ballot 2018.

Hon. Kathleen Sloan – Appointed on 10/28/2004, retention ballot 2018.


Hon. Thomas M. Sutherland – Appointed on 5/8/2003, retention ballot 2016.

Hon. Linda Trigg – Appointed on 8/16/1999, retention ballot 2016.

Hon. James F. Vano – Appointed on 8/16/99 and 8/28/02, retention ballot 2016.


Hon. Daniel Vokins – Appointed on 8/26/2005, retention ballot 2018.

Hon. Sara Welch – Appointed on 10/12/2007, retention ballot 2016.

Hon. Robert J. Wonnell – Appointed on 2/20/2015, retention ballot 2016.