The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. James C. Chalfant
Judge
Superior Court
Los Angeles County

Attorney Average Rating: 5.8 - 32 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	120897	10/05/2023
Civil Litigation - Private	118733	06/05/2023	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	117641	04/27/2023							10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	116970	03/26/2023
Criminal Defense Lawyer	116969	03/26/2023	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	92462	02/08/2021				1			1
Civil Litigation - Govt.	56390	05/27/2018	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Govt.	52713	11/18/2017
Civil Litigation - Private	52508	11/03/2017	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	40625	02/02/2016
Criminal Defense Lawyer	40581	01/31/2016	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	40580	01/31/2016	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	40561	01/30/2016
Criminal Defense Lawyer	40559	01/30/2016	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	40518	01/29/2016	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	40502	01/28/2016	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	40499	01/28/2016							1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	40453	01/28/2016	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	40448	01/28/2016	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	40445	01/28/2016	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	40440	01/28/2016	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	38404	10/21/2015	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Govt.	32532	01/23/2015	1	5	1		1	1	5	1
Civil Litigation - Private	32529	01/23/2015	9	10	10	10	10	10		10
Civil Litigation - Private	32050	01/05/2015
Civil Litigation - Private	31970	01/01/2015	1	1	2	1	10	2	1
Civil Litigation - Private	31290	11/26/2014	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	28437	07/28/2014	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	28123	07/16/2014	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	26818	05/06/2014	9	10	10	10	9	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	26371	04/05/2014	10				10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	25305	02/21/2014	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	23129	09/01/2013	2	1	1	1	5	1
Civil Litigation - Private	19780	01/29/2013
Civil Litigation - Private	15257	06/01/2012	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	14962	05/16/2012	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Criminal Defense Lawyer	13646	02/22/2012	7	7		8
Civil Litigation - Private	2066	06/08/2008	9	9	9	9	9	9		6
Criminal Defense Lawyer	1672	02/27/2008	5	10	10	10	9	10	9	3
Category Average			5.6	5.9	5.8	5.8	6.3	6.0	5.2	5.2

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
120897
118733
117641
116970
116969
92462		1				1
56390
52713
52508
40625
40581	1	1	1	1	1	1
40580	1	1	1	1	1	1
40561
40559	1
40518	1	1	1	1	1	1
40502	1	1	1	1	1	1
40499
40453	1	1	1	1	1	1
40448	1	1	1	1	1	1
40445	1	10
40440	1	1	1	1	1	1
38404
32532
32529
32050
31970	1
31290
28437
28123
26818
26371
25305
23129
19780
15257
14962
13646
2066
1672
	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
120897				0.0
118733	10			10.0
117641				10.0
116970				0.0
116969	10			9.8
92462	1		1	1.0
56390	10		10	10.0
52713				0.0
52508	10			10.0
40625				0.0
40581				1.0
40580	1	1	1	1.0
40561				0.0
40559	1			1.0
40518	1	1	1	1.0
40502	1	1	1	1.0
40499				1.0
40453	1	1	1	1.0
40448	1	1	1	1.0
40445				1.0
40440	1	1	1	1.0
38404	10		5	10.0
32532	1			2.1
32529	10			9.9
32050				0.0
31970	1	1	1	2.2
31290	10			10.0
28437	10			9.6
28123	10	10	10	10.0
26818	9			9.6
26371	10		5	10.0
25305	10		10	9.9
23129	1	1	1	1.7
19780				0.0
15257	10	2	5	9.9
14962	5		5	4.9
13646	7		7	7.3
2066	8	6	9	8.9
1672	5	10	3	8.5
	5.9	3.0	4.1	4.7

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Only items marked with (*) are averaged into the displayed overall rating.

Non-attorney Rating
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	92486	02/09/2021	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	89373	09/18/2020	2529	5	5.0	Read Comment
Litigant	83227	02/13/2020	2529	9	9.0	Read Comment
Litigant	58775	08/17/2018	2529	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	52408	10/28/2017	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	48559	03/30/2017	2529			Read Comment
Litigant	44081	07/05/2016	2529			Read Comment
Other	40823	02/11/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40622	02/02/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40604	02/01/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	40593	02/01/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40571	01/30/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40558	01/30/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40556	01/30/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40555	01/30/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40554	01/30/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40536	01/29/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40529	01/29/2016	2529	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	40520	01/29/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	40507	01/29/2016	2529			Read Comment
Other	40501	01/28/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40490	01/28/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40489	01/28/2016	2529			Read Comment
Other	40488	01/28/2016	2529	2	2.0	Read Comment
Other	40487	01/28/2016	2529			Read Comment
Other	40486	01/28/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40482	01/28/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40479	01/28/2016	2529			Read Comment
Other	40478	01/28/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40477	01/28/2016	2529			Read Comment
Other	40467	01/28/2016	2529			Read Comment
Other	40465	01/28/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40460	01/28/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40457	01/28/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40454	01/28/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40452	01/28/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40444	01/28/2016	2529			Read Comment
Other	40431	01/28/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40430	01/28/2016	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	39030	11/20/2015	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	34524	05/01/2015	2529	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	13843	03/08/2012	2529			Read Comment
Category Average				2.0	2.0

General Rating Criteria

Criminal Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

Civil Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

General Rating Criteria

Criminal Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

Civil Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

Non-attorney Rating (if applicable)

Criminal Case Rating Criteria
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Civil Case Rating Criteria
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Non-attorney Rating
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