"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Andrew E. Sweet	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
Marin County	See Comments

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General Rating Criteria

* Temperament		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Scholarship		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Industriousness		(1=Not at all industrious,10=Highly industrious)
* Ability to Handle Complex Litigation		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Punctuality		(1=Chronically Late,10=Always on Time)
* General Ability to Handle Pre-Trial Matters		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
* General Ability as a Trial Judge		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
Flexibility In Scheduling		(1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)

Criminal Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation		(1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
General Inclination Regarding Bail		(1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
Involvement in Plea Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved, 10=Very Involved)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Pretrial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Trial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Sentencing Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)

Civil Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation		(1=Not at all Evenhanded,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Involvement in Settlement Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved,10=Very Involved)
General Inclination		(1=Pro-defendant, 10=Pro-plaintiff)

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What others have said about Hon. Andrew E. Sweet

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Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA52953
Rating:6.8

Comments:
I think the judge makes an effort to be good. He gets stymied at thehearing by tangential issues. Can get prickly. Has forgotten the importance of letting everyone have their say. Smarter than most lawyers, which is not saying much.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA48594
Rating:1.3

Comments:
Judge Andrew Sweet is extremely unfair after he picks a side. He is lazy and does not read the papers. He is not in any way impartial nor is he courteous.
He is a phony and he lacks the experience of civil law and it shows
He is a mental midget. He is arrogant. Stay away from him at all costs.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA47734
Rating:1.0

Comments:
`Sweet does not have the intellectual capacity or the temperament to be on the bench. He doesn’t understand black letter law.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA47714
Rating:1.6

Comments:
He has no business being a Judge. He has no temperament for the bench. His ego is too big, he is unable or unwilling to apply the law unless it fits with his preconceived notion of what should happen. He is unwilling or (more likely) unable to follow even mildly complicated fact patterns. If you are lucky he will be on your side and there is nothing he won't do for you, but the risk is he won't and he does not care about the law, so you are just screwed... until you appeal him. (the good news is he is very easy to overturn on appeal). Don't take the chance 170.6 this guy!

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA47485
Rating:1.4

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Does not have intellectual or the temperament to be a judge. This is what happens when political connections gets you the job,

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA45091
Rating:1.0

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Biased against women lawyers.

Litigant

Comment #: CA44474
Rating:2.0

Comments:
I found Judge Sweet rather pompous and arrogant, especially considering his 4.1 rating on this website. I did find him very generous with my property, allowing my serial squatter tenant another twenty days of free rent and utilities. I've alreadysheltered her for 1/2 year through Covid. I think Sweet's salary would be better spent on shelters.

Court Staff

Comment #: CA40625
Rating:Not Rated
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Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA32972
Rating:2.1

Comments:
Too negative to express without losing ethos.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA31419
Rating:6.1

Comments:
Very good temperament. Respectful and easy going. Goes by instinct and reluctant to apply law as written if against preferred outcome. Clearly deferential to and pro-government / pro-environmental interests. In private v private disputes, probably even-handed.