"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

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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)

Comments

What others have said about Hon. Victoria G. Chaney

Comments

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA1077
Rating:3.3

Comments:
Strange pick for the appellate court: In trial court, she didn't typically read papers carefully. Unusual demeanor. Certainly tries to do the right thing, but it takes awhile to get there. Had a tendency at long hearings to get bored all of a sudden, and then stop argument. So she might give one side an hour to ramble on, then the other 5 minutes, and actually get testy to the second side if they wanted to go 6 minutes. An uncomfortable court to be in, because something wacky may happen. She thinks she's very smart and an experienced trial lawyer--I know that because she would keep saying that all the time.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA403
Rating:9.6

Comments:
Judge Chaney is highly regarded and is regularly honored as one of the top judges in the Los Angeles Superior Court system. We need another fifty Judge Chaney clones.