"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Maureen Duffy-Lewis	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
Los Angeles 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)

Comments

What others have said about Hon. Maureen Duffy-Lewis

Comments

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA2631
Rating:7.5

Comments:
Thoughtful judge who took the time to understand the relief requested on an ex parte application. She was not above reconsidering her previous denial of portions of an unopposed stipulation once we explained what we were trying to do and why.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA2368
Rating:10.0

Comments:
Fantastic judge! Open fair-minded and thoughtful.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA2134
Rating:3.1

Comments:
Astoundingly ill-prepared. Blatantly obvious that she does not read the parties' papers; asked questions that were clearly and primarily addressed in the briefings.

Very poor grasp of the law. Her orders cite cases in a haphazard manner seemingly based only on the general subject matter of the legal argument. Not persuaded by sophisticated or technically sound legal arguments.

Previous reviewer who said "The more Dr. Suess your writing, the better you'll do. If you're on defense, forget it. It won't matter." was absolutely correct. Seems that a good story and creative truth-telling are much more important than being correct on the law. Content of declarations/affidavits seems to be irrelevant, so long as brief tells a good story and supporting documents kind-of/sort-of back it up.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA2102
Rating:9.6

Comments:
A great judge who has a wonderful temperment with litigants and lawyers in her court. Excellent on voir dire. But if you are one of those incompetant unprepared lawyers afraid to try a case to a jury and want to dump your client by settling short, go somewhere else. We need more judges like her. Get rid of the incompetant lawyers and things will improve. They are the ones complaining.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA1630
Rating:2.4

Comments:
Unprepared. Won't read the evidence or the case law. When she hasn't read your papers, she will belittle your work product in hopes of bullying you into submission. Don't even attempt sophisticated argument. The more Dr. Suess your writing, the better you'll do. If you're on defense, forget it. It won't matter.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA1209
Rating:5.0

Comments:
Intellectual lightweight. Temperment is nice, though.