The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Soussan G. Bruguera
Judge
Superior Court
Los Angeles County

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Attorney Average Rating: 2.8 - 15 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 1 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	20990	04/11/2013	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	19162	12/19/2012	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	18657	11/19/2012	10	7	10		10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	17932	10/11/2012	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	14660	04/25/2012	8		7		8	8		8
Civil Litigation - Private	9021	09/28/2010	5	1	1	1	5	2	1	8
Civil Litigation - Private	7274	07/21/2010	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	10
Civil Litigation - Private	6950	03/29/2010	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3
Civil Litigation - Private	6561	01/07/2010	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	9
Civil Litigation - Private	5351	05/29/2009	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	3244	10/29/2008	1	1	1	1	3	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	2504	08/04/2008	10	6	7	9	6	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	1864	03/26/2008	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3
Criminal Defense Lawyer	1732	03/13/2008	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2
Civil Litigation - Private	1667	02/27/2008	1	1	1	1	4	2	1	10
Category Average			3.1	1.9	2.5	1.8	3.4	2.9	2.5	5.5

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
20990
19162
18657
17932
14660
9021
7274
6950
6561
5351	1	1	1	1	1	1
3244
2504
1864	2
1732
1667
	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
20990	1		1	1.0
19162	1	1	10	1.0
18657	10		10	9.6
17932	1			1.0
14660	7	7		7.6
9021	1	1	10	2.1
7274	1		1	1.4
6950	1	2	1	1.1
6561	1	8	10	1.5
5351	1	1	1	1.0
3244	1		10	1.3
2504	9	10	10	8.4
1864	1	1	9	1.2
1732	1			2.1
1667	1	5	5	1.5
	2.5	4.0	6.5	2.8

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Non-attorney Rating
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	16896	08/16/2012	2524	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.0	1.0