The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Robert Leslie Hess
Judge
Superior Court
Los Angeles County

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Attorney Average Rating: 4.2 - 17 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	27843	07/03/2014	1	6	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	27433	06/12/2014	1	5	5	6	3	1
Civil Litigation - Private	26788	05/05/2014	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	26211	03/27/2014	2	3	3	4	5	3		4
Civil Litigation - Private	25479	03/04/2014	3	7		7	2	9		5
Civil Litigation - Private	24655	12/18/2013	5	10	10	10	5	9	9	7
Criminal Defense Lawyer	24356	11/24/2013	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	24145	11/10/2013	7	9	8	9	4	7	7	8
Civil Litigation - Private	22557	07/27/2013	1	1	2	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	20766	03/26/2013	7	9	9	10	9	9	10	9
Civil Litigation - Private	18596	11/16/2012	1	4	1	3	1	1	1	2
Civil Litigation - Private	13752	03/04/2012	1	1	2	1	2	1		1
Civil Litigation - Private	9470	12/02/2010	3				2	4		4
Civil Litigation - Private	9062	09/30/2010	3			7		7		6
Civil Litigation - Private	5289	05/11/2009	7	8	8		6		8
Criminal Defense Lawyer	1870	03/26/2008	8	9	8	7	4	5	7
Civil Litigation - Private	1649	02/19/2008	2	1	2	1	1	1		1
Category Average			3.2	5.0	4.4	4.7	3.1	3.9	4.6	3.8

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
27843
27433
26788
26211
25479
24655
24356
24145
22557
20766
18596
13752
9470
9062
5289
1870
1649

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
27843	1	1	1	1.6
27433	8		5	4.1
26788	1	1	1	1.3
26211	2	3	3	3.1
25479	9	5	5	6.2
24655	9	7	5	8.4
24356	1	1	1	1.1
24145	9			7.5
22557	1		1	1.1
20766	10			9.1
18596	1	1	1	1.6
13752	1		1	1.3
9470	6		4	3.8
9062	7			6.0
5289				7.4
1870	3			6.4
1649	1	2	1	1.3
	4.4	2.6	2.4	4.2

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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	22703	08/08/2013	2634	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.0	1.0