The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Robert Leslie Hess
Judge
Superior Court
Los Angeles County

Attorney Average Rating: 3.7 - 26 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 3 rating(s)

* 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)

* 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)

* 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)

Evaluator	ID	Date	*Temp.	*Sch.	*Indu.	*Comp.	*Punct.	*Ab-Pr.	*Ab-Tr.	Flex
Civil Litigation - Private	44689	08/09/2016	1	5	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	43925	06/24/2016	5
Civil Litigation - Private	43106	06/02/2016	1		1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	42134	04/20/2016	1	9	6	7	2	2	2	2
Criminal Defense Lawyer	38678	11/04/2015	2	2	5	2	8	3	2	1
Civil Litigation - Govt.	31837	12/22/2014	1				7	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	31581	12/10/2014	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	29929	10/09/2014	4	3	5		1	6
Civil Litigation - Private	28514	08/01/2014	1	5	5	2	2	2	2
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			2.8	4.8	4.0	4.0	3.0	3.3	3.3	3.0

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
44689	1	1	5	1.5
43925				5.0
43106	1			1.0
42134	5	9	5	4.3
38678	2	2	2	3.3
31837	1		1	2.2
31581	1	3	1	1.1
29929	4			3.8
28514	2		2	2.6
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
	3.6	3.0	2.5	3.7

Only items marked with (*) are averaged into the displayed overall rating.

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	38210	10/13/2015	2634	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	37429	09/07/2015	2634	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	22703	08/08/2013	2634	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.0	1.0