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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)

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What others have said about Hon. Steven Laman

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Court Staff

Comment #: CO616
Rating:2.0

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If you get this judge for a family law case you are screwed. He does not seem to grasp what a magistrate should do (make decisions) in family law situations. He does not care about discovery not being fully complete. nor the fact that one party makes tremendously more than the other party. As my attorney put it, this judge put us in divorce purgatory.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CO568
Rating:3.0

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The lawyer for the other side (baity, from denver) in my case and laman new each other. when baity would consistently miss court dates either in person or webex, the two of them made jokes about it in of me in open court at then court… as if to say that it ment absolutely nothing to them that they wasted everyone’s time and money and effort. i was disgusted with the way the whole court process went. the civil system is more screwed up than the criminal justice system. At least in the criminal system they give you a lawyer if you can’t afford one. in the civil court system you just get fucked when you can not afford a lawyer. I also did not appreciate how the judge could sit there and let a lawyer claim that he cares more about my children and their health and safety more than I, their Father. in the end, the judge granted, full custody of my children to the convicted child abusing mother.