The Robing Room: FL State Judges

Hon. Maria de Jesus Santovenia

Circuit Court
Miami-Dade County
11th Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 3.5 - 19 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 5.0 - 2 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
Criminal Defense Lawyer	125749	03/08/2024	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	125061	02/07/2024	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	124808	01/21/2024	1	1		1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	124756	01/17/2024	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	105817	06/23/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	105791	06/22/2022	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	94534	04/13/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	83743	02/28/2020
Civil Litigation - Private	82493	01/29/2020	1	1	1	1		1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	79239	11/20/2019	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	79235	11/20/2019	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	77993	10/22/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	77968	10/22/2019	1	1	1	1	8	1
Civil Litigation - Private	77347	10/08/2019	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	77065	10/04/2019	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	76234	09/17/2019	1	1	1		7	1
Civil Litigation - Private	67740	04/09/2019	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	3
Civil Litigation - Private	63954	01/18/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	57953	07/19/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	35255	06/08/2015	1	1	1				1
Category Average			3.4	3.4	3.5	3.6	5.4	3.5	3.6	4.5

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
125749	10			10.0
125061	10			10.0
124808	1			1.0
124756	1	1	1	1.0
105817	1	1	1	1.0
105791	1			1.0
94534	1			1.0
83743				0.0
82493	1	1	1	1.0
79239	1		1	1.0
79235	10	5	5	10.0
77993	1	1		1.0
77968			1	2.2
77347	10		5	10.0
77065	10			10.0
76234	1			2.0
67740	1	1	1	1.5
63954	1	1	1	1.0
57953	1		1	1.0
35255	1		1	1.0
	3.5	1.6	1.7	3.3

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	125748	03/08/2024	19315	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	67765	04/10/2019	19315	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				5.5	5.5