The Robing Room: MD State Judges

Hon. Vicki Ballou-Watts
Circuit Judge
Circuit Court
Baltimore County County
3rd Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 2.7 - 36 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 3.0 - 7 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
Criminal Defense Lawyer	132154	04/07/2025	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	129807	11/23/2024	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	126704	05/07/2024	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	125035	02/06/2024	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	121545	10/16/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	116834	03/19/2023	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	116690	03/10/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	116034	02/09/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	109945	09/01/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	103151	02/25/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	99606	10/08/2021	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	95892	06/06/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	94571	04/14/2021	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	93206	03/03/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	92542	02/12/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	92450	02/08/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	92334	02/04/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	87436	06/23/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	86873	06/02/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	85628	05/07/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	85524	05/04/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	82821	02/05/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	79450	11/25/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	76223	09/17/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	76048	09/13/2019	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	73753	08/05/2019
Criminal Defense Lawyer	69797	05/31/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	69249	05/19/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	69150	05/16/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	61559	11/13/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	61316	11/06/2018	8	9	9	10	9	6	8	7
Civil Litigation - Private	59827	09/20/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	47634	02/09/2017	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	30206	10/21/2014	9	3	2	3	7	6	6	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	19940	02/07/2013	4	2	1	1	9	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	6398	11/25/2009	6	2	5	1		3
Criminal Defense Lawyer	4188	12/31/2008	10	10	10		10	10	10	10
Category Average			2.9	2.6	2.6	2.3	2.9	2.6	2.6	2.5

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
132154
129807
126704
125035
121545
116834
116690
116034
109945
103151
99606
95892
94571
93206
92542	1		1		1	1
92450
92334
87436
86873	1	1	1	1	1	1
85628
85524
82821
79450
76223
76048	10
73753
69797
69249
69150
61559
61316	8	7	7	5	5	5
59827
47634	10			10	10
30206	5	5	6	5	5	6
19940
6398
4188	7	5	4	4	5	3
	6.0	4.5	3.8	5.0	4.5	3.2

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
132154	1	1	1	1.0
129807	1	1	1	1.0
126704	1	1	1	1.0
125035	1	1	1	1.0
121545	1	1	1	1.0
116834	10		10	10.0
116690	1	1	1	1.0
116034	1	1	1	1.0
109945	1	1	1	1.0
103151	1	1	1	1.0
99606	1	1	1	1.0
95892	1	1	1	1.0
94571	10	10	10	10.0
93206	1	1	1	1.0
92542				1.0
92450	1	1	1	1.0
92334	1	1	1	1.0
87436	1	1	1	1.0
86873				1.0
85628	1	1	1	1.0
85524	1	1	1	1.0
82821	1	1	1	1.0
79450	1	1	1	1.0
76223	1	1	1	1.0
76048	10			10.0
73753				0.0
69797	1	1	1	1.0
69249	1	1	1	1.0
69150	1	1	1	1.0
61559	1	1	1	1.0
61316				8.4
59827	1	1	1	1.0
47634				10.0
30206	5	9	5	5.1
19940	3			2.8
6398				3.4
4188				9.6
	2.1	1.6	1.8	2.6

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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	113514	12/08/2022	5629	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	94705	04/19/2021	5629			Read Comment
Other	79863	12/06/2019	5629	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	72665	07/17/2019	5629	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	63210	12/27/2018	5629			Read Comment
Litigant	56230	05/22/2018	5629	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40061	01/07/2016	5629	9	9.0	Read Comment
Litigant	36904	08/14/2015	5629	2	2.0	Read Comment
Other	34496	04/29/2015	5629	9	9.0	Read Comment
Category Average				3.4	3.4

General Rating Criteria

Criminal Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

Civil Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

General Rating Criteria

Criminal Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

Civil Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

Non-attorney Rating (if applicable)

Criminal Case Rating Criteria
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Civil Case Rating Criteria
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Non-attorney Rating
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