The Robing Room: MD State Judges

Hon. Paul G. Goetzke
Associate Judge
Circuit Court
Anne Arundel County
5th Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 5.4 - 19 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 2.0 - 13 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	20209	02/18/2013	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	6
Civil Litigation - Private	19397	12/30/2012	7	6	3	5	3	7	8
Civil Litigation - Private	19103	12/16/2012	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	17120	08/31/2012	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	16988	08/22/2012	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Govt.	12279	11/13/2011	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	10
Civil Litigation - Govt.	11916	09/22/2011	10	10	9	9	8	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	8889	09/15/2010	1	1	1	2	1	3	2
Criminal Defense Lawyer	8796	09/04/2010	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
Criminal Defense Lawyer	7311	07/28/2010	8	6	6	9	1	7	8	10
Civil Litigation - Private	7222	06/25/2010	9	8		7	10		8
Civil Litigation - Private	6619	01/25/2010	1	2	8		8	2	1	5
Civil Litigation - Private	6367	11/16/2009	2	2	2	2	1	4	2
Civil Litigation - Private	5221	04/17/2009	7	7	8	7	10	5	7
Civil Litigation - Private	4699	02/11/2009	4	5	5	5	4		4	7
Civil Litigation - Private	4566	01/28/2009	3	3	3		5		3
Civil Litigation - Private	4410	01/14/2009	9	9		9	8
Civil Litigation - Private	3293	11/06/2008		8	8	8
Criminal Defense Lawyer	2507	08/05/2008	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3
Category Average			5.4	5.3	5.1	5.7	5.3	5.1	5.1	7.2

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
20209	1	1	1	1.3
19397	8	4	5	5.9
19103	10			10.0
17120	10	10	10	10.0
16988	1	1		1.0
12279	10		5	9.7
11916	10		10	9.3
8889	1			1.5
8796				1.3
7311	10			6.9
7222	9		5	8.5
6619	1	1	1	3.3
6367	3			2.3
5221	6	1	3	7.1
4699	2		1	4.1
4566	3			3.3
4410				8.8
3293				8.0
2507				1.1
	5.7	3.0	4.6	5.4

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	20319	02/27/2013	5660			Read Comment
Other	20248	02/20/2013	5660	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	20229	02/19/2013	5660	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	20227	02/19/2013	5660	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	20216	02/18/2013	5660	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	20033	02/11/2013	5660	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	18915	12/02/2012	5660	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	18911	12/02/2012	5660	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	18904	12/01/2012	5660			Read Comment
Other	18875	11/30/2012	5660	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	18121	10/19/2012	5660	4	4.0	Read Comment
Other	15058	05/28/2012	5660			Read Comment
Other	15047	05/26/2012	5660	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	14553	04/19/2012	5660	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	14030	03/15/2012	5660	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	8634	08/03/2010	5660	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				2.6	2.6