The Robing Room: NY State Judges

Hon. David Schmidt

Supreme Court
Kings (Brooklyn) County

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Attorney Average Rating: 8.0 - 15 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 5.0 - 2 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
Civil Litigation - Private	20288	02/25/2013	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	17258	09/06/2012	1	2		2		3	2
Civil Litigation - Govt.	11577	08/11/2011
Civil Litigation - Private	11574	08/11/2011
Civil Litigation - Private	11385	07/19/2011	10	10	10	10	9	10		10
Civil Litigation - Private	10010	02/21/2011	8	8	5	3	7	4
Criminal Defense Lawyer	9764	01/14/2011	8	9	8	4		8
Civil Litigation - Private	7081	05/05/2010	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	5479	07/07/2009	10	10	10		5	9		9
Civil Litigation - Private	5148	04/01/2009	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	4594	02/02/2009	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10
Civil Litigation - Private	3197	10/23/2008	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	9
Civil Litigation - Private	2343	07/16/2008	5	1	1	5	1	1	1	5
Criminal Defense Lawyer	1613	02/06/2008	10	8	5	5	1	8	6	8
Civil Litigation - Private	1403	01/01/2008	10	9	10	9	10	9	9	9
Civil Litigation - Private	1390	12/31/2007	10	9	10	9	10	10	9	10
Civil Litigation - Private	1222	12/03/2007	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Category Average			8.8	8.4	8.5	7.5	7.8	8.1	7.7	9.2

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
20288
17258	1
11577
11574
11385
10010
9764
7081
5479
5148
4594
3197
2343
1613
1403
1390
1222
	1.0

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
20288	10	10	5	10.0
17258	1	2	10	1.7
11577				0.0
11574				0.0
11385	10	10	5	9.9
10010	4			5.6
9764	5	8		7.0
7081	10	10	6	10.0
5479	10			9.0
5148	10	10	10	10.0
4594	10	10	6	9.9
3197	10	9	5	9.3
2343	5	1	10	2.5
1613	8	10	10	6.4
1403	7	10	6	9.1
1390	9	10	9	9.5
1222	10	10	8	10.0
	7.9	8.5	7.5	7.0

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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
Litigant	21782	05/24/2013	1118	2	2.0	Read Comment
Litigant	7309	07/27/2010	1118	8	8.0	Read Comment
Category Average				5.0	5.0