The Robing Room: TX State Judges

Hon. D'Metria Benson
Judge
County Court
Dallas County
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Attorney Average Rating: 1.1 - 16 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 6 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	104505	04/27/2022	1	1	1		1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	93685	03/19/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	77507	10/12/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	66712	03/13/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Govt.	66485	03/08/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	64765	02/06/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	48739	04/10/2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	41204	03/02/2016	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Civil Litigation - Private	37490	09/11/2015	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4
Civil Litigation - Private	33687	03/25/2015	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	30888	11/09/2014	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	29460	09/16/2014	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	27335	06/05/2014	1	1	1	1	3	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	26274	04/01/2014	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	22309	07/09/2013	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2
Civil Litigation - Private	20545	03/13/2013	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Category Average			1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.0	1.0	1.4

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
104505			1
93685	1	1	1	1	1	1
77507
66712
66485
64765
48739
41204
37490
33687
30888
29460
27335
26274
22309
20545
	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
104505		1		1.0
93685	1	1	1	1.0
77507	1	1	1	1.0
66712	1	1	1	1.0
66485	1	1		1.0
64765	1	1	1	1.0
48739	1	1	10	1.0
41204	1	1	1	1.0
37490	1	2		1.0
33687	1		10	1.0
30888	1	1		1.0
29460				1.6
27335	1			1.3
26274	1	1	1	1.1
22309	1	1	1	1.1
20545	1	1	1	1.1
	1.0	1.1	2.8	1.1

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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	124481	01/02/2024	10707	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	114551	01/09/2023	10707	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	68393	04/26/2019	10707	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	54527	03/06/2018	10707	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	42341	04/27/2016	10707	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	42215	04/23/2016	10707	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.0	1.0