"The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Kirk J Athanasiou	See Rating Details
Judge Superior Court
Contra Costa County	See Comments

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General Rating Criteria

* Temperament		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Scholarship		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Industriousness		(1=Not at all industrious,10=Highly industrious)
* Ability to Handle Complex Litigation		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Punctuality		(1=Chronically Late,10=Always on Time)
* General Ability to Handle Pre-Trial Matters		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
* General Ability as a Trial Judge		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
Flexibility In Scheduling		(1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)

Criminal Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation		(1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
General Inclination Regarding Bail		(1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
Involvement in Plea Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved, 10=Very Involved)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Pretrial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Trial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Sentencing Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)

Civil Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation		(1=Not at all Evenhanded,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Involvement in Settlement Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved,10=Very Involved)
General Inclination		(1=Pro-defendant, 10=Pro-plaintiff)

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Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: CA53106
Rating:8.3

Comments:
Judge Athanasiou has one of the best judicial temperaments that I have seen. He is humble enough to admit that he does not know something and is open to counsel educating him by providing legal citations. He listens to both sides and seems to care about making a fair decision.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: CA52036
Rating:2.6

Comments:
The Hon. Judge Athanasiou decided to
"punish" and impose sanctions on a defendant, who already struggles from the trauma experienced because of the court's cruel and unusual, and unnessasery actions of imposing homelessness and indigent! The Hon. Judge's reasoning for this outragous punishment? Simply because the defendant's inability to obtain competent legal defence counsel which is directly due to the actions of the court which made the defendant destite. This should be a rating category for Judicial Disgrace! This "Hon." Judge would easy receive a "10" rating!

Civil Litigation - Govt.

Comment #: CA48846
Rating:1.0

Comments:
In a family law matter, the judge ordered soberlink testing. He was not aware of how the soberlink device worked, that it took photos and had facial recognition to verify the user. The other party made false allegations regarding the test taker and the judge ordered ME to provide a letter from soberlink detailing how the device works.

I immediately received a letter from soberlink, and Upon the review hearing for the matter, the judge did not even read my declaration containing a certified letter from soberlink and began the hearing by reading off the other party's declaration filed 3 days before the hearing attempting to admonish me.

The judge does not pay attention or even know the functions of tests or things that he orders.

Not only that, he ordered the other party to file all documents 2 weeks before the hearing. I made a objection to have the other party held in contempt and to have the late filing stricken from the record, and the judge found any way to weasel himself out of holding her in direct contempt of his court order.