The Robing Room: FL State Judges

Hon. Karen Gievers

Circuit Court
Leon County
2nd Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 2.2 - 26 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 6.0 - 25 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	120093	08/20/2023
Civil Litigation - Private	91825	01/17/2021
Civil Litigation - Private	75461	09/01/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	67568	04/05/2019	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	58467	08/03/2018	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	58215	07/29/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
Civil Litigation - Govt.	55547	04/30/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	53848	01/29/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	51139	08/17/2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	50954	08/05/2017	10	10	10	10			10
Civil Litigation - Private	50417	07/03/2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	50059	06/10/2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	50031	06/08/2017	1	1		1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	49920	06/04/2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	49571	05/19/2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	49507	05/17/2017	1	2					1
Civil Litigation - Private	49475	05/15/2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	49287	05/04/2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	49284	05/03/2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Govt.	49215	04/29/2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	49209	04/29/2017	1	1		1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	49131	04/25/2017	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	48950	04/17/2017	1	1		1	3	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	48949	04/17/2017	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2
Criminal Defense Lawyer	43924	06/24/2016	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	42541	05/05/2016	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	40858	02/13/2016	1	1	7			1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	38559	10/28/2015	1	2	8	1	7	1	1	1
Category Average			2.0	2.1	2.8	2.1	2.4	1.8	2.0	2.6

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
120093
91825
75461
67568
58467	10	10	10	10	10	10
58215
55547	1
53848	1	1	1	1	1	1
51139	1
50954
50417
50059
50031
49920	1	1
49571	1
49507	1
49475
49287	1
49284
49215
49209
49131
48950
48949
43924
42541
40858
38559
	2.1	4.0	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
120093				0.0
91825				0.0
75461	1		10	1.0
67568	1	1	1	1.4
58467				10.0
58215	1	1	1	1.0
55547	1			1.0
53848	1			1.0
51139	1			1.0
50954				10.0
50417	1		1	1.0
50059	1		1	1.0
50031	1			1.0
49920	1	1	1	1.0
49571	1	1	1	1.0
49507	1		1	1.2
49475	1		1	1.0
49287	1			1.0
49284	1			1.0
49215	1			1.0
49209	1			1.0
49131	1	1	1	1.1
48950	1	1		1.3
48949	1	1	1	1.1
43924				10.0
42541	1	10	10	1.0
40858	1	5	1	2.0
38559	1		1	2.8
	1.0	2.4	2.3	2.0

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Non-attorney Rating
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	129486	11/07/2024	18956			Read Comment
Litigant	124801	01/21/2024	18956	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	111558	11/06/2022	18956			Read Comment
Other	111192	10/21/2022	18956	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	109870	08/27/2022	18956			Read Comment
Litigant	109319	08/03/2022	18956			Read Comment
Litigant	108754	07/19/2022	18956			Read Comment
Litigant	105881	06/25/2022	18956			Read Comment
Litigant	87317	06/19/2020	18956	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	83687	02/26/2020	18956	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	68930	05/11/2019	18956			Read Comment
Litigant	68478	04/28/2019	18956	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	58531	08/06/2018	18956	7	7.0	Read Comment
Other	58503	08/04/2018	18956			Read Comment
Other	58502	08/04/2018	18956	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	58494	08/04/2018	18956	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	58486	08/04/2018	18956	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	58483	08/03/2018	18956	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	58474	08/03/2018	18956	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	58463	08/03/2018	18956			Read Comment
Other	58460	08/03/2018	18956	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	58452	08/03/2018	18956	10	10.0	Read Comment
Probation or Pretrial Officer	58451	08/03/2018	18956	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	58449	08/03/2018	18956	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	58447	08/03/2018	18956	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	58444	08/03/2018	18956	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	58443	08/03/2018	18956	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	58442	08/03/2018	18956	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	58440	08/03/2018	18956	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	58439	08/03/2018	18956	10	10.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	49297	05/04/2017	18956	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	49075	04/22/2017	18956	2	2.0	Read Comment
Litigant	48784	04/11/2017	18956	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	24017	11/02/2013	18956	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				6.7	6.7

General Rating Criteria

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General Rating Criteria

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Non-attorney Rating (if applicable)

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Non-attorney Rating
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