The Robing Room: FL State Judges

Hon. John S. Carlin

Circuit Court
Lee County
20th Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 4.4 - 20 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 3.0 - 17 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
Civil Litigation - Private	124826	01/23/2024	1	1	2	1	7	2	1
Civil Litigation - Private	120586	09/15/2023	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	5
Civil Litigation - Private	120104	08/21/2023	1	1			1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	111270	10/24/2022	1	1	5	2	7		1	6
Civil Litigation - Private	106249	07/13/2022	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	102996	02/18/2022	1	3		1	1	1		1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	100278	11/04/2021	1	1					1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	92217	01/31/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	85073	04/20/2020	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	84817	04/14/2020	1	1	1				1
Civil Litigation - Private	53245	12/23/2017	9	8	10	9	10	10	10	8
Civil Litigation - Private	47188	01/12/2017	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	45180	09/05/2016	8	7	9	8	10	9	9	7
Civil Litigation - Private	40538	01/29/2016	1		1	2	9	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	38424	10/22/2015	1	1	1	1	10	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	32670	01/30/2015	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	30587	11/02/2014	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Civil Litigation - Private	29727	09/26/2014	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9
Civil Litigation - Private	27989	07/09/2014	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	23856	10/25/2013	4	2		1	7	5	2	1
Category Average			4.1	4.2	5.2	4.6	7.0	4.9	4.3	4.7

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
124826	1			2.0
120586	10	5	5	9.9
120104	1		1	1.0
111270	1		1	2.6
106249	1	1	1	1.0
102996	1	1	1	1.3
100278	1		1	1.0
92217	1	1	1	1.0
85073				10.0
84817	1			1.0
53245				9.4
47188	1	5	5	1.4
45180	9			8.6
40538	1			2.1
38424	1	1		2.1
32670				10.0
30587				10.0
29727				9.9
27989	1			1.0
23856	1	5		3.1
	2.1	2.7	2.0	4.4

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	129904	12/05/2024	2237	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	128900	10/01/2024	2237	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	120002	08/16/2023	2237			Read Comment
Litigant	116252	02/18/2023	2237			Read Comment
Other	114351	12/31/2022	2237	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	105660	06/16/2022	2237			Read Comment
Other	105435	06/07/2022	2237	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	102897	02/14/2022	2237			Read Comment
Other	102815	02/11/2022	2237	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	100865	11/24/2021	2237	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	100728	11/19/2021	2237	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	100271	11/03/2021	2237			Read Comment
Other	92215	01/31/2021	2237			Read Comment
Litigant	85085	04/21/2020	2237			Read Comment
Litigant	84596	04/05/2020	2237	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	83887	03/03/2020	2237	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	75582	09/04/2019	2237			Read Comment
Other	53820	01/27/2018	2237	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	52768	11/21/2017	2237	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	52100	10/11/2017	2237	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	50270	06/23/2017	2237	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	47704	02/13/2017	2237			Read Comment
Probation or Pretrial Officer	35863	06/29/2015	2237			Read Comment
Litigant	33195	02/28/2015	2237	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	29921	10/08/2014	2237	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	21205	04/22/2013	2237	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	10585	04/24/2011	2237	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				3.6	3.6