The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Huey P. Cotton, Jr.
Judge
Superior Court
Los Angeles County

Attorney Average Rating: 6.4 - 16 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 4 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	123959	12/05/2023	8	9	10	9	7	9		10
Civil Litigation - Private	116300	02/20/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	114821	01/23/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	114262	12/27/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	98064	08/25/2021	9	2	2	1	8	2	2	8
Civil Litigation - Private	94791	04/24/2021	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	10
Civil Litigation - Private	94790	04/24/2021
Civil Litigation - Private	64168	01/22/2019	10	9	10	10	5	10		10
Civil Litigation - Private	58869	08/20/2018	10	9	8	10	9	9	10	8
Civil Litigation - Private	58754	08/16/2018	10	8	9		7	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	55875	05/10/2018
Civil Litigation - Private	48667	04/06/2017	6	2	2
Civil Litigation - Private	48163	03/09/2017	10	9	8	9	6	10	10	9
Civil Litigation - Private	47818	02/18/2017	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	45169	09/05/2016	7	9	7	8	10	9	9	7
Civil Litigation - Private	40850	02/12/2016	10	9	8	9	8	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	38739	11/06/2015	10	9	5		3		10
Civil Litigation - Private	36981	08/18/2015
Civil Litigation - Private	23205	09/08/2013	3	1	3	1		2	1	6
Category Average			7.3	6.2	5.9	6.1	6.1	6.7	6.5	7.7

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
123959	10		5	8.9
116300	1	1	1	1.0
114821	1			1.0
114262	1	1	1	1.0
98064	1		2	3.4
94791	10	5		9.6
94790				0.0
64168	10			9.1
58869	10		5	9.4
58754	10		6	9.1
55875				0.0
48667	2			3.0
48163	9		5	8.9
47818	10	8	5	10.0
45169	10		7	8.6
40850	10	5		9.3
38739	9		5	7.7
36981				0.0
23205	1			1.7
	6.6	4.0	4.2	5.3

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	128639	09/12/2024	15053	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	127870	07/17/2024	15053	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	117909	05/08/2023	15053			Read Comment
Litigant	98092	08/26/2021	15053	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	87652	06/30/2020	15053	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.0	1.0