The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Dalila C. Lyons
Judge
Superior Court
Los Angeles County

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Attorney Average Rating: 4.1 - 16 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 10.0 - 1 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
Civil Litigation - Private	100223	11/01/2021	9	9	9	8	10			9
Civil Litigation - Govt.	79080	11/17/2019	1	1	1	1	7	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	76674	09/25/2019	10	10	10		10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	73105	07/24/2019	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	60797	10/22/2018	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	54432	02/27/2018	3	1	3	1	10	3	1	2
Civil Litigation - Private	50424	07/04/2017	2	1	2	1	5	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	49966	06/07/2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	48416	03/22/2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	47381	01/23/2017	5	2	2	2	2	2		2
Criminal Defense Lawyer	47087	01/07/2017	8	8		8			7
Civil Litigation - Private	44931	08/23/2016	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	44135	07/08/2016	5	1	1	1	10	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	42915	05/24/2016	4	1	1	2	2	1
Civil Litigation - Private	35277	06/09/2015	6	4	4	3			4
Civil Litigation - Private	32698	01/31/2015
Criminal Defense Lawyer	22137	06/24/2013	7	6		5	10		6	6
Category Average			4.7	3.7	3.2	2.9	5.6	2.7	3.5	3.2

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
100223
79080	1
76674
73105
60797
54432	2		2	1	1	1
50424
49966	1	1	1	1	1	1
48416
47381
47087
44931	1	1	1	1	1	1
44135
42915
35277
32698
22137	3	9		5	5	6
	1.6	3.7	1.3	2.0	2.0	2.3

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
100223	10	10	5	9.2
79080	1			1.7
76674	10			10.0
73105				1.6
60797	8		5	8.8
54432	2	2	2	2.9
50424	2	1	5	1.9
49966				1.0
48416	1	1	10	1.0
47381	2		8	2.4
47087	7		4	7.6
44931	1	1	1	1.0
44135	10	10	5	3.8
42915	2		9	1.9
35277	4		4	4.2
32698				0.0
22137				6.2
	4.6	4.2	5.3	3.8

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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	74495	08/17/2019	15100			Read Comment
Litigant	50416	07/03/2017	15100	10	10.0	Read Comment
Category Average				10.0	10.0