The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Lia R. Martin
Judge
Superior Court
Los Angeles County

Attorney Average Rating: 4.4 - 16 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 3 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	131285	03/01/2025	1	1					1
Civil Litigation - Private	129919	12/06/2024	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	129279	10/19/2024	1		1		1		4	1
Civil Litigation - Govt.	125331	02/23/2024	2	1	1	1		1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	124006	12/08/2023
Civil Litigation - Private	116994	03/26/2023	10	9	10	10	9	9		10
Civil Litigation - Private	116884	03/21/2023	3				1		3
Civil Litigation - Private	104269	04/19/2022	8	10	8	10		9	10
Civil Litigation - Private	103131	02/24/2022		1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	91974	01/22/2021	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	89108	09/07/2020	1	2	1		2	1		1
Civil Litigation - Govt.	81898	01/20/2020	10	8	8	8	10	10	9	7
Civil Litigation - Private	78824	11/11/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	78659	11/04/2019	1							1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	74822	08/22/2019
Civil Litigation - Private	73545	07/31/2019	5	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Govt.	60778	10/22/2018
Civil Litigation - Private	59396	09/07/2018	10		10		10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	53552	01/15/2018	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8
Criminal Defense Lawyer	52034	10/06/2017
Category Average			4.9	4.6	4.8	5.3	5.5	5.3	4.8	4.4

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
131285	1		1	1.0
129919	1	1	1	1.0
129279				1.8
125331	1		1	1.1
124006				0.0
116994	10		10	9.6
116884			1	2.3
104269	9		7	9.1
103131	1		1	1.0
91974	10	10	10	10.0
89108				1.4
81898				9.0
78824	1	1	5	1.0
78659				1.0
74822				0.0
73545	1	1	1	1.6
60778				0.0
59396	10			10.0
53552	10		5	10.0
52034				0.0
	5.0	3.3	3.9	3.5

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	129278	10/19/2024	15104	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	128337	08/21/2024	15104	2	2.0	Read Comment
Other	118130	05/17/2023	15104			Read Comment
Other	115862	01/29/2023	15104	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.3	1.3