The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Mark A. Talamantes
Judge
Superior Court
Marin County

Attorney Average Rating: 2.6 - 22 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 24 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	126941	05/20/2024	1	1				1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	119576	07/20/2023	3		4		10	4	3	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	116936	03/24/2023
Civil Litigation - Private	116929	03/23/2023	1	1	1	1	10		1	10
Civil Litigation - Private	112168	12/03/2022	1	1	1	1	9	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	110924	10/13/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	110618	09/30/2022
Criminal Defense Lawyer	103571	03/19/2022	1	1	1	1		1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	103239	03/01/2022	1	2	1	1		1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	103229	03/01/2022	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	2
Criminal Defense Lawyer	89914	10/15/2020	4	1	2	1		2	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	88971	09/03/2020	1	1		1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	88723	08/23/2020
Civil Litigation - Private	83370	02/17/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	80005	12/09/2019		1				1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	79707	12/03/2019	1	1	1	1		1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	62472	12/07/2018	2			1	2
Civil Litigation - Private	60617	10/16/2018	1	1				1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	39858	12/31/2015	9	10	10	10	8	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	39008	11/20/2015	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	4
Civil Litigation - Private	35198	06/05/2015	1	1	1	1	7		1	8
Civil Litigation - Private	31770	12/19/2014	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	31300	11/27/2014	9	8	8	9	9		7	9
Civil Litigation - Private	29377	09/10/2014	3	1	1	1	9	2	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	24511	12/08/2013	1	2	2	1	5	1	1	4
Category Average			2.6	2.3	2.7	2.4	6.0	2.2	2.3	5.5

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
126941	1	1	1	1.0
119576				4.5
116936				0.0
116929	1			2.3
112168	1			2.0
110924	1	1	1	1.0
110618				0.0
103571	1	1	1	1.0
103239	1	1	1	1.1
103229	1	1	5	1.4
89914	1		1	1.6
88971	1			1.0
88723				0.0
83370	1	1	1	1.0
80005	1		1	1.0
79707	1	1		1.0
62472	1			1.5
60617				1.0
39858	10	7	5	9.6
39008	1	5	5	1.6
35198	1		1	1.9
31770	8	9	9	9.1
31300	8	9	8	8.3
29377	1		2	2.4
24511				1.8
	2.2	3.4	3.0	2.3

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	128425	08/26/2024	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	126866	05/16/2024	15167			Read Comment
Other	116930	03/23/2023	15167
Court Staff	116799	03/16/2023	15167			Read Comment
Litigant	113720	12/16/2022	15167	1	1.0
Litigant	113719	12/16/2022	15167			Read Comment
Other	110615	09/30/2022	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	105125	05/27/2022	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	104630	05/02/2022	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	103572	03/19/2022	15167
Court Staff	103570	03/19/2022	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	103547	03/19/2022	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	103228	03/01/2022	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	102843	02/12/2022	15167			Read Comment
Other	95562	05/22/2021	15167			Read Comment
Litigant	95553	05/21/2021	15167			Read Comment
Other	94349	04/08/2021	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	89413	09/19/2020	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	88722	08/23/2020	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	87227	06/16/2020	15167	2	2.0	Read Comment
Litigant	87170	06/12/2020	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	81579	01/14/2020	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	80004	12/09/2019	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	78714	11/06/2019	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	76706	09/26/2019	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	66973	03/19/2019	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	65889	02/26/2019	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	65769	02/25/2019	15167			Read Comment
Litigant	65767	02/25/2019	15167			Read Comment
Other	55965	05/13/2018	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	55493	04/29/2018	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	55361	04/24/2018	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	53216	12/20/2017	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	41035	02/23/2016	15167	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.0	1.0