The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Nathan R. Scott
Judge
Superior Court
Orange County

Attorney Average Rating: 3.2 - 25 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 19 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	127711	07/10/2024	3	1	1	1	8	1	1	3
Civil Litigation - Private	119553	07/19/2023	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	8
Civil Litigation - Private	110154	09/12/2022	3	1	1		8
Civil Litigation - Private	99109	09/21/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	94875	04/27/2021	10					2		10
Civil Litigation - Private	88319	07/31/2020	10	10	10		10	9		9
Civil Litigation - Private	76766	09/27/2019	2	1	1	1	8	1		2
Civil Litigation - Private	62729	12/15/2018	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	58663	08/13/2018	9
Civil Litigation - Private	52232	10/20/2017			1
Civil Litigation - Private	50392	06/30/2017	5	2	2	1	6	5		7
Civil Litigation - Private	49694	05/22/2017	1	1	1	1		1
Civil Litigation - Private	49693	05/22/2017	1	2	1	1		1		1
Civil Litigation - Private	37373	09/03/2015	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	36116	07/09/2015	3	4	1	3	9	2	3	3
Civil Litigation - Private	32863	02/09/2015	1		1	1		1	1
Prosecutor	32013	01/02/2015	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Govt.	31502	12/07/2014	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Govt.	31497	12/07/2014	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Govt.	31495	12/07/2014	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	31494	12/07/2014	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	31493	12/07/2014	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	31490	12/07/2014	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	31455	12/05/2014	8	10	7		5	8	8
Civil Litigation - Private	26154	03/23/2014					2	1	1
Category Average			3.7	3.0	2.5	2.1	4.5	2.7	2.7	3.4

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
127711	1	1	1	2.1
119553	10	9	5	9.9
110154	1		1	2.8
99109	1	1	1	1.0
94875	2			4.7
88319	10	9	5	9.8
76766	1	1	1	2.1
62729	10		10	10.0
58663				9.0
52232			1	1.0
50392	2		3	3.3
49694	1			1.0
49693	1			1.2
37373	1	1	1	1.0
36116	3	1	10	3.5
32863	1		1	1.0
32013	1	1	1	1.0
31502	1	1	1	1.0
31497	1	1	1	1.0
31495	1	1	1	1.0
31494	1	1	1	1.0
31493	1	1	1	1.0
31490	1	1	1	1.0
31455	9	9		7.9
26154				1.3
	2.8	2.6	2.5	3.2

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	93556	03/15/2021	15217	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	86117	05/17/2020	15217	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	85412	05/02/2020	15217	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	85406	05/01/2020	15217	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	52138	10/13/2017	15217	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	52110	10/12/2017	15217	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	43981	06/28/2016	15217	8	8.0	Read Comment
Litigant	43724	06/15/2016	15217	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	41076	02/25/2016	15217	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40663	02/04/2016	15217			Read Comment
Court Staff	38753	11/07/2015	15217	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	38594	10/29/2015	15217	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	38531	10/28/2015	15217	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	36881	08/13/2015	15217	2	2.0	Read Comment
Litigant	36170	07/11/2015	15217	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	34544	05/02/2015	15217	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	32962	02/13/2015	15217	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	31503	12/07/2014	15217	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	31498	12/07/2014	15217			Read Comment
Litigant	31496	12/07/2014	15217	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	31492	12/07/2014	15217			Read Comment
Court Staff	31491	12/07/2014	15217	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.9	1.9