The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. William F. Highberger
Judge
Superior Court
Los Angeles County

Attorney Average Rating: 4.4 - 22 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 1 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	122709	10/22/2023
Civil Litigation - Private	119809	08/04/2023	3	2	3	1	2	1	2	1
Civil Litigation - Private	100313	11/04/2021	2	3	2	3	1	2	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	93696	03/19/2021	7	7	8	8	7	7		5
Civil Litigation - Private	93650	03/18/2021	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	81025	01/03/2020	1		2	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	79008	11/16/2019	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	65504	02/20/2019	1	2	2	1	8	3	3	1
Civil Litigation - Private	60507	10/12/2018	3	2	2	3	7	5	5	2
Civil Litigation - Private	40023	01/06/2016	8	10	8	10	3	10		10
Civil Litigation - Private	26593	04/21/2014	1	3	2	3	5	3	2
Civil Litigation - Private	16868	08/14/2012	3	3	2	2	4	3	2	4
Civil Litigation - Private	12884	01/11/2012	5	5	5	5	8	4	3	8
Civil Litigation - Private	10700	05/09/2011	1	2	2	2	3		2
Civil Litigation - Private	10616	04/28/2011	1	2	1	4	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	9727	01/12/2011	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	9398	11/23/2010	1	3	2	1	3	3	2
Civil Litigation - Private	9097	10/06/2010	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	5
Civil Litigation - Private	9063	09/30/2010	6	9	6	9	8	9
Civil Litigation - Private	9039	09/29/2010	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	2
Civil Litigation - Private	9036	09/29/2010	1	3	2	2	6	7	4	9
Civil Litigation - Private	8654	08/10/2010	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	3185	10/22/2008	8	10	10	10	10			7
Category Average			3.9	4.8	4.2	4.6	5.1	4.6	3.6	5.1

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
122709				0.0
119809	2	1	2	2.0
100313	1	2	1	2.8
93696	3			6.7
93650	10	10	3	10.0
81025	1		1	1.2
79008	7	10	3	9.6
65504	1	1	1	2.6
60507	1	1	1	3.5
40023	7		5	8.0
26593	1	3	1	2.5
16868	1	4	3	2.5
12884	3	10	5	4.8
10700	1		1	1.9
10616	1		1	1.5
9727	1	2		1.1
9398	1			2.0
9097	1	4	1	1.5
9063	8		4	7.9
9039	1			1.4
9036	1	8	3	3.3
8654	10	10	10	10.0
3185	8	8		9.3
	3.2	5.3	2.7	4.2

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Court Staff	30856	11/07/2014	2637	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.0	1.0