The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Samantha P. Jessner
Judge
Superior Court
Los Angeles County

Attorney Average Rating: 2.3 - 24 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
Criminal Defense Lawyer	124475	01/02/2024	1	1	1	1		1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	116490	02/28/2023	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	111239	10/22/2022	1	5	5	5	5	5	1	2
Criminal Defense Lawyer	103035	02/20/2022	1		1		3	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	92708	02/19/2021					1	1
Prosecutor	92552	02/13/2021	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	91439	12/29/2020	5	2	5	5	8	3	5	7
Criminal Defense Lawyer	76520	09/22/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	69639	05/27/2019	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	65996	02/28/2019	1	1	1	1		1	3	1
Civil Litigation - Private	65992	02/28/2019	1	1	1	1	10	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	53709	01/23/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	49301	05/04/2017
Civil Litigation - Private	47886	02/22/2017	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	3
Criminal Defense Lawyer	46539	11/30/2016	8	10	10	8	7	9	10	9
Criminal Defense Lawyer	46197	11/05/2016	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	46156	11/02/2016	1
Civil Litigation - Private	41617	03/25/2016	4	8	7		5	6	7
Criminal Defense Lawyer	36559	07/30/2015
Civil Litigation - Private	36410	07/21/2015	1			1			1
Civil Litigation - Private	35586	06/19/2015	1	5	2	1	2	3	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	34762	05/13/2015	5	5	3	3	6	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	33526	03/19/2015
Civil Litigation - Private	33525	03/19/2015
Civil Litigation - Private	31304	11/27/2014	10	9	7	7	5		6
Civil Litigation - Private	27452	06/13/2014	1		1		5	1		1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	27025	05/17/2014
Criminal Defense Lawyer	10107	03/07/2011	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	8754	08/23/2010	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Category Average			2.2	3.1	2.6	2.3	4.0	2.0	2.3	2.0

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
124475				1.0
116490	1		1	1.0
111239	2		1	3.6
103035	1	1	1	1.3
92708	1			1.0
92552				1.0
91439				4.3
76520	1	1	1	1.0
69639	1	1	3	1.5
65996	1	1	1	1.3
65992	1	1	1	2.0
53709	1	1	1	1.0
49301				0.0
47886	1	1	1	1.5
46539				9.0
46197	1	1	1	1.0
46156			1	1.0
41617	5		8	6.0
36559				0.0
36410	1		1	1.0
35586	1	8	10	2.3
34762	1	1		3.1
33526				0.0
33525				0.0
31304	9		5	7.6
27452	1			1.8
27025				0.0
10107	1	1	1	1.0
8754	1	1	10	1.0
	1.7	1.6	2.8	1.9

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	88505	08/12/2020	2662	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	53978	02/04/2018	2662			Read Comment
Other	51958	10/02/2017	2662			Read Comment
Litigant	45580	09/28/2016	2662			Read Comment
Court Staff	23430	09/25/2013	2662			Read Comment
Litigant	21955	06/07/2013	2662	3	3.0	Read Comment
Other	14552	04/19/2012	2662			Read Comment
Litigant	12032	10/08/2011	2662	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.7	1.7