The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Stuart M. Rice
Judge
Superior Court
Los Angeles County

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Attorney Average Rating: 4.7 - 14 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 5.0 - 3 rating(s)

General Rating Criteria

* 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)

Criminal Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* 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)

Civil Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* 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)

General Rating Criteria

Criminal Case Rating Criteria
(if applicable)

Civil Case Rating Criteria
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	*Temp.	*Sch.	*Indu.	*Comp.	*Punct.	*Ab-Pr.	*Ab-Tr.	Flex
Civil Litigation - Private	110324	09/19/2022	9	9	10	8	10	9	9	9
Civil Litigation - Private	98166	08/30/2021	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	6
Criminal Defense Lawyer	95266	05/11/2021	1	2	1	2	5		1
Civil Litigation - Private	95263	05/11/2021	9	6	9	9	8	10	7	10
Civil Litigation - Private	91694	01/11/2021	8	2	2	2	2	2	2	7
Civil Litigation - Private	85072	04/20/2020
Civil Litigation - Private	79003	11/16/2019	10	3	10	5	5	3	5	10
Civil Litigation - Private	68214	04/23/2019	4	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	37672	09/22/2015	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	34622	05/05/2015	1	2	3	2	4	2
Civil Litigation - Private	30986	11/12/2014	3						3
Civil Litigation - Private	30333	10/26/2014	1	1	1	1	7	1	1	5
Civil Litigation - Private	14086	03/15/2012
Civil Litigation - Private	12021	10/06/2011	1	1		1		1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	1676	02/27/2008	10	9	7	8	8	8	9	8
Category Average			5.8	4.6	5.6	4.8	6.3	5.1	4.8	7.3

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
110324
98166
95266
95263
91694
85072	1
79003
68214
37672	10
34622
30986
30333
14086
12021
1676
	5.5

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
110324	10	10	10	9.3
98166	10	8	9	9.0
95266	1	1	1	1.9
95263	9	10	5	8.4
91694	2	2	2	2.8
85072	2			1.5
79003	5	10	3	5.8
68214	2	2		1.5
37672	10			10.0
34622	2	4	2	2.3
30986	1		9	2.3
30333	1		10	1.8
14086				0.0
12021	1		1	1.0
1676	9	7	6	8.5
	4.6	6.0	5.3	4.4

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

Non-attorney Rating
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	51261	08/24/2017	2807	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	46714	12/12/2016	2807			Read Comment
Litigant	31586	12/10/2014	2807	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	10897	06/05/2011	2807	5	5.0	Read Comment
Category Average				5.3	5.3