The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Earl H. Maas III
Judge
Superior Court
San Diego County

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Attorney Average Rating: 5.1 - 17 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 4.0 - 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	129187	10/14/2024	9	8	10	10	10	9	9	8
Civil Litigation - Private	127964	07/24/2024	5	1	1	1	5	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	118250	05/23/2023	2	1	1	1	5	7	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	96185	06/18/2021	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9
Civil Litigation - Private	69276	05/20/2019	10	8	9	10	9	10	10	9
Civil Litigation - Private	69019	05/13/2019	2	2	1	1		1	1	5
Civil Litigation - Private	57758	07/12/2018	2	2	1	1	9	7	4	7
Civil Litigation - Private	56828	06/11/2018	4	3	2	3	8	5	6	5
Civil Litigation - Private	54798	03/21/2018	10	8	9	10	7	8	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	50530	07/10/2017	3	6	5		7	6	3	8
Civil Litigation - Private	48905	04/14/2017	8	5	5	5	9
Civil Litigation - Private	48858	04/13/2017			1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	45885	10/17/2016	7	2	1	1	8	5	3	7
Criminal Defense Lawyer	34167	04/21/2015	9	2	2	2	4	4	4
Civil Litigation - Private	32407	01/16/2015	8	5	1	1	10	3	1
Civil Litigation - Private	18146	10/21/2012	8	6	7	8	9	8	5	6
Civil Litigation - Private	8896	09/16/2010	10	8	6			8	8	7
Category Average			6.6	4.8	4.2	4.3	7.8	5.7	4.8	6.4

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
129187
127964
118250
96185
69276
69019
57758
56828
54798
50530
48905
48858
45885
34167
32407
18146
8896

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
129187	10	10	10	9.4
127964	1		1	2.0
118250	1	1	1	2.4
96185	10	10		9.0
69276	10	10	10	9.5
69019	2		5	1.4
57758	1	1	10	3.4
56828	1	1	2	4.0
54798	10	10	5	9.0
50530	3		1	4.7
48905	5			6.2
48858	1	1	1	1.0
45885	1	1	1	3.5
34167	1	1	3	3.5
32407	1	4	10	3.8
18146	2		4	6.6
8896				8.0
	3.8	4.5	4.6	5.1

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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	118249	05/23/2023	3365			Read Comment
Litigant	82880	02/06/2020	3365	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	79869	12/07/2019	3365	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	69879	06/02/2019	3365	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	33447	03/14/2015	3365			Read Comment
Litigant	16812	08/11/2012	3365			Read Comment
Category Average				4.0	4.0