The Robing Room: FL State Judges

Hon. Ellen S. Venzer

Circuit Court
Miami-Dade County
11th Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 6.8 - 14 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 8.0 - 17 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	42982	05/27/2016	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	41541	03/21/2016	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Civil Litigation - Private	40898	02/16/2016	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	34015	04/14/2015	8	10	10	10	8	9	9	9
Civil Litigation - Private	32722	02/02/2015	10	10	9	10	8	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	28837	08/17/2014	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	28102	07/15/2014	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	23324	09/17/2013	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	18169	10/22/2012	5	10	10	10	7	8	10	8
Civil Litigation - Private	15762	06/26/2012	1	2	1	1	6	1	1	5
Criminal Defense Lawyer	14221	03/25/2012
Criminal Defense Lawyer	12456	12/05/2011	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	9426	11/28/2010	3	6	3				3
Criminal Defense Lawyer	2576	08/11/2008	5	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	1859	03/26/2008	7	10	9	10	9	10	9	9
Category Average			5.6	7.3	6.8	7.2	7.2	7.0	6.7	6.9

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
42982	10		5	5	5	10
41541
40898	10		10
34015	10		10			5
32722	10	5		6	5	5
28837	1	10	2	1	1	1
28102	10		10	10
23324	1	1	1	1	1	1
18169	10	10	10	10	10	10
15762
14221
12456
9426	7	8	7		4	3
2576
1859
	7.7	6.8	6.9	5.5	4.3	5.0

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
42982	10			10.0
41541	9	6	5	9.5
40898	10	10		10.0
34015				9.3
32722	10	8	5	9.7
28837	1	2	1	1.1
28102	10	10	10	9.7
23324	1	1	2	1.3
18169	10	10	5	8.9
15762	1	7	1	1.8
14221				0.0
12456	1		1	1.0
9426				4.4
2576	10		5	9.4
1859	9	8	5	9.1
	6.8	6.9	4.0	6.3

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	124578	01/04/2024	1391	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	110359	09/20/2022	1391			Read Comment
Other	96590	07/03/2021	1391	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	58324	07/31/2018	1391	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	58114	07/25/2018	1391	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	54913	03/28/2018	1391	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	54738	03/17/2018	1391	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	54318	02/22/2018	1391	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	52749	11/20/2017	1391	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	48266	03/15/2017	1391	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	45878	10/17/2016	1391	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	41235	03/03/2016	1391	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	40822	02/11/2016	1391	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	33372	03/10/2015	1391	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	32715	02/02/2015	1391	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	23326	09/17/2013	1391			Read Comment
Other	23325	09/17/2013	1391			Read Comment
Other	23319	09/17/2013	1391	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	23318	09/17/2013	1391	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	23222	09/10/2013	1391	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	18173	10/22/2012	1391			Read Comment
Category Average				8.4	8.4