The Robing Room: FL State Judges

Hon. Alan S. Apte

Circuit Court
Orange County
9th Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 4.8 - 8 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 4.0 - 21 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	88351	08/03/2020	1				5	5	3
Criminal Defense Lawyer	85354	04/29/2020	1			1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	32486	01/21/2015
Civil Litigation - Private	32485	01/21/2015	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	6443	12/08/2009	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	8
Prosecutor	5169	04/09/2009	7	10	8	9	9	9	9	9
Civil Litigation - Private	2138	07/07/2008	1	5	3	1	10	2	1	5
Prosecutor	1949	04/17/2008	2	1	3	2	3	2	1	3
Criminal Defense Lawyer	557	10/24/2007	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Category Average			4.1	6.2	5.7	4.9	6.5	4.9	4.4	5.3

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
88351
85354
32486
32485
6443	8		7	5	4	5
5169	9			9	10	10
2138
1949	3	5	5	5	5	5
557	5	5	2	5	6	6
	6.3	5.0	4.7	6.0	6.3	6.5

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
88351				3.5
85354	1	1	1	1.0
32486				0.0
32485	1	1	1	1.5
6443	9		5	9.2
5169				8.8
2138	1			3.0
1949				2.1
557				9.4
	3.0	1.0	2.3	4.3

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	128054	08/01/2024	1767	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	97214	07/23/2021	1767	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	92608	02/16/2021	1767	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	88363	08/04/2020	1767	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	87933	07/14/2020	1767	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	87871	07/11/2020	1767	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	87870	07/11/2020	1767	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	85390	05/01/2020	1767	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	85370	04/30/2020	1767	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	85358	04/29/2020	1767			Read Comment
Litigant	85273	04/27/2020	1767	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	85271	04/27/2020	1767	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	85195	04/24/2020	1767	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	78846	11/12/2019	1767	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	68254	04/23/2019	1767	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	62322	12/03/2018	1767	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	60881	10/24/2018	1767	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	60116	09/28/2018	1767	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	59318	09/05/2018	1767			Read Comment
Other	56888	06/13/2018	1767	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	55864	05/09/2018	1767			Read Comment
Other	54972	04/01/2018	1767	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	54142	02/14/2018	1767			Read Comment
Other	52129	10/12/2017	1767	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	32453	01/20/2015	1767			Read Comment
Other	658	10/28/2007	1767	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				4.0	4.0