The Robing Room: MD State Judges

Hon. David W. Densford
Associate Circuit Judge
Circuit Court
St. Mary's County
7th Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 5.7 - 6 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 10 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	99585	10/07/2021	1	1	2	2	9	1	1	4
Criminal Defense Lawyer	31996	01/02/2015	1			1	3	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	31386	12/03/2014	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	31378	12/03/2014	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	30194	10/21/2014	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	28783	08/14/2014		1				1
Category Average			6.4	6.4	8.0	6.6	8.2	5.5	6.4	6.3

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
99585	1	8	8	10	10	7
31996			1			1
31386	10
31378
30194	5	5	8	5	5	5
28783
	5.3	6.5	5.7	7.5	7.5	4.3

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
99585				2.3
31996	1	1	1	1.3
31386	10			10.0
31378	10			10.0
30194	10	8	5	9.3
28783	1		1	1.0
	6.4	4.5	2.3	5.7

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	128071	08/03/2024	21171	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	124730	01/14/2024	21171	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	123860	11/27/2023	21171	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	89156	09/10/2020	21171	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	49440	05/12/2017	21171	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	48342	03/20/2017	21171	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	38852	11/12/2015	21171	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	31993	01/02/2015	21171	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	31780	12/19/2014	21171
Other	31175	11/19/2014	21171	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	28782	08/14/2014	21171	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.0	1.0