The Robing Room: MD State Judges

Hon. Donna McCabe Schaeffer
Circuit Judge
Circuit Court
Anne Arundel County
5th Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 3.7 - 15 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 6.0 - 4 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	123698	11/15/2023	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	102370	01/24/2022	1		1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	92452	02/08/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	90666	11/21/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	90057	10/21/2020	2	3	4	1	10		2	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	89499	09/24/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	86003	05/14/2020	10	10	10	10	8		9
Civil Litigation - Private	76605	09/24/2019	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	76345	09/18/2019	2	2	1	1	4	4	2	1
Civil Litigation - Private	75944	09/10/2019	8	7	8	6	10	8	8
Civil Litigation - Private	69099	05/15/2019	2	3	2	1	6		1
Civil Litigation - Private	66250	03/05/2019	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	64529	01/30/2019	5	3	4	3		3
Civil Litigation - Private	59794	09/19/2018	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	52726	11/19/2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Category Average			3.7	3.9	3.9	3.4	5.5	3.7	3.7	3.3

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
123698	1	1	1	1.3
102370	1			1.0
92452	1	1		1.0
90666	1	1		1.0
90057	1			3.3
89499				1.0
86003	10			9.6
76605	10	10	10	10.0
76345	1			2.1
75944	8	6	5	7.9
69099	1			2.3
66250	10	10	10	10.0
64529				3.6
59794				1.0
52726	1			1.0
	3.8	4.8	6.5	3.7

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	126220	04/10/2024	25765	3	3.0	Read Comment
Other	119210	06/30/2023	25765	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	92507	02/11/2021	25765	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	66221	03/04/2019	25765	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	59818	09/20/2018	25765			Read Comment
Other	59817	09/20/2018	25765			Read Comment
Category Average				6.0	6.0