The Robing Room: MD State Judges

Hon. Susan M. Souder
Associate Circuit Judge
Circuit Court
Baltimore County County
3rd Circuit

Attorney Average Rating: 4.9 - 26 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 2.0 - 9 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	68656	05/04/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	68655	05/04/2019
Civil Litigation - Private	62454	12/07/2018	1	1	1	1	3	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	61451	11/09/2018	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	47115	01/09/2017	3	4	6	4	5	7	5	5
Civil Litigation - Private	39945	01/03/2016	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	36907	08/14/2015
Civil Litigation - Private	36891	08/13/2015	5	5	10	3	10	5	5	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	30216	10/21/2014	8	10	10	9	10		10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	29904	10/08/2014	1	1	1	1	7	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	23967	10/30/2013	10	9	9	10	9	8	10
Prosecutor	23611	10/07/2013	1		2	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	22605	07/31/2013	10	9	8	10	10	8	10
Civil Litigation - Private	22604	07/31/2013	9	10		10	9
Civil Litigation - Private	21058	04/16/2013	8	9	9	9	10	8	8
Civil Litigation - Private	19939	02/07/2013	10	2	2	1	10	2	2
Criminal Defense Lawyer	19020	12/10/2012	9	9	8	10	10	9	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	18879	11/30/2012	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	18792	11/23/2012	1			1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	17790	10/02/2012	1	3	3	3	5	3	2	2
Criminal Defense Lawyer	17124	08/31/2012	10	10	8	10	10	7	10	9
Civil Litigation - Private	16797	08/10/2012	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	16476	07/29/2012	1	1	3	3	3	1	2	1
Civil Litigation - Private	14711	04/27/2012	2	1		1		1	1
Prosecutor	14313	04/02/2012	2	4	4	1	8	3	1	7
Criminal Defense Lawyer	13765	03/06/2012	1	6	5	2	9	6	2	8
Civil Litigation - Private	2510	08/05/2008	5	8	6	7	6	6	6	6
Civil Litigation - Private	2437	07/28/2008	7	8	10	10	8	8	9	7
Category Average			4.6	5.2	5.2	4.7	6.8	4.3	4.4	3.9

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
68656	1	1	1	1.0
68655				0.0
62454	1			1.3
61451	1	1	1	1.0
47115	4		3	4.8
39945	1	1	1	1.3
36907				0.0
36891	1		3	5.8
30216	10	1	5	9.4
29904	1	1	1	1.7
23967				9.1
23611	1	1	1	1.1
22605	9		5	9.3
22604	10	8	5	9.6
21058	9	10	5	8.7
19939	2			3.9
19020	9		5	9.2
18879	10	8	5	10.0
18792	1		1	1.0
17790	1	3	7	2.6
17124				9.4
16797	1	1		1.5
16476	1			1.9
14711	1		10	1.1
14313	2	4	2	3.1
13765	5	2	1	4.2
2510	6			6.3
2437	10		8	8.8
	4.1	3.2	3.7	4.5

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	47119	01/09/2017	5643	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	45639	10/01/2016	5643	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	36133	07/10/2015	5643			Read Comment
Other	33818	04/02/2015	5643	8	8.0	Read Comment
Other	31314	11/28/2014	5643	1	1.0
Other	23612	10/07/2013	5643	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	23564	10/04/2013	5643			Read Comment
Other	23561	10/04/2013	5643	9	9.0	Read Comment
Other	16798	08/10/2012	5643			Read Comment
Other	15846	07/02/2012	5643	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	13766	03/06/2012	5643	2	2.0	Read Comment
Litigant	11649	08/25/2011	5643	2	2.0	Read Comment
Category Average				2.9	2.9