The Robing Room: NJ State Judges

Hon. Christopher D. Rafano
Superior Court Judge
Superior Court
Middlesex County
Vicinage 8

Attorney Average Rating: 3.0 - 11 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 14 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	123865	11/27/2023	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Civil Litigation - Private	106226	07/12/2022	8	1	1	1	8	1	1	8
Civil Litigation - Private	95027	05/02/2021		4				1	1	5
Civil Litigation - Private	95025	05/02/2021	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	72989	07/22/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	64185	01/23/2019	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	62451	12/07/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Prosecutor	56345	05/26/2018	3	4			2		2
Civil Litigation - Private	53667	01/20/2018	1	1	1	1	5			1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	43052	05/31/2016	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	42981	05/27/2016	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Category Average			3.7	3.2	3.0	3.0	4.1	2.1	2.2	3.4

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
123865
106226
95027
95025		10
72989
64185	1	5	1	5	1	1
62451	1	1	1	1	1	1
56345	1				10
53667	1		1
43052	1	1	1	1	1	1
42981	1	1	1	1	1	1
	1.0	3.6	1.0	2.0	2.8	1.0

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
123865				10.0
106226	1			2.8
95027	1	1	1	1.8
95025	10			10.0
72989				1.0
64185	1	1	7	1.2
62451	1	1	1	1.0
56345	1		1	2.2
53667	1	1	1	1.6
43052	1	1	1	1.0
42981	1	1	1	1.0
	2.0	1.0	1.9	3.0

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	129435	11/02/2024	22090
Litigant	99052	09/20/2021	22090	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	96008	06/11/2021	22090	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	87420	06/23/2020	22090	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	87419	06/23/2020	22090	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	72453	07/12/2019	22090			Read Comment
Litigant	64951	02/09/2019	22090			Read Comment
Litigant	57314	06/26/2018	22090	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	57157	06/21/2018	22090			Read Comment
Other	50194	06/19/2017	22090			Read Comment
Litigant	49553	05/18/2017	22090	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	44000	06/29/2016	22090			Read Comment
Litigant	43001	05/28/2016	22090	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	42980	05/27/2016	22090	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	39820	12/28/2015	22090	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	35820	06/27/2015	22090			Read Comment
Other	35724	06/25/2015	22090	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	35418	06/14/2015	22090	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	35417	06/14/2015	22090	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	31869	12/24/2014	22090	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	28477	07/30/2014	22090	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.6	1.6