The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Michael R. Powell
Judge
Superior Court
Los Angeles County

Attorney Average Rating: 1.3 - 10 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 35 rating(s)

General Rating Criteria

* 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)

Criminal Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* 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)

Civil Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* 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)

General Rating Criteria

Criminal Case Rating Criteria
(if applicable)

Civil Case Rating Criteria
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	*Temp.	*Sch.	*Indu.	*Comp.	*Punct.	*Ab-Pr.	*Ab-Tr.	Flex
Civil Litigation - Private	130534	01/20/2025	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	130129	12/25/2024
Criminal Defense Lawyer	130125	12/25/2024	1
Civil Litigation - Private	126815	05/13/2024	1	1	1				1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	126792	05/12/2024	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	123960	12/05/2023
Criminal Defense Lawyer	120342	09/02/2023
Civil Litigation - Govt.	120340	09/02/2023
Criminal Defense Lawyer	120303	08/31/2023
Criminal Defense Lawyer	120084	08/19/2023
Civil Litigation - Private	120022	08/16/2023
Civil Litigation - Private	120021	08/16/2023
Criminal Defense Lawyer	119998	08/15/2023
Civil Litigation - Private	119996	08/15/2023
Criminal Defense Lawyer	119751	07/31/2023
Criminal Defense Lawyer	119710	07/28/2023
Criminal Defense Lawyer	119498	07/16/2023
Criminal Defense Lawyer	119462	07/15/2023
Criminal Defense Lawyer	119459	07/15/2023
Civil Litigation - Private	118146	05/18/2023
Civil Litigation - Private	118125	05/17/2023
Criminal Defense Lawyer	118099	05/16/2023
Civil Litigation - Private	118098	05/16/2023
Civil Litigation - Private	118066	05/15/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	114572	01/11/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	114530	01/09/2023
Criminal Defense Lawyer	97354	07/28/2021
Civil Litigation - Private	96892	07/15/2021	1	1			1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	96559	07/01/2021	10	2	1	1	9	1	1	3
Civil Litigation - Private	91440	12/29/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	87632	06/30/2020	1	1	1		1	1
Category Average			1.9	1.1	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.3

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
130534
130129
130125
126815
126792	1	1	1	1	1	1
123960
120342
120340
120303
120084
120022
120021
119998
119996
119751
119710
119498
119462
119459
118146
118125
118099
118098
118066
114572	1
114530
97354
96892
96559
91440
87632
	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
130534	1			1.0
130129				0.0
130125				1.0
126815	1		1	1.0
126792	1	1	1	1.0
123960				0.0
120342				0.0
120340				0.0
120303				0.0
120084				0.0
120022				0.0
120021				0.0
119998				0.0
119996				0.0
119751				0.0
119710				0.0
119498				0.0
119462				0.0
119459				0.0
118146				0.0
118125				0.0
118099				0.0
118098				0.0
118066	1		10	1.0
114572	1			1.0
114530				0.0
97354				0.0
96892	1	1		1.0
96559				3.6
91440	1			1.0
87632	1			1.0
	1.0	1.0	4.0	0.4

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Non-attorney Rating
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	130153	12/27/2024	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	129985	12/11/2024	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	129976	12/11/2024	28011			Read Comment
Litigant	129773	11/20/2024	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	129772	11/19/2024	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	128387	08/23/2024	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	127118	06/04/2024	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	127053	05/30/2024	28011			Read Comment
Other	126822	05/13/2024	28011			Read Comment
Other	126273	04/13/2024	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	125135	02/12/2024	28011			Read Comment
Litigant	124295	12/28/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	124127	12/17/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	123839	11/26/2023	28011			Read Comment
Litigant	121121	10/12/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	121119	10/12/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	120959	10/09/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	120956	10/09/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	120545	09/14/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	120383	09/04/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	120382	09/04/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	120376	09/04/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	120375	09/04/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	120374	09/04/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	120369	09/04/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	120364	09/03/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	120359	09/03/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	120354	09/03/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	120351	09/03/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	120130	08/22/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	120057	08/18/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	120018	08/16/2023	28011			Read Comment
Litigant	120017	08/16/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	120004	08/16/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	120003	08/16/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	119999	08/16/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	119990	08/15/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	119983	08/15/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	119940	08/12/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	119905	08/10/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	119904	08/10/2023	28011			Read Comment
Litigant	119873	08/09/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	119871	08/09/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	119869	08/09/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	119811	08/04/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	119723	07/30/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	119722	07/30/2023	28011			Read Comment
Litigant	119685	07/27/2023	28011	9	9.0	Read Comment
Other	119661	07/26/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	119472	07/16/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	119463	07/16/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	119455	07/15/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	119451	07/15/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	119448	07/15/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	118596	05/30/2023	28011			Read Comment
Litigant	118162	05/18/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	118074	05/15/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	117436	04/18/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	117284	04/08/2023	28011			Read Comment
Litigant	115798	01/27/2023	28011			Read Comment
Other	114507	01/08/2023	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	111605	11/07/2022	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	109605	08/17/2022	28011			Read Comment
Other	105871	06/25/2022	28011	3	3.0	Read Comment
Litigant	103171	02/26/2022	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	98925	09/17/2021	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	98767	09/10/2021	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	97588	08/06/2021	28011			Read Comment
Litigant	96514	06/30/2021	28011			Read Comment
Litigant	96501	06/29/2021	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	96317	06/24/2021	28011			Read Comment
Court Staff	95488	05/19/2021	28011			Read Comment
Court Staff	95475	05/19/2021	28011	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	88581	08/16/2020	28011			Read Comment
Other	88571	08/15/2020	28011			Read Comment
Other	88136	07/22/2020	28011			Read Comment
Category Average				1.3	1.3

General Rating Criteria

Criminal Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

Civil Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

General Rating Criteria

Criminal Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

Civil Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

Non-attorney Rating (if applicable)

Criminal Case Rating Criteria
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Civil Case Rating Criteria
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Non-attorney Rating
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