The Robing Room: NY State Judges

Hon. Ellen Spodek

Civil Court
Kings (Brooklyn) County

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Attorney Average Rating: 7.9 - 16 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 10.0 - 5 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	117240	04/06/2023	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	117048	03/28/2023	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Civil Litigation - Private	116218	02/16/2023	2	4	7	3	3	6	2	1
Civil Litigation - Private	65159	02/13/2019	4	2	2	1	3	2	2	7
Civil Litigation - Private	64140	01/22/2019	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	10
Civil Litigation - Private	45487	09/22/2016	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	35980	07/05/2015	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	34044	04/15/2015	2						3
Civil Litigation - Private	24245	11/16/2013	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	8
Criminal Defense Lawyer	24150	11/10/2013	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	22454	07/19/2013	9	8	10	9	7	7	8	9
Criminal Defense Lawyer	18831	11/27/2012	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	3
Civil Litigation - Private	12810	01/03/2012
Civil Litigation - Private	10673	05/05/2011	10		10					10
Civil Litigation - Private	6445	12/08/2009	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	251	09/12/2007	10	10	10	10	10			10
Civil Litigation - Private	250	09/12/2007
Civil Litigation - Private	31	07/26/2007	9	8	8	10	7	10	9	10
Category Average			8.1	7.9	8.5	8.1	7.9	8.2	7.4	8.5

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
117240
117048
116218
65159
64140
45487
35980	10	10	10	10	10	10
34044
24245
24150
22454
18831
12810
10673
6445
251
250
31
	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
117240	10	10	5	10.0
117048	10	10	10	10.0
116218				3.9
65159	1	5	2	2.1
64140	10	10	10	9.6
45487	10	10	5	10.0
35980	10	10	10	10.0
34044	2		2	2.3
24245	10	9	5	9.5
24150	10	10	10	9.9
22454	10	8	9	8.5
18831	1			1.4
12810				0.0
10673	10	10		10.0
6445	10	10	10	10.0
251	10	10		10.0
250				0.0
31	10	7	5	8.9
	8.3	9.2	6.9	7.0

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

Non-attorney Rating
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	23508	09/30/2013	1192	10	10.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	23228	09/10/2013	1192	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	18849	11/28/2012	1192	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	18839	11/28/2012	1192	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	15511	06/18/2012	1192	10	10.0	Read Comment
Category Average				10.0	10.0