The Robing Room: NY State Judges

Hon. Francois A. Rivera

Supreme Court
Kings (Brooklyn) County

Attorney Average Rating: 4.5 - 45 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 5.0 - 6 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	126305	04/16/2024	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	124001	12/07/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	123122	11/02/2023	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	2
Criminal Defense Lawyer	120270	08/30/2023	1
Civil Litigation - Private	103389	03/12/2022	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	98882	09/15/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	97530	08/04/2021	1				5
Criminal Defense Lawyer	66296	03/05/2019
Civil Litigation - Private	60070	09/27/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4
Civil Litigation - Private	58585	08/08/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	56330	05/25/2018	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	54609	03/09/2018	1	6	5	1	6	1	1	2
Civil Litigation - Private	53444	01/08/2018	2
Civil Litigation - Private	51200	08/21/2017	1	1	1	1			1
Civil Litigation - Private	50671	07/19/2017	10	9	9	10	10	10		8
Civil Litigation - Govt.	50431	07/04/2017
Civil Litigation - Private	50157	06/16/2017	2	1	3	1	2		1	5
Civil Litigation - Govt.	50033	06/08/2017	1	1	1	1			1
Civil Litigation - Private	46616	12/05/2016	1	5	1	1	10	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	46108	10/29/2016	8	10	8	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	45612	09/29/2016	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	44832	08/18/2016	1	5	2	2	3	5		3
Civil Litigation - Private	44272	07/14/2016	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Civil Litigation - Private	40124	01/11/2016	8	8	10		10	9
Criminal Defense Lawyer	39225	12/02/2015	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	37694	09/23/2015	7	9	7				7
Civil Litigation - Private	37623	09/18/2015	1	1	1	1			1
Civil Litigation - Private	36468	07/24/2015	1	4	4	7	10	6	4	1
Civil Litigation - Private	33852	04/04/2015	8	10	10	9	10	10	8	6
Civil Litigation - Private	33563	03/20/2015	8	9	9	9	9	9		10
Civil Litigation - Private	28634	08/07/2014	8	10			10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	28501	07/31/2014	1	3		1	8	1	1	9
Civil Litigation - Private	26444	04/10/2014	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3
Civil Litigation - Private	25431	02/28/2014	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Criminal Defense Lawyer	24936	01/17/2014	3	1	3		1	1	2
Civil Litigation - Private	23999	11/01/2013
Civil Litigation - Private	23385	09/20/2013	3	4					3
Civil Litigation - Private	20580	03/14/2013	1	8	8	7	10	5	8	8
Civil Litigation - Private	19411	12/31/2012	2	4	5	2	7	5	3
Civil Litigation - Private	16789	08/09/2012	3	1		1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	12494	12/08/2011	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	9890	02/02/2011	3	3	3	2	7	5		4
Civil Litigation - Private	9745	01/14/2011	2	2	8	5	8	5		5
Criminal Defense Lawyer	8728	08/19/2010	2	5	6	1	2		2	2
Criminal Defense Lawyer	6418	12/02/2009	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	7
Criminal Defense Lawyer	5419	06/18/2009	1	1	1	3	5	2	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	1399	12/31/2007	6	10	10	9	9	10	10	8
Civil Litigation - Private	702	10/31/2007	3	2	4	1	5	1	1
Category Average			3.8	4.9	5.0	4.3	6.2	5.1	4.0	5.0

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
126305
124001
123122
120270
103389
98882
97530
66296
60070
58585
56330
54609
53444
51200
50671
50431
50157
50033
46616
46108
45612
44832
44272
40124
39225
37694
37623
36468
33852
33563
28634
28501
26444
25431
24936
23999
23385
20580
19411
16789
12494
9890
9745
8728
6418
5419
1399
702

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
126305	10		5	10.0
124001	1	1	1	1.0
123122	2	1	1	1.6
120270	1			1.0
103389	10	10	10	10.0
98882	6			1.6
97530	5			3.7
66296				0.0
60070	1			1.0
58585	1	1		1.0
56330	1	1		1.3
54609	5		1	3.3
53444	2			2.0
51200		1	1	1.0
50671	9		8	9.6
50431				0.0
50157	1	1	1	1.6
50033	1		10	1.0
46616	1	3	1	2.6
46108	10			9.4
45612	10	8		10.0
44832	3	1	1	3.0
44272	2	2	1	2.1
40124	10		9	9.2
39225				10.0
37694	8		5	7.6
37623	1		1	1.0
36468	6		1	5.3
33852	8	7	5	9.1
33563	9			8.9
28634	10	8	10	9.7
28501	1	1	1	2.3
26444	3	3	1	2.0
25431	2	2	2	2.1
24936	1	1	5	1.7
23999				0.0
23385	2			3.0
20580	1	2	9	6.0
19411	3	3	3	3.9
16789				1.4
12494	10	7	5	10.0
9890	2		5	3.6
9745				5.0
8728	1	1		2.7
6418	10	8	5	9.3
5419	3	2	1	2.1
1399	5	7	8	8.6
702	1	1	1	2.3
	4.4	3.3	3.9	4.3

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Non-attorney Rating
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	126152	04/05/2024	917			Read Comment
Litigant	78204	10/27/2019	917	9	9.0	Read Comment
Other	66484	03/08/2019	917	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	46758	12/14/2016	917	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	40609	02/01/2016	917			Read Comment
Other	31029	11/13/2014	917			Read Comment
Other	20347	03/01/2013	917	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	10900	06/05/2011	917	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	8727	08/19/2010	917	2	2.0	Read Comment
Category Average				5.5	5.5

General Rating Criteria

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General Rating Criteria

Criminal Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

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