"The Robing Room: OR State Judges

Hon. Kathryn L. Villa-Smith	See Rating Details
Circuit Court Judge Circuit Court
Multnomah County Judicial District 4	See Comments

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General Rating Criteria

* Temperament		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Scholarship		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Industriousness		(1=Not at all industrious,10=Highly industrious)
* Ability to Handle Complex Litigation		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Punctuality		(1=Chronically Late,10=Always on Time)
* General Ability to Handle Pre-Trial Matters		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
* General Ability as a Trial Judge		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
Flexibility In Scheduling		(1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)

Criminal Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation		(1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
General Inclination Regarding Bail		(1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
Involvement in Plea Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved, 10=Very Involved)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Pretrial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Trial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Sentencing Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)

Civil Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation		(1=Not at all Evenhanded,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Involvement in Settlement Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved,10=Very Involved)
General Inclination		(1=Pro-defendant, 10=Pro-plaintiff)

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Other

Comment #: OR586
Rating:1.0

Comments:
[Redacted by Ed.] Allowed x wife who is on parole for shooting her boyfriend take over her husbands home after she had moved out and was off the lease. The woman didn't even ask for removal, the judge suggested it five times. I cannot believe this woman is a judge?? So the man never saw any of his property, his dog, or his car again. And the woman attempted to have him killed later. This is on the judge and she should be arrested. She enabled a killer to steal and lie. How do we get this person off of the stand.???

Litigant

Comment #: OR536
Rating:3.0

Comments:
Biased against men and has very little tollerance for pro se litigants. Accepts verbal evidence with no documentary backup when submitted by female litigants as gospel truth and dismisses or disregards verbal evidence submitted with documentary backup knot objected to) when submitted by male litigants especially pro se litigants. Will help a female pro se litigants ask the correct questions in the correct order but does not offer to help male pro se litigants they must ask for assistance and what is provided is minimal.

Criminal Defense Lawyer

Comment #: OR530
Rating:3.5

Comments:
Gave full custody to a mother who kept her kids from the father, and a mother that admitted to falsifying documents, lying to get a FAPA order, admitted to perjury along with multiple of her witnesses admitting to perjury, admitted all she had was hearsay and no evidence, judge was caught practicing from the bench, allowing the moms lawyer to lead witnesses, allowed the lawyer to make 4 different motions full of lies allowed the lawyer to lie on objects and helped out the lawyer the whole trial. This judge is very bias and does not do what’s best for the children instead she makes it so that the children barely get to see their father and now the children live with a drunk of a mom and around her druggy a** family. This judge needs to be removed immediately.

Other

Comment #: OR495
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Gave full custody to a mother who kept her son from his father for over a year because she didn’t like the new girlfriend. Mother was a homeless prostitute, with 3 open criminal cases in 3 states. No driver’s license, multiple CPS investigations into her abuse to the child, multiple text messages and social media posts showing how unhinged mentally she was. Didn’t keep up on childs medical care or school attendance for years.
Father had a stable job, stable
HOUSE, clean record, stable relationship, driver’s license. This judge is a typical Oregon judge, biased against fathers even with no leg to stand on.