The Robing Room: OR State Judges

Hon. Susan M. Svetkey
Circuit Court Judge
Circuit Court
Multnomah County
Judicial District 4

Attorney Average Rating: 3.1 - 10 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 2.0 - 21 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
Civil Litigation - Private	128905	10/02/2024
Civil Litigation - Private	119399	07/12/2023	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	3
Criminal Defense Lawyer	117684	04/30/2023
Criminal Defense Lawyer	101668	12/19/2021	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	5
Criminal Defense Lawyer	100826	11/24/2021
Civil Litigation - Private	92932	02/25/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	88306	07/30/2020	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	54875	03/26/2018	1	1	4	1	8	1	1	2
Civil Litigation - Private	54590	03/08/2018	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	54570	03/07/2018	1	2	1	1	1	3	1	4
Criminal Defense Lawyer	39399	12/08/2015	1		3	2	8		2	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	37624	09/18/2015	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	6175	09/25/2009	10	9	9		9	8	9
Category Average			2.9	3.0	3.2	2.1	4.8	3.1	2.8	2.4

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
128905				0.0
119399	1	1		1.4
117684				0.0
101668				10.0
100826				0.0
92932	1			1.0
88306				1.0
54875	1	1	1	2.3
54590	1	10		1.3
54570	1	1	1	1.4
39399	1		1	2.6
37624	1	1	1	1.0
6175	10			9.1
	2.1	2.8	1.0	2.4

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	129151	10/11/2024	5530			Read Comment
Litigant	127544	06/28/2024	5530	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	117682	04/30/2023	5530			Read Comment
Litigant	117596	04/26/2023	5530	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	116295	02/20/2023	5530	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	116294	02/20/2023	5530	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	116293	02/20/2023	5530	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	101667	12/19/2021	5530	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	100825	11/24/2021	5530			Read Comment
Litigant	92867	02/23/2021	5530	1	1.0
Other	89492	09/24/2020	5530	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	88305	07/30/2020	5530	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	87167	06/11/2020	5530			Read Comment
Other	87160	06/11/2020	5530	2	2.0	Read Comment
Litigant	86337	05/24/2020	5530	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	86336	05/24/2020	5530	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	84055	03/09/2020	5530	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	84021	03/08/2020	5530	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	82810	02/05/2020	5530	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	80762	12/26/2019	5530			Read Comment
Litigant	75585	09/04/2019	5530			Read Comment
Litigant	74437	08/16/2019	5530	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	59233	08/31/2018	5530	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	58589	08/08/2018	5530	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	55836	05/09/2018	5530	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	50597	07/13/2017	5530	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	39398	12/08/2015	5530	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				2.3	2.3