The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Rebecca Connolly
Judge
Superior Court
Santa Cruz County

Attorney Average Rating: 1.6 - 6 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 13 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
Criminal Defense Lawyer	125250	02/18/2024	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	123933	12/03/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	123309	11/04/2023	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	3
Civil Litigation - Private	118695	06/02/2023	1	1	4	5	2	5	1	5
Criminal Defense Lawyer	115005	01/25/2023
Civil Litigation - Private	71398	06/26/2019
Civil Litigation - Private	35903	07/01/2015	1	1		1		1		1
Civil Litigation - Private	35689	06/23/2015	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	4
Category Average			1.3	1.3	1.8	1.7	2.5	2.0	1.4	2.8

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
125250				1.0
123933	1	1	1	1.0
123309	1	1	1	1.5
118695	1	1	1	2.5
115005				0.0
71398				0.0
35903	1		1	1.0
35689	3	4	5	2.5
	1.4	1.8	1.8	1.2

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	128260	08/16/2024	15398			Read Comment
Litigant	125969	03/23/2024	15398			Read Comment
Other	125249	02/18/2024	15398	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	123900	12/01/2023	15398	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	120264	08/30/2023	15398			Read Comment
Other	119555	07/19/2023	15398			Read Comment
Other	117590	04/25/2023	15398			Read Comment
Litigant	115986	02/08/2023	15398	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	115940	02/03/2023	15398	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	114606	01/14/2023	15398	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	114230	12/26/2022	15398			Read Comment
Other	113552	12/10/2022	15398	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	112123	12/01/2022	15398			Read Comment
Other	112027	11/29/2022	15398	1	1.0
Other	111378	10/29/2022	15398			Read Comment
Other	104235	04/19/2022	15398	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	102927	02/15/2022	15398	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	100694	11/19/2021	15398	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	90837	11/29/2020	15398	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	76616	09/24/2019	15398	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	73004	07/22/2019	15398			Read Comment
Other	70484	06/17/2019	15398			Read Comment
Other	61388	11/07/2018	15398			Read Comment
Other	60839	10/23/2018	15398	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.0	1.0