The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Timothy R. Volkmann
Judge
Superior Court
Santa Cruz County

Attorney Average Rating: 2.9 - 22 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 2.0 - 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	125606	02/29/2024	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	125597	02/29/2024	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	124558	01/02/2024	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	124046	12/11/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	123002	10/24/2023		1
Civil Litigation - Private	120620	09/17/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	120435	09/07/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	120119	08/22/2023	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	119366	07/11/2023
Civil Litigation - Private	113712	12/15/2022
Civil Litigation - Private	112154	12/02/2022
Civil Litigation - Govt.	111604	11/07/2022
Civil Litigation - Private	109534	08/13/2022	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	106246	07/13/2022
Criminal Defense Lawyer	103502	03/17/2022	1	1	1	1			1
Civil Litigation - Private	98957	09/18/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	97915	08/17/2021	10	9	10	10	10	10		10
Civil Litigation - Private	96208	06/19/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	95574	05/22/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	95573	05/22/2021	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	90097	10/23/2020	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9
Criminal Defense Lawyer	82508	01/29/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	64181	01/22/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	52580	11/08/2017	2	2	4	2	6	3	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	52366	10/26/2017	2	2					1
Civil Litigation - Private	35690	06/23/2015	9	6	7	5	8	8	8	8
Civil Litigation - Private	23506	09/29/2013	9	8	9	8	8	9	9	9
Category Average			3.2	2.9	3.3	3.0	3.5	3.4	2.7	3.3

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
125606				1.0
125597	1	1	1	1.0
124558				1.0
124046	1	1	1	1.0
123002	1		10	1.0
120620	1	1	1	1.0
120435	1	1	1	1.0
120119	10	10	10	10.0
119366				0.0
113712				0.0
112154				0.0
111604				0.0
109534	1	1	1	1.3
106246				0.0
103502		1		1.0
98957	1	1	1	1.0
97915	10	10	10	9.9
96208	1	1	1	1.0
95574	1	1	1	1.0
95573	1	2	1	1.1
90097	10	7		9.4
82508	1	1	1	1.0
64181	1	1	1	1.0
52580	1	1	1	2.6
52366	1	1	1	1.5
35690	3	8	2	6.8
23506	9	9	9	8.6
	2.9	3.1	3.0	2.4

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	126490	04/26/2024	15402	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	125605	02/29/2024	15402	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	125509	02/27/2024	15402	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	124946	01/29/2024	15402			Read Comment
Litigant	124154	12/19/2023	15402	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	120809	09/29/2023	15402			Read Comment
Other	120050	08/18/2023	15402	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	117995	05/11/2023	15402	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	109569	08/15/2022	15402	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	109334	08/04/2022	15402	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	105387	06/05/2022	15402	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	105331	06/03/2022	15402			Read Comment
Other	103501	03/17/2022	15402	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	95929	06/08/2021	15402	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	87838	07/09/2020	15402	4	4.0	Read Comment
Other	57574	07/05/2018	15402	9	9.0	Read Comment
Category Average				2.5	2.5