The Robing Room: TX State Judges

Hon. Sarah H. Heckman
Judge
Superior Court
Sutter County

Attorney Average Rating: 1.8 - 3 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 16 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	42696	05/12/2016	1	3	1	2	10	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	31877	12/24/2014	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	25044	01/28/2014	5	1	1	1	1	1	1
Category Average			2.3	2.3	1.0	1.3	4.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
42696	1	1		2.5
31877	1	1	1	1.3
25044				1.6
	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.8

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	116508	03/01/2023	15433	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	90305	11/02/2020	15433	8	8.0	Read Comment
Other	89815	10/11/2020	15433			Read Comment
Litigant	83154	02/12/2020	15433	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	61641	11/16/2018	15433	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	59306	09/04/2018	15433	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	57497	07/02/2018	15433	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	53533	01/13/2018	15433	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	52464	11/01/2017	15433	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	52453	10/31/2017	15433	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	52363	10/26/2017	15433	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	48980	04/18/2017	15433	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	46857	12/22/2016	15433			Read Comment
Other	46856	12/22/2016	15433	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	44881	08/20/2016	15433	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	41651	03/26/2016	15433	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40722	02/06/2016	15433	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	39987	01/05/2016	15433	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	26566	04/18/2014	15433			Read Comment
Category Average				1.4	1.4