The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Francine Zepeda
Judge
Superior Court
Fresno County

Attorney Average Rating: 1.5 - 4 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
Criminal Defense Lawyer	73941	08/08/2019
Civil Litigation - Private	58107	07/25/2018
Civil Litigation - Private	54780	03/20/2018	1	3	2	1	4	1	1	5
Criminal Defense Lawyer	53931	02/02/2018	4	3	1	3	1		1
Civil Litigation - Private	39328	12/05/2015	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	3
Criminal Defense Lawyer	32526	01/23/2015	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Category Average			1.8	2.0	1.3	1.5	2.3	1.0	1.0	3.0

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
73941				0.0
58107				0.0
54780	1	1	10	1.8
53931				2.2
39328	1		10	1.2
32526	1	1	1	1.0
	1.0	1.0	7.0	1.0

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	129069	10/06/2024	18477			Read Comment
Other	89062	09/06/2020	18477
Other	89061	09/06/2020	18477	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	89049	09/05/2020	18477	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	84375	03/17/2020	18477			Read Comment
Other	64432	01/28/2019	18477	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	61256	11/03/2018	18477	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	60735	10/20/2018	18477	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	58333	07/31/2018	18477	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	57101	06/19/2018	18477			Read Comment
Litigant	56513	05/31/2018	18477	6	6.0	Read Comment
Other	53993	02/05/2018	18477	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	53949	02/03/2018	18477			Read Comment
Other	51481	09/08/2017	18477	3	3.0	Read Comment
Other	49455	05/13/2017	18477	8	8.0	Read Comment
Litigant	49425	05/11/2017	18477	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	45141	09/03/2016	18477	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	44787	08/16/2016	18477	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	44635	08/05/2016	18477	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	44593	08/04/2016	18477	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	44555	08/02/2016	18477	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	41775	03/31/2016	18477			Read Comment
Other	34100	04/17/2015	18477			Read Comment
Category Average				1.9	1.9