The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Rupert A Byrdsong
Judge
Superior Court
Los Angeles County

Attorney Average Rating: 2.6 - 19 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 10.0 - 6 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	124005	12/08/2023	5	1	1	1	9	2	3	8
Civil Litigation - Private	119888	08/10/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	111916	11/19/2022
Civil Litigation - Private	111595	11/07/2022	5	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	111421	10/31/2022	2	1		2		2
Civil Litigation - Private	104314	04/21/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	99389	09/29/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	99385	09/29/2021
Civil Litigation - Private	95602	05/24/2021	1		1	1		2	1
Civil Litigation - Govt.	92036	01/25/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Civil Litigation - Private	92030	01/25/2021	9	1	1		1	5		5
Civil Litigation - Private	91766	01/14/2021	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	88320	07/31/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	87507	06/25/2020	3	1	1	1	3	1	1	3
Civil Litigation - Private	83891	03/03/2020	3	2	2	1	5	3	1	6
Civil Litigation - Private	79497	11/27/2019	10					10		10
Civil Litigation - Private	72766	07/18/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	57592	07/06/2018	8	1	2	1	9	2	2
Civil Litigation - Private	54262	02/20/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	52376	10/27/2017	5					3	3
Category Average			3.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	3.2	2.8	2.3	4.1

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
124005	1		1	2.9
119888	1		1	1.0
111916	1		1	1.0
111595	1		1	1.7
111421				1.8
104314				1.0
99389				1.0
99385				0.0
95602	1	4		1.2
92036	1	1	1	1.0
92030				3.4
91766	10	10		10.0
88320	1	1	1	1.0
87507	1	1	1	1.5
83891	1	1	1	2.3
79497	10			10.0
72766	1	1	1	1.0
57592	1			3.3
54262	1			1.0
52376	1		1	3.0
	2.2	2.7	1.0	2.4

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	94680	04/18/2021	22397	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	72485	07/14/2019	22397	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	71045	06/23/2019	22397	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	55870	05/09/2018	22397	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	52124	10/12/2017	22397	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	48945	04/17/2017	22397	10	10.0	Read Comment
Category Average				10.0	10.0