The Robing Room: TX State Judges

Hon. David J Cowan
Judge
Superior Court
Los Angeles County

Attorney Average Rating: 3.4 - 17 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 4.0 - 17 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	97564	08/05/2021	9	8	9	8	7	8	8	5
Civil Litigation - Private	92887	02/23/2021	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	91328	12/20/2020	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9
Criminal Defense Lawyer	91317	12/20/2020	9	9	8		10			10
Civil Litigation - Private	87323	06/20/2020	1	1	1	1	5	2	1
Civil Litigation - Private	86747	05/31/2020	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	85700	05/08/2020		1	1	1		1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	85666	05/07/2020	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	85300	04/28/2020	10	10	10	10	9		10
Civil Litigation - Private	79783	12/05/2019	1		1	1	1	1	1	2
Civil Litigation - Private	73287	07/27/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	71990	07/05/2019	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	70048	06/06/2019	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	67721	04/09/2019	1	1	1	1	7	7	5	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	56305	05/24/2018	4	1	2	5	5	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	54932	03/29/2018	5	1	2	1	7	4	7
Civil Litigation - Private	53249	12/23/2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Category Average			3.8	3.1	3.1	2.8	4.5	2.8	3.2	3.6

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
97564	9		8	8.3
92887	1		1	1.5
91328	10		10	9.9
91317	8			8.8
87323				1.7
86747	1	1	5	1.5
85700	1			1.0
85666	1	1	1	1.0
85300	10	10		9.9
79783	1	1	1	1.0
73287	1	1	1	1.0
71990	1	1	1	1.0
70048	1	1	10	1.4
67721	1	1	1	3.0
56305	1	1	1	2.3
54932	3	1		3.8
53249	1	1	1	1.0
	3.2	1.8	3.4	3.4

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	126322	04/17/2024	22401	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	126194	04/09/2024	22401			Read Comment
Other	102615	02/02/2022	22401	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	101958	01/04/2022	22401	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	91316	12/20/2020	22401	8	8.0	Read Comment
Litigant	88386	08/05/2020	22401	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	87676	07/02/2020	22401			Read Comment
Litigant	85667	05/07/2020	22401	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	85665	05/07/2020	22401	1	1.0
Litigant	85639	05/07/2020	22401	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	85299	04/28/2020	22401	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	80234	12/12/2019	22401	1	1.0	Read Comment
Probation or Pretrial Officer	79218	11/19/2019	22401			Read Comment
Litigant	65353	02/16/2019	22401	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	64537	01/31/2019	22401	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	58605	08/11/2018	22401	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	51051	08/11/2017	22401	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	49056	04/22/2017	22401	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	46203	11/05/2016	22401	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	46166	11/03/2016	22401	10	10.0	Read Comment
Category Average				4.1	4.1