The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Sunshine S Sykes
Judge
Superior Court
Riverside County

Attorney Average Rating: 2.8 - 20 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 1.0 - 5 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	125933	03/21/2024	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	118683	06/02/2023		1		1		1
Civil Litigation - Private	102737	02/08/2022	7	5		4	10	7		8
Civil Litigation - Private	90620	11/19/2020	7	2	2	1	8	2	2
Civil Litigation - Private	90260	10/30/2020	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	4
Civil Litigation - Private	53067	12/11/2017		1		1		1
Civil Litigation - Private	53065	12/11/2017
Civil Litigation - Private	50289	06/24/2017	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	2
Civil Litigation - Govt.	48452	03/24/2017	3	1	1	1	8	1	1	5
Civil Litigation - Private	47869	02/21/2017	5	1	1	1	10	3
Civil Litigation - Private	47127	01/09/2017	8	7	7	5		8	8	8
Civil Litigation - Private	43519	06/07/2016	2	1	3	1		1	2
Civil Litigation - Private	42582	05/07/2016	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	3
Civil Litigation - Private	41430	03/14/2016	2	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	41301	03/06/2016		1	2	1		2
Civil Litigation - Private	41251	03/04/2016	9	9	7	8	6	7		9
Civil Litigation - Private	41205	03/02/2016	2	1	2	1	3	1	1	3
Criminal Defense Lawyer	40736	02/06/2016	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2
Civil Litigation - Private	40485	01/28/2016	1	1	1	1	4	2	1	2
Civil Litigation - Private	40424	01/28/2016		1	2	3		1
Civil Litigation - Private	40057	01/07/2016	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	5
Category Average			3.8	2.3	2.6	2.2	5.7	2.7	2.3	4.6

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
125933	1	1	1	1.0
118683	1	1	1	1.0
102737	4		4	6.2
90620			1	3.4
90260	1			1.3
53067				1.0
53065				0.0
50289	1	1	1	1.4
48452	3		1	2.4
47869	3		3	3.4
47127	10	8	9	7.6
43519	2		1	1.7
42582	1	2	1	1.4
41430	1			1.1
41301				1.5
41251	9		10	7.9
41205	1	1	1	1.5
40736	1	2	1	1.3
40485				1.6
40424	4			2.2
40057	8	3	5	7.9
	3.2	2.4	2.9	2.7

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	105215	05/30/2022	22472			Read Comment
Litigant	82408	01/28/2020	22472	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	65096	02/12/2019	22472	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	57000	06/17/2018	22472	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	53901	01/31/2018	22472	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	51010	08/09/2017	22472	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				1.0	1.0