The Robing Room: TX State Judges

Hon. Elaine Lu
Judge
Superior Court
Los Angeles County

Attorney Average Rating: 3.9 - 19 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 2.0 - 7 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	127656	07/08/2024	2	2	6	1	1	1	1	7
Criminal Defense Lawyer	124724	01/13/2024	10	10	10	10	5	10	8	8
Civil Litigation - Private	124190	12/20/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	117553	04/22/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	116504	03/01/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	109980	09/02/2022	5	4	3	1	1	2	2	1
Civil Litigation - Private	96264	06/22/2021	1	3			6	2		1
Civil Litigation - Private	91767	01/14/2021	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	84661	04/08/2020	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	77397	10/09/2019	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2
Civil Litigation - Private	75962	09/11/2019	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	69660	05/28/2019	1			2
Criminal Defense Lawyer	56878	06/13/2018	2	1	8	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	55970	05/13/2018	1	1	1	1	4	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	55715	05/05/2018	3	1	1	1	3	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	55686	05/05/2018	4	1	8	1	5	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	53872	01/30/2018	1	1	1	1		1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	53104	12/13/2017		6				7
Criminal Defense Lawyer	46812	12/19/2016	4	7	1	3	10	2		1
Category Average			3.8	4.0	4.6	3.3	4.4	3.6	2.9	3.5

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
127656	1	1	1	1.9
124724	8		9	8.9
124190	1		1	1.0
117553	1	1	1	1.0
116504	1		1	1.0
109980	2		1	2.5
96264	1		1	2.6
91767	10	10		10.0
84661	10		5	10.0
77397	2		1	1.6
75962	10		10	10.0
69660				1.5
56878	1		1	2.0
55970	1			1.3
55715	10		10	2.6
55686	1		1	2.8
53872				1.0
53104	10			7.7
46812	1			4.0
	4.2	4.0	3.3	3.9

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

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	124694	01/11/2024	2717	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	96857	07/13/2021	2717	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	84456	03/26/2020	2717	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	55714	05/05/2018	2717			Read Comment
Litigant	54535	03/06/2018	2717	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	53870	01/30/2018	2717	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	45006	08/27/2016	2717	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	43699	06/13/2016	2717	8	8.0	Read Comment
Category Average				2.0	2.0