The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Mel Red Recana
Judge
Superior Court
Los Angeles County

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Attorney Average Rating: 5.0 - 14 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 3.0 - 3 rating(s)

General Rating Criteria

* 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)

Criminal Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* 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)

Civil Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* 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)

General Rating Criteria

Criminal Case Rating Criteria
(if applicable)

Civil Case Rating Criteria
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	*Temp.	*Sch.	*Indu.	*Comp.	*Punct.	*Ab-Pr.	*Ab-Tr.	Flex
Civil Litigation - Private	108774	07/19/2022	5	1	1	1	4	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	105682	06/17/2022	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	103414	03/13/2022	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	100102	10/26/2021	7	1	1	1	6	1		1
Civil Litigation - Private	97454	08/02/2021	7	3	4	1	9		1
Civil Litigation - Private	94620	04/16/2021	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9
Civil Litigation - Private	54942	03/30/2018	10	9	9		9	9	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	48293	03/17/2017	1	1	1			1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	47584	02/05/2017
Civil Litigation - Private	42837	05/20/2016	8	8	10	10	7	7	7	6
Criminal Defense Lawyer	16917	08/17/2012	8	3	4	2	5	5	2	7
Civil Litigation - Private	7115	05/15/2010	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	6697	02/17/2010	10	5	5	5	7	7	7	10
Civil Litigation - Private	6614	01/25/2010	10	8	8	8	5	8		10
Civil Litigation - Private	6357	11/12/2009	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
Category Average			6.5	4.4	4.7	4.3	5.8	4.8	4.3	6.5

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
108774
105682
103414
100102
97454
94620
54942
48293
47584
42837
16917
7115
6697
6614
6357

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
108774	1		9	1.9
105682	1	1	1	1.4
103414	10	10		10.0
100102	1		10	2.6
97454	5			4.3
94620	10		10	9.8
54942	10		6	9.4
48293	1		1	1.0
47584				0.0
42837	10			8.4
16917	4	5	3	4.1
7115	1	1	1	1.0
6697	5		9	6.4
6614	10	5	5	8.1
6357	2	2	10	1.4
	5.1	4.0	5.9	4.6

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

Non-attorney Rating
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Litigant	127105	06/03/2024	2800	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	54682	03/13/2018	2800	8	8.0	Read Comment
Other	44111	07/07/2016	2800	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				3.3	3.3