The Robing Room: CA State Judges

Hon. Richard F. Walmark
Judge
Superior Court
Los Angeles County

Attorney Average Rating: 3.9 - 34 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 2.0 - 45 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
Criminal Defense Lawyer	129281	10/19/2024	9	9	10	9	4	10	9	9
Civil Litigation - Private	125477	02/27/2024	8	10		10	7	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	124105	12/15/2023
Civil Litigation - Private	111747	11/11/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	104681	05/05/2022	8
Civil Litigation - Private	104471	04/26/2022	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	103066	02/22/2022	2			1	1	1	1	5
Criminal Defense Lawyer	102985	02/18/2022	1		1		1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	101701	12/20/2021	1	1	1	1		1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	94178	04/01/2021	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
Civil Litigation - Private	75608	09/05/2019					1		1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	63521	01/06/2019
Criminal Defense Lawyer	58606	08/11/2018
Civil Litigation - Govt.	53710	01/23/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	53655	01/20/2018	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	50420	07/03/2017	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	50171	06/17/2017	1	2	1	2	7	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	47659	02/10/2017	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	47489	01/30/2017
Civil Litigation - Private	44563	08/02/2016	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	43911	06/24/2016	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	42632	05/10/2016	1	5	2	1	1	1	1	6
Criminal Defense Lawyer	38558	10/28/2015	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	37736	09/25/2015	1	1	4	4	2	2	1	3
Civil Litigation - Private	36420	07/22/2015	1	1		1		1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	36380	07/20/2015	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	34930	05/23/2015	1		1		10		1
Civil Litigation - Private	31435	12/04/2014	10	8	9	7	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	30905	11/09/2014	1	1	1	1		1	1	2
Civil Litigation - Private	27530	06/19/2014	1			1		1
Civil Litigation - Private	27195	05/28/2014	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	27194	05/28/2014	6	1	1	1		1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	24780	01/04/2014
Civil Litigation - Govt.	24596	12/14/2013	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	23402	09/23/2013	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	23383	09/20/2013
Civil Litigation - Govt.	21958	06/07/2013	8		7		9
Civil Litigation - Private	19606	01/17/2013	8	7	7	6	4	8	10	2
Civil Litigation - Private	18347	11/01/2012	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	3
Civil Litigation - Private	15677	06/22/2012	5	1	10	1	10	5	7	9
Category Average			4.1	4.0	4.2	3.6	4.6	3.6	3.6	4.8

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
129281
125477			9
124105
111747	1	1	1	1	1	1
104681
104471
103066	4
102985	1	1	1	1	1	1
101701
94178	1	5	1	1	1	1
75608
63521
58606
53710	1	1	1	1	1	1
53655	1	1	1	1	1	1
50420	1	1	1	1	1	1
50171
47659	1	1	1	1	1	1
47489
44563
43911	10	10	10	10	10
42632
38558
37736
36420	1
36380
34930
31435	8	6	10	4	4	4
30905
27530
27195	10	10	10	10	10	10
27194	1			1	1	1
24780
24596
23402
23383
21958
19606
18347
15677
	3.2	3.7	4.2	2.9	2.9	2.2

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
129281	10	10	10	8.8
125477	8		10	9.0
124105				0.0
111747	1	1	1	1.0
104681	4	4		6.0
104471	10		10	10.0
103066	1	2	2	1.6
102985	1	1	1	1.0
101701	1		1	1.0
94178	1	1	1	1.0
75608	1	1	1	1.0
63521				0.0
58606				0.0
53710	1	1	1	1.0
53655	1	1	1	1.0
50420	1	1	1	1.0
50171	1			2.0
47659	1	1	1	1.1
47489				0.0
44563	1	1		1.1
43911	10	10	10	10.0
42632	1	1	1	1.6
38558	1	1	1	1.3
37736				2.1
36420	1			1.0
36380				10.0
34930	1	1	1	2.8
31435	10	10	5	9.1
30905	1		10	1.0
27530	1	1	1	1.0
27195	10	10	10	10.0
27194	1			1.6
24780				0.0
24596	10	10	10	9.9
23402	1	1	1	1.1
23383				0.0
21958	8		7	8.0
19606	10	8	5	7.5
18347	1	5	10	1.4
15677	1	10	5	5.0
	3.5	3.9	4.4	3.3

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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	129280	10/19/2024	2896	9	9.0	Read Comment
Other	126199	04/09/2024	2896	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	124755	01/17/2024	2896			Read Comment
Other	120090	08/20/2023	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	116554	03/02/2023	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	113773	12/18/2022	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	111194	10/21/2022	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	110569	09/28/2022	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	104470	04/26/2022	2896	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	103204	02/28/2022	2896			Read Comment
Other	103139	02/24/2022	2896	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	101206	12/08/2021	2896			Read Comment
Other	98129	08/28/2021	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	85722	05/09/2020	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	75322	08/29/2019	2896			Read Comment
Other	68687	05/05/2019	2896			Read Comment
Other	68685	05/05/2019	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	63932	01/18/2019	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	59768	09/18/2018	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	59581	09/13/2018	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	58052	07/23/2018	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	56470	05/30/2018	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	54572	03/07/2018	2896	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	53651	01/20/2018	2896			Read Comment
Other	53526	01/12/2018	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	53473	01/09/2018	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	50455	07/06/2017	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	50453	07/06/2017	2896			Read Comment
Litigant	50143	06/15/2017	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	49123	04/25/2017	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	49032	04/20/2017	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	49014	04/20/2017	2896	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	47658	02/10/2017	2896			Read Comment
Other	46464	11/26/2016	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	42896	05/23/2016	2896			Read Comment
Litigant	41804	04/01/2016	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	40073	01/08/2016	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	39119	11/24/2015	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	38965	11/18/2015	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	37875	10/02/2015	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	35392	06/13/2015	2896			Read Comment
Litigant	35370	06/12/2015	2896	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	34741	05/12/2015	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	31718	12/16/2014	2896			Read Comment
Other	31716	12/16/2014	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	31437	12/05/2014	2896			Read Comment
Other	29933	10/09/2014	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	29901	10/08/2014	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	29816	10/02/2014	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	27838	07/03/2014	2896			Read Comment
Litigant	27528	06/19/2014	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	27455	06/13/2014	2896			Read Comment
Litigant	27187	05/27/2014	2896	2	2.0	Read Comment
Litigant	27159	05/25/2014	2896	2	2.0	Read Comment
Litigant	26751	05/03/2014	2896	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	26588	04/20/2014	2896	8	8.0	Read Comment
Litigant	24595	12/14/2013	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	24266	11/18/2013	2896	10	10.0	Read Comment
Litigant	23981	10/30/2013	2896	1	1.0	Read Comment
Category Average				3.0	3.0

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