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* Temperament		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Scholarship		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Industriousness		(1=Not at all industrious,10=Highly industrious)
* Ability to Handle Complex Litigation		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Punctuality		(1=Chronically Late,10=Always on Time)
* General Ability to Handle Pre-Trial Matters		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
* General Ability as a Trial Judge		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
Flexibility In Scheduling		(1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)

Criminal Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation		(1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
General Inclination Regarding Bail		(1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
Involvement in Plea Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved, 10=Very Involved)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Pretrial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Trial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Sentencing Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)

Civil Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation		(1=Not at all Evenhanded,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Involvement in Settlement Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved,10=Very Involved)
General Inclination		(1=Pro-defendant, 10=Pro-plaintiff)

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What others have said about Hon. Rufus A. Banks Jr.

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Litigant

Comment #: VA527
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Because this court screwed up years ago when I was a poor single mom living far away I had never gotten anything from my first husband. After 20 years was finally given part of exhusband's military pension. He sleazed out of paying all of it while waiting 9 mos for the govt to take over by saying he was withholding some for taxes?? Highly illegal. Amount was too low to hire lawyer<$1500 so I represented myself & lost out once again due to Judge Banks not liking an order he signed and not giving me a chance to explain why it was worded the way it was by my former bad lawyer, Jeffries.

Other

Comment #: VA519
Rating:1.0

Comments:
My ex, unbeknownst to me owed me about $200,000 that I should have gotten over 20 years from a pension. I was not able to recover it but he was supposed to pay me going forward. He did not pay the agreed upon amount. I requested he be held in contempt. Banks was not prepared and did not seem to understand my arguments and wouldn't let me speak. I got a feeling he was a bros before hoes type. He said that something in the order was wrong but my ex lawyer wrote it and Judge Banks signed it! How is it my fault? And there was a reason it was written that way but I was never given a chance to explain. But he still used it against ME and that's more money I've lost to this legal theft.