The Robing Room: VA State Judges

Hon. Penney S. Azcarate
Judge
Circuit
Fairfax County
19

Attorney Average Rating: 3.6 - 21 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 6.0 - 33 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
Prosecutor	118145	05/18/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Prosecutor	115917	02/02/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	115850	01/29/2023	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	10
Prosecutor	115842	01/29/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	114590	01/12/2023	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Prosecutor	114282	12/29/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	113786	12/19/2022	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	113777	12/19/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	112017	11/23/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	111438	11/01/2022	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Prosecutor	110612	09/29/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	110169	09/14/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	110072	09/08/2022	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Prosecutor	110048	09/06/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Prosecutor	109808	08/25/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	109615	08/17/2022	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Criminal Defense Lawyer	109546	08/13/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Prosecutor	109544	08/13/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	109200	08/01/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	109178	07/31/2022	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Criminal Defense Lawyer	108946	07/22/2022	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Category Average			3.6	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.3

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
118145	1	1	1	1	1	1
115917	1	1	1	1	1	1
115850	9	9	10	9	9	10
115842	1	1	1	1	1	1
114590	1	1	1	1	1	1
114282	1	1	1	1	1	1
113786	10	10	10	10	10	10
113777	1	1	1	1	1	1
112017	1	1	1	1	1	1
111438	10	10	10	10	10	10
110612	1	1	1	1	1	1
110169	1	1	1	1	1	1
110072
110048	1	1	1	1	1	1
109808	1	1	1	1	1	1
109615	10	10	10	10	10	10
109546	1	1	1	1	1	1
109544	1	1	1	1	1	1
109200	1	1	1	1	1	1
109178	1	1	1	1	1	1
108946	10	10	10	10	10	10
	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.3

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
118145	1	1	1	1.0
115917	1	1	1	1.0
115850	9	10	9	9.6
115842	1	1	1	1.0
114590	1	1	1	1.0
114282	1	1	1	1.0
113786	10	10	10	10.0
113777	1	1	1	1.0
112017	1	1	1	1.0
111438	10	10	9	10.0
110612	1	1	1	1.0
110169	1	1	1	1.0
110072	10	10	10	10.0
110048	1	1	1	1.0
109808	1	1	1	1.0
109615	10	10	10	10.0
109546	1	1	1	1.0
109544	1	1	1	1.0
109200	1	1	1	1.0
109178	1	1	1	1.0
108946	10	10	10	10.0
	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.6

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Non-attorney Rating
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	128726	09/18/2024	16639	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	128723	09/18/2024	16639	10	10.0	Read Comment
Court Staff	127902	07/21/2024	16639	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	127718	07/11/2024	16639	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	126171	04/06/2024	16639	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	126163	04/06/2024	16639	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	126162	04/06/2024	16639	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	120143	08/23/2023	16639			Read Comment
Other	120141	08/23/2023	16639			Read Comment
Other	114547	01/09/2023	16639	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	114287	12/29/2022	16639	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	113785	12/19/2022	16639			Read Comment
Other	113782	12/19/2022	16639	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	112023	11/28/2022	16639	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	111995	11/21/2022	16639	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	111692	11/09/2022	16639	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	111297	10/25/2022	16639	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	110516	09/27/2022	16639	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	110101	09/09/2022	16639	1	1.0	Read Comment
Litigant	109895	08/29/2022	16639	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	109840	08/26/2022	16639	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	109669	08/20/2022	16639	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	109614	08/17/2022	16639	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	109298	08/03/2022	16639	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	109250	08/01/2022	16639	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	109249	08/01/2022	16639	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	109190	07/31/2022	16639	10	10.0
Other	109183	07/31/2022	16639	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	109148	07/30/2022	16639	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	109107	07/27/2022	16639			Read Comment
Other	108914	07/21/2022	16639	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	108913	07/21/2022	16639	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	108901	07/21/2022	16639			Read Comment
Other	108899	07/21/2022	16639	10	10.0
Other	108887	07/21/2022	16639	9	9.0	Read Comment
Other	108886	07/21/2022	16639	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	108884	07/21/2022	16639			Read Comment
Other	108866	07/20/2022	16639	10	10.0	Read Comment
Other	108841	07/20/2022	16639	10	10.0	Read Comment
Category Average				6.4	6.4

General Rating Criteria

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General Rating Criteria

Criminal Case Rating Criteria (if applicable)

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Criminal Case Rating Criteria
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Non-attorney Rating
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