The Robing Room: WV State Judges

Hon. Gary L. Johnson
Circuit Judge
Court
Nicholas County
28th Circuit

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Attorney Average Rating: 6.7 - 7 rating(s)
Non-Attorney Average Rating: 5.0 - 2 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	47059	01/05/2017	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Civil Litigation - Private	41023	02/22/2016	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Private	41012	02/22/2016	10	10	10	10	10
Civil Litigation - Govt.	40993	02/20/2016	10	8	10	10	6	9	9	8
Civil Litigation - Private	11740	09/01/2011	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	4
Criminal Defense Lawyer	9845	01/26/2011	4	4	5	4	7	5	4
Civil Litigation - Private	4877	02/24/2009	10	10	10	10	8	9	10	10
Category Average			7.0	6.7	7.1	6.9	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.6

ID	*Ev-Cr.	Bail	Plea	Inc.-Pr.	Inc.-Tr.	Inc.-S.
47059	1	1	1	1	1	1
41023	10	5		5	5	2
41012
40993	10	5	5	7	7	4
11740	1	2	4	4	5	3
9845	2
4877	10	7	7	8	7	7
	5.7	4.0	4.3	5.0	5.0	3.4

ID	*Ev-Cv.	Settle	Inc.	Average
47059	1	1	1	1.1
41023	10		10	10.0
41012	10			10.0
40993	10	8	5	9.1
11740	3	3	7	2.9
9845	2			4.1
4877	10	10	5	9.7
	6.6	5.5	5.6	6.7

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Non-attorney Rating
(if applicable)

Evaluator	ID	Date	JudgeID	Ovr.	Average	ReadComment
Other	47060	01/05/2017	7581	1	1.0	Read Comment
Other	47033	01/04/2017	7581			Read Comment
Other	40999	02/20/2016	7581	9	9.0	Read Comment
Other	40992	02/20/2016	7581			Read Comment
Category Average				5.0	5.0