The survey presents lawyers’ ratings of the 366 judges assigned to the Superior Court’s law and chancery divisions as of the last general assignment order, dated June 30, 2004, and who had been on the bench for at least six months as of that date. (The survey did not include judges in recall status, nor does it include Tax Court judges, even though they often serve in the Superior Court trial parts.)
The results are tabulated from questionnaires, mailed in September, which asked lawyers to grade judges in 12 distinct categories on a 1-to-10 scale, 10 being the highest. (A sample questionnaire appears here.)
