THE ROBING ROOM

I rated her on a few qualifiers since I only sat in on a sentencing the other day. It's no surprise she's so highly rated. She's soft-spoken, super bright and considerate. She doesn't need to come off as the smartest person in the room -- though she likely is. Seemed very at ease and confident in rendering a non-guideline sentence to a sad sack with lots of quantifiable 3553 factors and a family that would be further traumatized by a custodial term, no matter how limited. Brave to impose non-guideline sentencing in a still mostly-mandatory guideline district. A pleasure appearing in her courtroom, though I will report back as proceedings progress.