New York City Bar Rates
General Election Candidates For Supreme Court,
District Attorney, Surrogate’s Court,
and Civil Court in New York
City
New
York--The New York City
Bar has evaluated candidates running in the general
elections for Supreme Court, District Attorney,
Surrogate’s Court, and Civil Court in Bronx
County, Kings County, New York County, Queens
County and Richmond County.
In examining candidates for the judiciary, the
Committee on the Judiciary of the Association
seeks to determine whether the candidate possesses
the requisite qualifications for judicial office,
such as integrity, impartiality, intellectual
ability, knowledge of the law, industriousness,
and judicial demeanor and temperament.
The Committee advances two ratings: Approved and Not
Approved. Candidates rated Approved have
affirmatively demonstrated qualifications necessary
for the performance of the duties of the court
for which they are being considered.
The Committee’s conclusions are as follows:
Supreme Court
BronxCounty
George Villegas |
Not approved
by reason of the candidate’s failure
to affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses
the requisite qualifications for the court
for which he is a candidate |
Kings and RichmondCounties
Paul M Atanasio |
Not approved
by reason of the candidate’s failure
to affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses
the requisite qualifications for the court
for which he is a candidate |
Ross Brady |
Not approved
by reason of the candidate’s failure
to affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses
the requisite qualifications for the court
for which he is a candidate |
L. Priscilla
Hall |
Approved |
Dennis W. Houdek |
Not approved
by reason of the candidate’s failure
to affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses
the requisite qualifications for the court
for which he is a candidate |
Larry D. Martin |
Approved |
Robert J. Miller |
Approved |
Albert Tomei |
Approved |
New YorkCounty
Shelia Abdus-Salaam |
Approved |
Paul G. Feinman |
Approved |
Fern A. Fisher |
Approved |
Charles Ramos |
Approved |
QueensCounty
Denis J. Butler |
Approved |
Kenneth C.
Holder |
Approved |
Joseph F. Kasper |
Not approved
by reason of the candidate’s failure
to affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses
the requisite qualifications for the court
for which he is a candidate |
Kerry John
Katsorhis |
Not approved
by reason of the candidate’s failure
to affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses
the requisite qualifications for the court
for which he is a candidate |
Steven W. Paynter |
Approved |
Theodore Stamas |
Approved |
Surrogate’s Court
KingsCounty
Diana A. Johnson |
Approved |
Theodore Alatsas |
Not approved
by reason of the candidate’s failure
to affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses
the requisite qualifications for the court
for which he is a candidate |
RichmondCounty
Robert J. Gigante |
Approved |
District Attorney
BronxCounty
Robert T. Johnson |
Not approved
by reason of the candidate’s failure
to affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses
the requisite qualifications for the court
for which he is a candidate |
QueensCounty
Richard A.
Brown |
Approved |
RichmondCounty
Daniel M. Donovan,
Jr. |
Approved |
Michael J.
Ryan |
Approved |
Civil Court
BronxCounty
1 st
District |
|
Paul Indig |
Approved |
Donald A. Miles |
Approved |
KingsCounty
Countywide |
|
Frederick C.
Arriaga |
Approved |
Vincent F.
Martusciello |
Not approved
by reason of the candidate’s failure
to affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses
the requisite qualifications for the court
for which he is a candidate |
Michael S.
Reinhardt |
Not approved
by reason of the candidate’s failure
to affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses
the requisite qualifications for the court
for which he is a candidate |
Robin K. Sheares |
Not approved
by reason of the candidate’s failure
to affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses
the requisite qualifications for the court
for which he is a candidate |
Debra Silber |
Approved |
Philip J. Smallman |
Not approved
by reason of the candidate’s failure
to affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses
the requisite qualifications for the court
for which he is a candidate |
Thomas J.R.
Stadnik |
Not approved
by reason of the candidate’s failure
to affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses
the requisite qualifications for the court
for which he is a candidate |
Carolyn E.
Wade |
Approved |
3 rd
District |
|
Dawn Marie
Jimenez |
Approved |
5 th
District |
|
Noach Dear |
Not approved
by reason of the candidate’s failure
to affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses
the requisite qualifications for the court
for which he is a candidate |
James P. McCall |
Approved |
6 th
District |
|
Katherine A.
Levine |
Approved |
New YorkCounty
Countywide |
|
Harold B. Beeler |
Approved |
Dorothy Chin-Brandt |
Approved |
Robert R. Reed |
Approved |
1 st
District |
|
Lucy Billings |
Approved |
9 th
District |
|
Andrea Masley |
Approved |
10
th District |
|
Geoffrey D.
Wright |
Approved |
QueensCounty
Countywide |
|
Rudolph E.
Greco, Jr. |
Approved |
4 th
District |
|
Robert Beltrani |
Not approved
by reason of the candidate’s failure
to affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses
the requisite qualifications for the court
for which he is a candidate |
Cheree A. Buggs |
Approved |
6 th
District |
|
William A.
Viscovich |
Approved |
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