New York City Bar Rates General Election Candidates For Supreme Court and Civil Court in New York City
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Eric Friedman
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New York City Bar Rates General Election Candidates For Supreme Court, Civil Court and DA in New York City
New York, October 30, 2015 – The New York City Bar Association’s Judiciary Committee has evaluated candidates running in the November 3rd general election for Supreme Court, Civil Court and District Attorney in Bronx, Kings, New York, and Queens Counties.
In examining candidates for the judiciary, the Committee 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.
Bronx County
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Supreme Court |
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Mitchell J. Danziger |
Approved |
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Lizbeth Gonzalez |
Approved |
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Robert T. Johnson |
Approved |
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Sallie Manzanet-Daniels |
Approved |
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Dianne Renwick |
Approved |
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Ruben Franco |
Approved |
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Christopher B. Garvey |
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 |
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Guy T. Parisi |
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 |
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Civil Court (Countywide) |
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Marsha D. Michael |
Approved |
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Ben Barbato |
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 |
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District Attorney |
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Darcel D. Clark |
Not approved by reason of the candidate’s failure to affirmatively demonstrate that she possesses the requisite qualifications for the position for which she is a candidate |
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Robert Siano |
Not approved by reason of the candidate’s failure to affirmatively demonstrate that he possesses the requisite qualifications for the position for which he is a candidate |
Kings County
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Supreme Court |
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Debra Silber |
Approved |
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Genine D. Edwards |
Approved |
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Thomas P. Aliotta |
Approved |
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Pamela L. Fisher |
Approved |
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Noach Dear |
Approved |
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Civil Court (Countywide) |
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Lorna J. McAllister |
Not approved by reason of the candidate’s failure to affirmatively demonstrate that she possesses the requisite qualifications for the court for which she is a candidate |
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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 |
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Civil Court (2nd District) |
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Dweynie E. Paul |
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 |
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Civil Court (7th District) |
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Carolyn Walker-Diallo |
Approved |
New York County
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Supreme Court |
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Tanya R. Kennedy |
Approved |
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Raymond Bruce |
Approved |
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Barbara Kapnick |
Approved |
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Arthur Engoron |
Approved |
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Arlene Bluth |
Approved |
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Civil Court (2nd District) |
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Lyle E. Frank |
Approved |
Queens County
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Supreme Court |
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Anthony Caronna |
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 |
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Martin E. Ritholtz |
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 |
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Peter J. O’Donoghue |
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 |
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Kevin Hanratty |
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 |
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Joseph 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 |
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Michael O’Reilly |
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 |
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Duane A. Hart |
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 |
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Civil Court (Countywide) |
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Ushir Pandit-Durant |
Approved |
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Laurentina McKetney Butler |
Approved |
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Maureen Healy |
The Association could not complete a review of this candidate |
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Civil Court (3rd District) |
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Peter F. Vallone, Jr. |
Approved |
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District Attorney |
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Hon. Richard Brown |
Approved |
Richmond County
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District Attorney |
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Joan Illuzzi |
Approved |
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Michael E. McMahon |
Approved |
The NYS Office of Court Administration has posted its annual non-partisan voter guide for judicial candidates, at http://www.nycourts.gov/vote/. The guide lists all state-paid judicial candidates on the ballot in each county, as furnished by boards of elections. Candidates were invited to provide a personal statement and basic biographical information.
Note: To ensure the thoroughness and integrity of the ratings process, the City Bar cannot comment beyond what is provided herein.
