New York City Bar Association Rates Candidates for Civil Court, Supreme Court and Surrogate’s Court in New York City

The New York City Bar Association has completed evaluations of the following candidates who are running in general elections on November 5 for Civil Court, Supreme Court and Surrogate’s Court. The review was conducted by the Association’s Committee on the Judiciary.

The Committee uses two ratings: Approved and Not Approved. Candidates rated Approved have affirmatively demonstrated qualifications necessary for the performance of the duties of the position for which they are being considered.

New York County 

Civil Court, Countywide
Louis L. Nock – Not Approved
Malaika Scott-McLaughlin – Approved
Allison R. Greenfield – Approved
Harold E. Bahr – Approved
Elizabeth Y. Shamahs – Approved
Crystal Villasenor – Approved

Civil Court, 1st Municipal District
Ilona B. Coleman – Approved

Civil Court, 2nd Municipal District
Alice Tam Tien – Approved

Civil Court, 5th Municipal District
Ralph L. Wolf – Approved

Civil Court, 8th Municipal District
Jose A. Padilla Jr. – Not Approved

Civil Court, 10th Municipal District
J Machelle Sweeting – Approved

Supreme Court, 1^st Judicial District
Cynthia Sharon Kern – Approved
Gerald Lebovits – Approved

Bronx County

Civil Court, Countywide
Eliezer Rodriguez – Approved
Deidra Moore – Approved
Dawn Guglielmo – Approved
Scott Krompinger – Approved
Angel Cruz – Not Approved
Diomarys Escano-Bell – Approved

Civil Court, 2nd Municipal District
Brenda L. Rivera – Not Approved

Supreme Court, 12^th Judicial District
Matthew Parker-Raso – Approved

Kings County

Civil Court, Countywide
Alexis Riley – Not approved
Turqoise Haskin – Approved
Tehilah H. Berman – Approved
Tawanna Marie St. Louis – Approved
Abayomi O. Whint – Approved
Mark Kagan – Approved

Civil Court, 5th Municipal District
Hemalee J. Patel – Approved
Jacob Zelmanovitz – Not Approved
Benjamin J. Lieberman – Not Approved

Civil Court, 6th Municipal District
Janice Robinson – Not Approved
Norma J. Jennings – Approved

Supreme Court, 2^nd Judicial District
Adam D. Perlmutter – Approved
Inga M. Oneale – Approved
Lisa Lewis – Approved
Sharen D. Hudson – Approved
Keisha Alleyne – Approved
Christopher J. Robles – Not Approved
Jeffrey S. Sunshine – Approved

Queens County

Civil Court, Countywide
Glenda M. Hernandez – Approved
Sharifa M. Nasser-Cuellar – Approved
Amish R. Doshi – Approved
Peter F. Lane – Approved
Melissa Deberry – Approved
William David Shanahan – Approved
Mary-Ann E. Maloney – Approved
Stephen C. Dachtera – Approved

Civil Court, 6th Municipal District
Elizabeth J. Newton – Approved

Supreme Court, 11^th Judicial District
Alan J. Schiff – Approved
Delsia G. Marshall – Approved
Sandra M. Munoz – Not Approved
Lumarie Maldonado-Cruz – Approved
Claudia Lanzetta – Approved
Andrea S. Ogle – Approved
John C. Katsanos – Approved
Gary Muraca – Not Approved
Kathy Wu Parrino – Approved

Surrogate’s Court
Cassandra A. Johnson – Approved
Stephen H. Weiner – Not Approved

Note: To ensure the thoroughness and integrity of the ratings process, the City Bar cannot comment beyond what is provided in this release.  

Information on the City Bar’s evaluation process is here.