New York City Bar Rates General Election Candidates For Supreme Court, District Attorney, Surrogate’s Court, and Civil Court in New York City
Media Advisory
October 29, 2007
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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Robert J. Miller |
Approved |
|
Albert Tomei |
Approved |
New YorkCounty
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Shelia Abdus-Salaam |
Approved |
|
Paul G. Feinman |
Approved |
|
Fern A. Fisher |
Approved |
|
Charles Ramos |
Approved |
QueensCounty
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Denis J. Butler |
Approved |
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Kenneth C. Holder |
Approved |
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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 |
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Donald A. Miles |
Approved |
KingsCounty
|
Countywide |
|
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Frederick C. Arriaga |
Approved |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Carolyn E. Wade |
Approved |
|
3 rd District |
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Dawn Marie Jimenez |
Approved |
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5 th District |
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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 |
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James P. McCall |
Approved |
|
6 th District |
|
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Katherine A. Levine |
Approved |
New YorkCounty
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Countywide |
|
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Harold B. Beeler |
Approved |
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Dorothy Chin-Brandt |
Approved |
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Robert R. Reed |
Approved |
|
1 st District |
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Lucy Billings |
Approved |
|
9 th District |
|
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Andrea Masley |
Approved |
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10 th District |
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Geoffrey D. Wright |
Approved |
QueensCounty
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Countywide |
|
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Rudolph E. Greco, Jr. |
Approved |
|
4 th District |
|
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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 |
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Cheree A. Buggs |
Approved |
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6 th District |
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William A. Viscovich |
Approved |
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