Only “Highly Recommended” and “Recommended” candidates by the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention won positions on the November ballot for the Court of Common Pleas and Philadelphia Municipal Court. In addition, all judicial candidates for the Court of Common Pleas who were rated “Highly Recommended” will be on the ballot in November’s general election.
The Commission, which is made up of judges, lawyers and community leaders, conducts a thorough, nonpartisan review of Philadelphia-based judicial candidates’ qualifications before issuing a rating derived from criteria including legal ability, experience, integrity, temperament, community involvement and judgment.
“These results reflect hundreds of hours of work by our Judicial Commission, and its investigative volunteers, and by the Campaign for Qualified Judges. They also demonstrate the high level of trust that candidates and voters alike have in our rigorous, nonpartisan ratings process,” said Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor Marc J. Zucker. “We were particularly gratified that the Democratic City Committee this year endorsed only candidates who were rated either ‘Highly Recommended’ or ‘Recommended’ by th
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