NEW YORK CITY BAR RATES PRIMARY CANDIDATES FOR NY COUNTY SURROGATES’ COURT AND CIVIL COURT IN BRONX, KINGS & NY COUNTIES

New York--The New York City Bar has evaluated candidates running in the September 9th Democratic primary elections for Surrogates’ Court in New York County and Civil Court in Bronx, Kings and New York Counties.

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.

Democratic Party Primaries

 Bronx County 

Civil Court (Countywide)
Maria Matos	Approved
Verena C. Powell	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
Elizabeth A. Taylor	Approved

 Kings County 

Civil Court (1 st District)
Roger B. Adler	Approved
Devin P. Cohen	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

New York County

Civil Court (Countywide)
Nancy M. Bannon	Approved
Michael L. Katz	Approved
Surrogates’ Court
Nora S. Anderson	Approved
John J. Reddy	Approved
Milton A. Tingling	Approved

About the Association
The New York City Bar Association (www.nycbar.org) was founded in 1870, and since then has been dedicated to maintaining the high ethical standards of the profession, promoting reform of the law, and providing service to the profession and the public. The Association continues to work for political, legal and social reform, while implementing innovative means to help the disadvantaged. Protecting the public’s welfare remains one of the Association’s highest priorities.