The ordinary citizen has no contact with the judges, no knowledge whether they are competent or not.

Elizabeth Wright, who has worked on the general election and the Venice Neighborhood Council election, has supplied a list of what the LA Bar Association has put out for the superior court judge evaluations. It is printed here to better help you make a choice.

The final and full report of the Committee may be found at
www.lacba.org under the “News” heading on the home page.

LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT EVALUATIONS
Having completed its investigations and deliberations, the Judicial Elections Evaluation Committee reports its final evaluations for the candidates for the following Los Angeles Superior Court offices:

SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO. 42
Linda L. Sun …………………………………Qualified
Robert ‘Bob’ Villa ………………………..Well Qualified

SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO. 72
Myanna Dellinger ……………………….Not Qualified
Robert F. Jacobs …………………………Qualified
Steve Morgan ……………………………..Well Qualified

SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO. 76
Emily Cole …………………………………..Qualified
Judge Mike Cummins …………………Not Qualified

SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO. 80
David A. Berger …………………………..Qualified
Klint James McKay ……………………..Well Qualified
Nick C. Rini ………………………………….Qualified

SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO. 97
Sherry L. Powell ……………………………Qualified
Timothy D. Reuben ……………………..Well Qualified

SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO. 129
Kenneth M. Fuller ………………………..Qualified
Mark MacCarley …………………………Qualified
Bruce A. Moss ……………………………..Qualified

SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO. 145
Adan Montalban ………………………..Qualified
Troy Slaten …………………………………..Qualified

SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO. 150
Manuel Alejandro Almada…………Qualified
Sherri Onica Valle Cole………………Not Qualified
Tom Parsekian…………………………Qualified

SUPERIOR COURT OFFICE NO. 162
David D. Diamond……………………Well Qualified
Caree Annette Harper……………….Not Qualified
Scott Andrew Yang…………………..Well Qualified

EVALUATION OF NOT QUALIFIED CANDIDATES – SUPERIOR COURT
The committee rated the following four (4) candidates as “Not Qualified”: Sherri Onica Valle Cole, Judge Mike Cummins, Myanna Dellinger, and Caree Annette Harper. That evaluation reflects the Committee’s opinion that these candidates do not adequately possess one or more of the following attributes necessary to perform the judicial function satisfactorily:
• Integrity and character
• Judgment and intellectual capacity
• Fairness
• Sufficient recent and relevant legal experience
• Industry and diligence
• Judicial temperament, including whether the candidate would be courteous and considerate of counsel, parties, witnesses and jurors, and whether the candidate is even-tempered
• Professional ability and knowledge of the law
• Absence of health problems that affect the ability to serve as a judge
• Positive professional reputation in the community.