On the evening of February 8, 2021, the Independent Judicial Screening Panel for Civil Court reported the following candidates as most highly qualified: Judge Paul Goetz, Christopher Chin, Edward Irizarry, E. Deronn Bowen, George Santana, Harold Bahr, Hasa Kingo, Kim Parker, Terence McCormick, Betty Lugo, Jeffrey Zellan. On behalf of the Manhattan Democratic Party, County Leader Keith L.T. Wright and Judiciary Co-Chairs Curtis Arluck and Louise Dankberg, we sincerely thank the panel and its administrator for their diligent workâand we congratulate the candidates.