Category: Judicial Screening Panels

The New York County Democratic Committee has announced the formation
of an Independent Screening Panel to report on candidates for nomination by the Democratic Party for one (1) New York County-wide Civil Court vacancy, which will be filled in the November general election. The heads of numerous bar associations, community’s organizations and law schools have been invited to nominate members of the panel, which will be directed to report a total of no more than the three most highly qualified candidates for the Civil Court vacancy.

Candidates for the Courts may obtain applications, via mail, from the Judiciary Committee of the New York County Democratic Committee, 108 W. 39^th Street, New York NY 10018 or by email: manhattandems@gmail.com. Questions concerning this year’s panel should be directed to Ms. Cathleen McCadden, the Interim Executive Director of the New York County Democratic Committee office at (212) 687-6540.  The applications should be submitted no sooner and no later than January 27^th, 2014 between the hours of 8am and 2pm.

The following were approved by the Independent Judicial Screening Panel for consideration for the three (3) 1st Judicial District Supreme Court vacancies to be elected at the general election on November 5, 2013:

Hon. Arlene Bluth
Hon. Raymond Bruce
Hon. Kathryn Freed
Hon. Marcy Friedman
Hon. Tanya Kennedy
Hon. Kelly O’Neill Levy
Hon. Andrea Masley
Hon. Robert Reed
Hon. Lori Sattler

In addition to the above, the following candidates were previously qualified by Independent Judicial Screening Panels and remain eligible for consideration:

Hon. Arthur Engoron
Hon. Barbara Jaffe
Hon. Debra James
Hon. Peter Moulton
Hon. Anil Singh

We extend our gratitude to the Panel and its Administrator, Tracee E. Davis, of Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP, for their diligent work.

Thank you,

Curtis Arluck and Louise Dankberg

Co-Chairs

Judiciary Committee

On July 8th, the New York County Democratic Committee announced the formation of an Independent Screening Panel to report on candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party for three (3) vacancies on the New York State Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District (New York County), which will be filled in the November general election. The heads of numerous bar associations, community organizations and law schools nominated the following members to the panel, which will be directed to report a total of no more than the nine (9) most highly qualified candidates for the three (3) vacancies:

Designating Organization	First Name	Last Name
The New York City Bar	Mitchell	Auslander
Association of Black Women Attorneys	Tamika	Bent
Puerto Rican Bar Association	David B.	Cabrera
LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York	Jason	Davidson
Dominican Bar Association	Brent	English
Columbian Lawyers Association	Elizabeth	Filardi
Jewish Lawyers Guild	Norman	Flitt
Brehon Law Society	James P.	Gilroy
Cardozo Law School	Sanford	Hausler
West Side SRO Law Project	Luis	Henriquez Carrero
NAACP Mid Manhattan Branch	Jennifer	Jones
Womens Bar- NYC Chapter	Eve	Jordonne
Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York	Karen	Kim
Asian Americans for Equality	Steve	Madra
GMHC	Mona	Moayad
Asian American Bar Association of New York	Yasu	Saito
New York State Trial Lawyers Assn.	Josh	Silber
Metropolitan Black Bar Association	Asha	Smith
CUNY Law	Nicole	Smith