Pennsylvania Bar Association Releases Ratings for State Appellate Court Candidates

According to the PBA, a highly recommended rating means, "The candidate possesses the highest combination of legal ability, experience, integrity and temperament and would be capable of outstanding performance as a judge or justice of the court for which he/she is a candidate."

February 03, 2021 at 08:33 PM

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By P.J. D'Annunzio

The Pennsylvania Bar Association has issued its judicial ratings for 2021 appellate court judicial candidates, including "highly recommended" ratings for four all four state Supreme Court candidates.

The highly recommended-rated candidates are Judges P. Kevin Brobson, Maria C. McLaughlin, Carolyn H. Nichols and Paula A. Patrick, all of whom are in the running for a spot on the state Supreme Court. In addition to receiving a "highly recommended" rating, the possibilities for candidate ratings include "recommended" or "not recommended."

"Our commission's goal is to provide information to assist voters in choosing candidates best suited to serve as fair, impartial and knowledgeable jurists on Pennsylvania's highest courts," said Kimberly D. Moses of Allegheny County, chair of the PBA Judicial Election Committee. "Our commission only recommends candidates it finds to have the legal ability, experience, integrity and temperament needed to provide satisfactory or outstanding levels of performance on the appellate courts' benches."