Metropolitan News-Enterprise

 

Monday, November 3, 2008

 

Page 6

 

EDITORIAL
Summary of Judicial Endorsements

 

Office No.

Candidate (All caps indicates endorsement)

Ballot Designation

Comments

LACBA Rating

MetNews Rating

72

HILLERI GROSSMAN MERRITT

Criminal Trial Prosecutor

Able prosecutor; affable, non-confrontational, plain-talking

WQ

WQ

Steven A. Simons

Consumer Rights Attorney

Experienced sole practitioner

Q

Q

82

THOMAS RUBINSON

Criminal Prosecutor

Seasoned deputy DA; has developed requisite skills. Has engaged in duplicitous campaigning.

WQ

Q

Cynthia Loo

Superior Court Referee

Disaster in courtroom; emotional. Has falsely claimed on mailer to be "Juvenile Court judge."

Q

NQ

84

LORI-ANN C. JONES

Superior Court Commissioner

Got off to rocky start, is seeking to do it right

NQ

NQ

Pat Connolly

Criminal Gang Prosecutor

Effective advocate; too confrontational for the bench

NQ

NQ

94

MICHAEL J. O'GARA

Criminal Prosecutor

Bright, industrious deputy district attorney

WQ

WQ

C. Edward Mack

Criminal Trial Attorney

Deputy PD, low on reasoning ability and campaign ethics

Q

NQ

154

MICHAEL V. JESIC

Criminal Gang Prosecutor

Deputy DA with exceptionally high potential; fair-minded

WQ

WQ

Rocky L. Crabb

Superior Court Commissioner

Sitting bench officer, has not attracted controversy

WQ

WQ


WQ=well qualified; Q=not qualified; NQ=not qualified.
"LACBA" indicates Los Angeles County Bar Assn.

 

 

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