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Tuesday, May 03, 2011

McCarthy, Smith Get "Well Qualified" Rating From Lehigh County Lawyers

Allentown, PA) - The Judicial Selection Committee of the Bar Association of Lehigh County has announced the results of the Committee's evaluations of the qualifications of all judicial candidates for the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas in the May 17th primary election.

Four (4) candidates were reviewed.

Committee Evaluations Are As Follows:

Daniel K McCarthy Esq - Well Qualified

Melissa T Pavlack Esq - Qualified

Douglas G Reichley Esq - Qualified

A Renee Smith Esq - Well Qualified

The By-Laws of the Bar Association of Lehigh County direct the Judicial Selection Committee to evaluate whether candidates for judicial office are "Exceptionally Well Qualified, Well Qualified, Qualified or Not Qualified" to serve. In connection with its evaluations, the committee received candidate responses to a confidential questionnaire, received comment from bar association members and interviewed each candidate. Evaluations were based on each candidate's ability to serve as judge and are not a personal comment on the candidate.

Criteria used by the committee included: Legal Ability, Depth/breadth of legal experience, Judicial temperament, work ethic and fairness.
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8 comments:

  1. Bob WhiteMay 3, 2011 at 4:47 PM

    lawyers sucking off other lawyers.

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  2. Marc GrammesMay 3, 2011 at 7:52 PM

    All candidates possess many great qualities; however, Dan McCarthy is my clear choice and stands above all others in this race. I heartily endorse him. He is a man of great character and high integrity. We need these qualities on the Bench. He will make an excellent judge. Please join me in support of Dan.

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  3. AnonymousMay 3, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    No one works harder or has a more diverse background than Doug Reichley. REICHLEY FOR JUDGE!

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  4. Bobby DodgeMay 3, 2011 at 9:46 PM

    Reichley just got himself reelected to his state job. Shouldn't he complete his term instead of looking for a new 10 year hand out?

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  5. Chris CaseyMay 4, 2011 at 12:34 AM

    Here's what I would suggest as a campaign theme for anyone of the candidates besides Doug:
    "Vote for the candidate who has spent the last eight years practicing good law in the courts, not the candidate who has helped pass bad ones in the legislature."

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  6. AnonymousMay 4, 2011 at 12:26 PM

    well said mr. Casey

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  7. Mike KeenanMay 10, 2011 at 5:04 PM

    Along with his record of professional integrity, deep legal knowledge and rating as WELL QUALIFIED to serve on the bench, Dan McCarthy is also the ONLY true Democrat in the race for Lehigh County Judge.

    Pavlack, Reichley and Smith are ALL REPUBLICANS even though their names will appear on the Democrat ballot due to "crossfiling."

    I just hope loyal Democrats realize Dan McCarthy is the ONLY true Dem and vote accordingly on May 17.

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  8. Bernie O'HareMay 10, 2011 at 8:47 PM

    I would prefer to see people vote for Dan bc he is the better candidate, regardless of his party. I happen to think Dan McCarthy would make an excellent judge, by the way.

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