JUDICIAL RETENTION RECOMMENDATION

OF THE MONTGOMERY BAR ASSOCIATION JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

FOR THE 2025 GENERAL ELECTION

 

August 13, 2025 (Reissued November 3, 2025)

 

The Judiciary Committee of the Montgomery Bar Association is charged with interviewing and rating candidates for the position of Judge on the Court of Common Pleas. The Judiciary Committee is composed of 34 lawyers of diverse backgrounds, ages, practices and geographic areas of Montgomery County with several hundred years of combined legal experience.

 

The Committee is charged to rate a sitting Judge as recommended for retention or not recommended for retention.

 

The Committee considers and rates the candidates on the following criteria:

 

Integrity;

Good moral character;

Industry;

Good health;

Legal ability;

Bench trial, jury trial or evidentiary hearing experience;

Judicial temperament (patience, courtesy, compassion, impartiality, humility, even temper, sense of fairness).

 

The Bar considers this process a service to educate the public concerning judicial candidates.

 

The Montgomery Bar Association RECOMMENDS that the following Judges be retained:

 

The Honorable Daniel J. Clifford               RECOMMENDED

The Honorable Todd D. Eisenberg             RECOMMENDED

The Honorable Risa Vetri Ferman             RECOMMENDED