Northern Kentucky group announces judicial race endorsements – LINK nky

Northern Kentuckians for the Judiciary introduced Wednesday its endorsed candidates in native contested judicial races which are on the Nov. 8 poll. 

The group was created to take care of the standard of the judiciary in Northern Kentucky, stated its chairman, Mark Arnzen, a Covington lawyer. It additionally endorses judicial candidates within the area.

“We established excessive requirements and demanding standards for our endorsement course of and we consider these candidates happy these requirements and standards,” Arnzen stated.

Northern Kentuckians for the Judiciary doesn’t take into account political get together affiliations when endorsing candidates, as required by legislation. In Kentucky, judicial candidates don’t formally run as members of a political get together.

For every candidate interviewed, the group considers the tutorial {and professional} achievement, related expertise, fame in the neighborhood, fame among the many bench and Bar Affiliation, and judicial temperament of the candidate, the group stated.

Northern Kentuckians for the Judiciary endorsed the next judicial candidates:

• Michelle Keller, Supreme Court docket, Sixth District
• Susanne Cetrulo, Kentucky Court docket of Appeals, Sixth District Decide
• Mary Ok. Molloy, Kenton County Circuit Court docket, sixteenth Judicial District – Division 3 
• Kenneth Easterling, Kenton County District Court docket, sixteenth Judicial District – Division 2
• Ann Ruttle, Kenton County District Court docket, sixteenth Judicial District – Division 1 
• Brenda Bonecutter, Campbell County Circuit Court docket/Household Court docket, seventeenth Judicial Circuit – Division 3 
• Erin Sizemore, Campbell County Circuit Court docket, seventeenth Judicial Circuit – Division 2
• Kendra McCardle, Boone and Gallatin Counties Circuit Court docket/Household Court docket, 54th Judicial District – Division 2
• Tom Rauf, Kenton County Circuit Court docket/Household Court docket, sixteenth Judicial Circuit – Division 6 
• Terri Schoborg, Kenton County Circuit Court docket/Household Court docket, sixteenth Judicial Circuit – Division 2

Northern Kentuckians for the Judiciary consists of a steering committee made up of attorneys who’re concerned in litigation practices, and a residents assessment board consisting of individuals with numerous occupations and backgrounds, the group stated.

The steering committee interviews ach candidate for the judicial election. The lay members of the residents assessment board are current to watch the interviews.

The residents assessment board should approve the endorsement suggestions that the committee makes.

Members of the Attorneys Steering Committee are: 

• Mark G. Arnzen, Chair 
• Jennifer L. Lawrence, Vice-Chair 
• Stephen D. Wolnitzek, Treasurer 
• J.B. Lind, Secretary
• John A. Berger 
• E. Andre Busald 
• Joseph E. Conley, Jr. 
• Gerald F. Dusing 
• Sarah Geiger 
• Lawrence T. Hicks 
• Todd V. McMurtry 
• James W. Morgan, Jr. 
• Delana S. Sanders 
• Robert E. Sanders 
• David B. Sloan 
• David M. Spaulding 
• Henry L. Stephens 
• Beverly R. Storm 

Members of the Residents Overview Committee are: 

• Elizabeth Grause 
• Bert Huff 
• Jack Moreland 
• Joan Robinson 

For extra data on the Judiciary, go to www.nkfj.org.