PENNSYLVANIA BAR ASSOCIATION JUDIDIAL EVALUATION COMMISSION

Candiate Ratings

Judge Klein Judge Lally-Green Judge Schiller Debra Todd, Esq.

JUDGE RICHARD B. KLEIN
Rating: Highly Recommended
The candidate is highly recommended based upon his outstanding legal intellect, his dedication to the improvement and development of the judiciary and his innovative approach to judicial management issues. The candidate combines superior legal skills with a passion for the law and a solid judicial temperament which he has demonstrated through his long and distinguished tenure as a judge on the Court of Common Pleas. In addition to his responsibilities as a trial judge, the candidate has long been actively involved in efforts to improve the quality of justice. The candidate possesses the character, integrity, fairness, administrative ability, and varied background, including exemplary community service and a long term commitment to teaching, which represent the best qualities in an appellate judge.

JUDGE MAUREEN E. LALLY-GREEN
Rating: Highly Recommended
The candidate combines extraordinary scholarship and a keen intellect with a high degree of professionalism. Her early public and private sector legal experience, followed by a distinguished teaching career and 12 year exposure to both civil and criminal cases as an appellate clerk and consultant to justices of the Supreme Court make her eminently qualified to serve as an appellate judge. She has received very favorable reviews since her appointment to the Superior Court. She demonstrates an enthusiastic passion for the law and improving the quality of justice. She exhibits an exemplary judicial temperament, including patience, courtesy and consensus-driven leadership skills. Her ability to be fair, independent and impartial should enable her to render consistently outstanding service if elected to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

JUDGE BERLE M. SCHILLER
Rating: Recommended
The candidate has extensive experience as a skilled trial lawyer in both civil and criminal matters. He has coupled his trial experience with a history of service both to his community and to the profession. Since his appointment to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in 1996, he has served as an able jurist who has written several noteworthy opinions and dissents and has earned a reputation for both his work ethic and for his analytical ability. He exhibits all of the qualifications of scholarship, temperament, industry and impartiality necessary to properly fulfill and satisfy the responsibilities of a judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Through hard work and commitment, he has earned the opportunity to continue to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania.

DEBRA TODD, ESQUIRE
Rating: Recommended
The candidate demonstrates a good knowledge of the law and has earned a reputation for being fair, impartial and even tempered. She has 17 years of solid experience as a trial lawyer and a demonstrated record of community service. The candidate is a person of high integrity with a strong commitment to fairness who we believe would deal with all litigants in an impartial, independent and respectful manner. She is held in high regard by both members of the bench and members of the bar. Moreover, she is well organized and thoughtful and exhibits both a commitment to the law and to public service. We believe that the candidate exhibits all of the qualifications necessary to properly fulfill and satisfy the functions of a judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.