Dallas Committee for a Qualified Judiciary Presents Slate of 23 Qualified Candidates for 2012 Dallas County Primary

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May 03, 2012, 11:23 ET

DALLAS, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty-three judicial candidates have been endorsed as qualified to serve as judges in Dallas County, the non-partisan Committee for a Qualified Judiciary (CQJ) announced today. The candidates are vying for 10 judicial seats listed on the ballot for the Dallas County primary, which is set for May 29, 2012.

CQJ evaluated both Republican and Democratic candidates who will appear on the primary ballot, inviting each of the 33 candidates to participate in a thorough evaluation process. A total of 26 candidates participated in the process.

CQJ surveyed all participating Dallas County judicial candidates regarding their credentials, including a review of their trial court experience, the breadth of their practices, expertise and certifications, and the most significant cases handled by the candidates during their careers. CQJ also personally interviewed all of the participating candidates.

Those who took part in the evaluations were vetted by CQJ based on their legal abilities, integrity, judicial temperament and commitment to the fair and impartial administration of justice. CQJ also conducted reference checks and studied the Dallas Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Poll results on each judicial candidate. In many of the races, all listed candidates were found to be qualified.

The 23 primary candidates who the CQJ has endorsed as qualified are, in alphabetical order, by court:

Court	Candidate
14th Judicial District Court	Eric Moye (D)
95th Judicial District Court	Ken Molberg (D)
162nd Judicial District Court	Phyllis Lister Brown (D)
	David Diaz (D)
	Michael G. Lee (R)
	Maricela Moore (D)
	J. Scott Perry (D)
	Teresa Guerra Snelson (D)
Criminal District Court No. 3	Gracie G. Lewis (D)
Criminal District Court No. 4	Dominique Collins (D)
	Ray Cook, Jr. (D)
	Tom Nowak (R)
Fifth District Court of Appeals, Place 2	Jennifer Balido (R)
	Jeff Coen (R)
	David Evans (R)
	Kevin Keith (R)
	William G. (Bill) Whitehill (R)
	Dan Wood (D)
Fifth District Court of Appeals, Place 5	Jim Moseley (R)
Fifth District Court of Appeals, Place 9	Martin E. Richter (R)
Fifth District Court of Appeals, Place 11	Douglas S. Lang (R)
Fifth District Court of Appeals, Place 12	Lawrence Praeger (D)
	Robert M. "Bob" Fillmore (R)

Judge Don Adams, running as an incumbent in the Democratic primary for the position of Criminal District Court No. 2, is currently participating in the CQJ evaluation process. The Committee will determine its position on his qualifications within the next two weeks.

The Dallas Committee for a Qualified Judiciary is celebrating its 30th year of providing useful, non-partisan information that allows citizens to make informed voting choices. CQJ consists of 135 attorneys and business and civic leaders from all parts of Dallas County. More information about CQJ may be found at http://www.cqjdallas.org/.

For more information on the 2012 list of qualified Dallas judicial candidates, please contact Brian Melton at 214-780-1450, [email protected], or Rudy Rodriquez at 214-855-6800, [email protected], or Mike Androvett at 214-559-4630, [email protected].