ries of votes,” Moye explains. We reach consensus ratings,” assigning candidates a rating in one of six categories:
EXCEPTIONALLY WELL QUALIFIED: The candidate demon- strates exceptional fi tness to perform the judicial function.
WELL QUALIFIED: The candidate possesses attributes listed to such a high degree as to have superior fi tness to per- form the judicial function.
QUALIFIED: The candidate possesses the attributes and could satisfactorily perform the judicial function.
NOT RECOMMENDED FOR APPOINTMENT OR ELECTION AT THIS TIME: The candidate lacks one or more of the at- tributes required for a qualifi ed rating, but the defi ciency could be corrected with additional experience.
NOT QUALIFIED: The candidate lacks one or more of the attributes to such an extent that the committee doubts the candidate’s fi tness to satisfactorily perform the judicial function.
NO ACTION: The majority of the committee was unable to assign one of the ratings to the candidate.
MICHAEL TUBACH
“This is not an endorsement process,” explains Michael Tubach, managing partner of the San Francisco of- fi ce of O’Melveny & Myers and former chair of the committee. “Rather, it’s an evaluation process. We rate the candidates.”
While other legal trade associations—such as San Fran- cisco La Raza Lawyers Association—also evaluate judicial candidates, they are typically issue-oriented groups with a specifi c focus. For example, those groups usually evaluate biases that a candidate may harbor on one specifi c issue such as gay rights. But the BASF Judiciary Committee devises an overall rating for the judicial hopefuls.
The committee has been extraordinarily busy during the last two years, making as many as twenty evaluations each year, according to Moye. That load was largely due to sev- eral contested elections and the term-ending of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who wanted to appoint as many judges as possible before leaving offi ce. It remains to be seen how closely Governor Jerry Brown’s offi ce will work
MIKE MOYE THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO ATTORNEY 17
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