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Judicial Appointment and Retention Advisory Commission Application
Judicial Appointment and Retention Advisory Commission
The purpose of the Judicial Appointment and Retention Advisory Commission is to recommend to City Council qualified candidates for appointment and whether to retain judges.
Commission Membership
The Judicial Performance Advisory Commission consists of five voting members appointed by Council. As much as practicable, each of the four Wards will be represented by a member and one member will represent the City in an at-large capacity. No Ward shall have more than two members on the Commission. Two members must be licensed attorneys with one attorney whose employment relates to criminal prosecution and one whose employment relates to the defense of criminal cases, unless there are no applications to appoint one from each practice.