Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has named the seven-member panel she wants to screen candidates to fill the vacancy on Rochester’s City Court.
The Judicial Screening Committee includes retired Judge Joseph Valentino, The Reverend Lewis Stewart of United Church Ministries, Sheila Gaddis of the Rochester Black Bar Association and former Monroe County Bar Association President Michael Wolford.
The panel will interview candidates for the judgeship left vacant by the removal of Leticia Astacio from the bench. The mayor has said she wants a report within 30-to-60 days.