Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye and Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman appointed Lewis Johs partner Deborah A. Aviles as Chair of the Tenth Judicial District’s Independent Judicial Election Qualification Commission, a newly established statewide network of screening panels to review the qualifications of judicial election candidates.  The commissions will evaluate local candidates for elective judicial office to ensure they possess the qualities necessary for effective judicial performance.  Judge Lippman said the commissions represent one of the best methods available for improving the current judicial elective system.