STATEMENT OF PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION CHANCELLOR JANE LESLIE DALTON REGARDING JUDGE TERESA CARR DENI’S RECENT RULING

It is not often that the Philadelphia Bar Association comments publicly on a judge’s ruling in a legalproceeding. Indeed, the Association has, aspart of its mission, the preservation of a free and independentjudiciary. This issue goes to the marrowof our existence as a free and independent people.

However, an October 4 ruling by Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Teresa Carr Deni – issued on the heels of ratings released by our nonpartisan Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention of Judge Deni and other judicial candidates in next week’s election – represents a confluence of events that compels us to speak out.