Its evaluation process measured integrity, experience, professional ability, education, reputation, industry, temperament, fairness, statutory standards, attitude, punctuality, and knowledge of the law. Candidates were asked to complete a written questionnaire and interview.

The evaluating committee consisted of 29 lawyers, with no more than 14 from a single political party. At least nine new lawyers join the committee each year, the association said.

Lorigo’s campaign dismissed the Erie County bar’s rating.

“The only people whose voices matter in electing judges are voters; not insiders who meet in secret and ignore the will of those voters,” the campaign said in a statement.

Bannister was elected a justice of the state Supreme Court in 2008, and in November 2019, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed her to the Appellate Division, Fourth Department.