Clallam County Bar Association Bar Poll results

October 25, 2018 1:30 am

2018 Clallam County

prosecutor candidates

A total of 87 surveys were provided to the dues-paying members of the Clallam County Bar Association and a total of 46 completed surveys were returned. Responses were tabulated and an average rating for all respondents was calculated. Only rates between 1 and 4 were included; items not rated were excluded when calculating the averages.

The rating scale is between (1) Unqualified, (2) Qualified, (3) Well Qualified, and (4) Exceptionally Well Qualified. Overall performance is an average of how the candidate was rated overall by each attorney and not an average of their ratings in the other categories.

Below are the results, listed in alphabetical order according to last name:

Sijke Selinda Barkhuis

Judgment/Objectivity – 1.91

Demeanor/Temperament – 1.89

Competence/Experience – 2.07

Overall Performance – 1.96

Mark Nichols

Judgment/Objectivity – 2.17

Demeanor/Temperament – 2.26

Competence/Experience – 2.28

Overall Performance – 2.24

2018 District Court II

Judicial Candidates

A total of 87 surveys were provided to the dues-paying members of the Clallam County Bar Association and a total of 47 completed surveys were returned. Responses were tabulated and an average rating for all respondents was calculated. Only rates between 1 and 4 were included; items not rated were excluded when calculating the averages.

The rating scale is between (1) Unqualified, (2) Qualified, (3) Well Qualified, and (4) Exceptionally Well Qualified. Overall performance is an average of how the candidate was rated overall by each attorney and not an average of their ratings in the other categories.

Below are the results, listed in alphabetical order according to last name:

John Black

Judgment/Objectivity – 2.38

Demeanor/Temperament – 2.38

Competence/Experience – 2.32

Overall Performance – 2.38

Erik Rohrer

Judgment/Objectivity – 3.06

Demeanor/Temperament – 2.98

Competence/Experience – 3.38

Overall Performance – 3.13

This year’s Bar Poll Review Committee consists of the current Bar President Ariel Speser, and two other members of the Bar Association’s Board of Trustees, William Payne and Derek Medina, both of whom are former Clallam County Bar Presidents.