The Allegheny County Bar Association has endorsed all nine local judges running for retention in the November election. None of these judges plans to campaign, a bar association representative said, in order to dedicate their time to their duties on the bench.

The political action committee of the Allegheny County Bar Association has agreed to campaign on their behalf, said Jay A. Blechman from the association's Judicial Excellence Committee.

The sitting judges backed by the members of the bar are state Superior Court Judge Kate Ford Elliott; Commonwealth Court Judge Dan Pellegrini; from the Court of Common Pleas, Judge Kim Berkeley Clark and Judge Kim D. Eaton, of the family division, Judge Robert J. Colville, Judge Paul F. Lutty, Jr. and Gene Strassburger, of the civil division, Judge Jeffrey A. Manning and Judge Kevin G. Sasinoski, of the criminal division.

Looking for more from the Post-Gazette? Join PG+, our members-only web site. You'll get exclusive sports content, opinion, financial information, discounts from retailers and restaurants, and more. Our introduction to PG+ gives you all the details.