Volusia County Bar to evaluate judges.

The Volusia County Bar Association has become the first local voluntary bar in the state to use The Florida Bar's Model Judicial Evaluation Poll.

The Volusia County Bar sent the poll. which was recently updated by the Judicial Evaluation Committee, late last month.

"The poll is intended to reflect the composite opinion of the bar concerning the judicial qualifications of each individual listed, considered on his or her own merits," said a letter...