For Superior Court

Unlike the state’s appellate justices, who seek voter confirmation but do not face challenges from competing candidates, trial judges on the state Superior Courts are subject to challenge every six years. Few are ever forced to the ballot, and when they are they generally prevail, as did the three Los Angeles County Superior Court judges who were challenged in the June primary.

But Los Angeles voters still have a choice to make in two races in which there was no incumbent and no candidate emerged in June with a majority.

In Office No. 28, voters are in luck because they have two good choices. Randy Hammock is a seemingly tireless lawyer who left his practice to serve the Los Angeles Juvenile Dependency Court as a referee. Mark K. Ameli is an experienced and accomplished civil litigator. The Times backed Hammock in the June race, which included six other candidates, and sticks with the choice in the Nov. 2 runoff.

The choice is more stark in Office No. 117, in which one of the county’s most capable prosecutors, Deputy Dist. Atty. Alan Schneider, faces Deputy City Atty. Tom Griego. Schneider, well known among defense lawyers as well as his prosecutor colleagues for integrity and fairness, is one of the most promising judicial candidates in recent memory. He is an easy choice over Griego, an affable lawyer who has strong political connections. The Times urges a vote for Schneider.

The Times’ endorsements in the Nov. 2 election are available upon publication at latimes.com/opinion.

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