Marshall has the right temperament

Being in the hospitality industry for 14 years, I have met a lot of people from all over, all with different personalities and temperaments. Having gotten to know Brian Marshall over the past nearly year, I haven’t met many other people with the calm and collected temperament that he has.

Brian is a deliberate, thoughtful and empathetic person who approaches all situations with tact and a balanced demeanor.

The procedures a judge needs to know are different than a lawyer’s in trial. Having extensive experience in jury trials — which, in reality, take up a very small percentage of our judges’ times — does not make you the most qualified candidate. A judge also needs to be able to keep lawyers — who approach trials with their own varying personalities and temperaments — in check during hearings and trials to ensure fairness.

I am convinced that Brian Marshall is the right person with the right temperament to be the next judge in the Centre County Court of Common Pleas.

This story was originally published November 1, 2017 at 11:01 PM with the headline "Marshall has the right temperament."