[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 65 (Monday, May 20, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E862-E863]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TRIBUTE TO HONORABLE KATHLEEN O'FERRALL FRIEDMAN

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                        HON. BENJAMIN L. CARDIN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 20, 2002

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Honorable Kathleen 
O'Ferrall Friedman whose legal career and civic works have made life 
better and safer for all Marylanders.
  A 1962 graduate of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Judge 
Friedman received her LLB from the University of Maryland School of Law 
and was awarded an MSW from the University of Pennsylvania School of 
Social Work.
  She began her legal career in January 1971 as a staff attorney at the 
Legal Aid Bureau. For the next six years, she specialized in domestic 
law, becoming the Managing Attorney of the Domestic Law Unit. In 
private practice from 1977-1985, she specialized in domestic law, and 
was named in the Seaview/Putnam Book The Best Lawyers in America.

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  Active in professional and civic organizations, Judge Friedman is a 
founding member of both The House of Ruth, Inc. Baltimore, and the 
Women's Law Center. As a member of the Women's Law Center she wrote the 
first manual for battered women and her work on domestic violence 
became the foundation for Baltimore's House of Ruth.
  From 1975-1978, Judge Friedman was the Chair of the Governor's 
Commission to Study Implementation of the Equal Rights Amendment in 
Maryland. As Chair, she led and organized effort to improve the legal 
status of both men and women with the enactment of major legislation in 
criminal law, domestic law, employment, education, insurance, credit 
and house.
  March 1, 2001, marked Judge Friedman's 16th year as an Associate 
Judge of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. For nine years between 
1987 and 1996, she served as the Judge in Charge of the Domestic 
Dockets. During this period, Judge Friedman sought to continue efforts 
to create a Family Court in Maryland. As Judge in Charge, she 
instituted a variety of innovative projects, including a Domestic 
Violence Project, Parenting Seminars, and Differential Case Management. 
Judge Friedman's visions of a family court was realized on Oct. 18, 
2001 with the dedication of the Circuit Court Family Division.
  I hope that my colleagues will join me in wishing Judge Friedman a 
well deserved retirement and thanking her for her commitment to justice 
and to public service.

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