[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 145 (Tuesday, November 12, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1990-E1991]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO JUDGE ALICE A. LYTLE

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                         HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 12, 2002

  Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise in tribute to Judge Alice A. Lytle, 
one of Sacramento's most capable jurists and dedicated public servants. 
After 20 remarkable years on the bench, Judge Lytle will be retiring 
from the Sacramento County Superior Court at the end of the year. As 
her friends and family gather to celebrate Judge Lytle's illustrious 
career, I ask all of my colleagues to join me in saluting this 
outstanding judicial officer.

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  After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in physiology from 
Hunter College in New York City, Judge Lytle headed out west to attend 
Hasting College of Law. Judge Lytle was successively secretary and 
president of the Black Law Students Association, member of the Student 
Facility Curriculum Committee and the Student Faculty Academic 
Standards Committee. Throughout law school Judge Lytle was also 
employed as a law clerk for the National Association for the 
Advancement of Colored People and various attorneys in private 
practice.
  Soon after completing law school, Judge Lytle became an instructor of 
Criminal Law at New College of Law in San Francisco. At the same time, 
she also served as a Rural Housing Specialist with the National Housing 
and Economic Development Law Project. Eventually, Judge Lytle would 
make her way to Sacramento where she would serve as the Deputy Legal 
Affairs Secretary in the office of Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.
  As a result of her strong civil rights background, Judge Lytle was 
appointed by Governor Brown to head the Division of Fair Employment 
Practices with the Department of Industrial Relations.
  In this capacity, Judge Lytle managed a staff of approximately 200 
workers in 10 offices within the state. She would ultimately be 
appointed as the Secretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency, a 
Cabinet-level agency in the State of California that exercises general 
management, coordinative and liaison responsibility over 13 departments 
and program entities.
  In 1983, Judge Lytle was appointed to the Sacramento Municipal Court, 
sitting in trial court hearing misdemeanor trials, felony preliminary 
hearings and civil court as well as jury trials. From June 1988 to 
September 1989, Judge Lytle served as presiding Judge of the Municipal 
Court. Judge Lytle also served as the Master Calendar judge for 
unlawful detainer matters.
  Currently serving on special assignment as a Superior Court judge to 
the Juvenile Division of the Superior Court, she is the Lead Judicial 
Officer for juvenile dependency cases. Judge Lytle has remained 
especially giving with her time and energy through financial 
contributions and services to programs that benefit youth and the 
underprivileged. Judge Lytle received funding from the Wellness 
Foundation to create a mentor program for delinquents called the 
SacraMentor Program. Judge Lytle also established the Healthy Teen 
Mothers program and served as a mentor for pregnant teens while working 
with the Birthing Project.
  Mr. Speaker, as Judge Lytle's friends and family gather to celebrate 
her great career, I am honored to pay tribute to one of Sacramento's 
most honorable citizens. Her successes are considerable, and it is a 
great honor for me to have the opportunity to pay tribute to her 
contributions to the city of Sacramento. I ask all of my colleagues to 
join with me in wishing Judge Lytle continued success in all her future 
endeavors.

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