[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 159 (Tuesday, December 13, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2510]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   TRIBUTE TO CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE CONSUELO B. MARSHALL

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                         HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 13, 2005

  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask my colleagues to join in 
saluting my good friend Chief United States District Judge Consuelo B. 
Marshall. Judge Marshall has stepped down from her role as Chief Judge 
and was honored by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Federal Bar 
Association on December 6, 2005, for her lifetime commitment to public 
service.
  Judge Marshall has devoted her distinguished career to the struggle 
for civil rights, justice and tolerance for all people. After service 
as Deputy City Attorney for the City of Los Angeles, and a period with 
the firm of Cochran & Atkins, she was appointed as a commissioner on 
the Los Angeles Superior Court where she was assigned to Juvenile 
Court, Family Court, and Civil law and Motions. In 1976, she became an 
Inglewood Municipal Court Judge. In 1977, she was elevated to Los 
Angeles Superior Court Judge and assigned to the criminal division. In 
1980, President Jimmy Carter appointed her to the United States 
District Court for the Central District of California and in 2001, she 
became the first woman to serve as Chief Judge of that District--an 
outstanding achievement.
  Judge Marshall is an exceptional woman whose accomplishments are 
legion. The Los Angeles County Bar Association recently named Judge 
Marshall the Outstanding Jurist of the Year. She is also the recipient 
of numerous other awards, including the Los Angeles County Dr. Martin 
Luther King, Jr. Award, the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Thomas Bradley 
Distinguished Citizen Award, the Women Lawyers Association Los Angeles 
Ernestine Stahlhut Award, the Langston Bar Association Bernard S. 
Jefferson Jurist of the Year Award, and many more, too numerous to 
mention.
  In addition to her professional duties, Judge Marshall generously 
contributes her time and energy to many worthwhile organizations. She 
currently serves on the Los Angeles Board of Governors of the 
Association of Business Trial Lawyers. She served as a member of the 
Board of Directors for the Weingart Center, a non-profit facility 
providing health and social services for the homeless, and the Legal 
Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. She also served on the United States 
Sentencing Commission's Drug Violence Task Force which was created in 
an effort to understand the relationship between drugs and violence.
  Judge Marshall was a well respected and admired faculty member of The 
Rutter Group and the Trial Advocacy Workshop at Harvard Law School and 
has lectured extensively in many parts of the world.
  It is my distinct honor to salute Consuelo Marshall for the exemplary 
leadership she has shown as a Judge and for her outstanding 
contribution to the field of law.

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