[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2226]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      TRIBUTE TO THE SERVICE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF LYNN L. SKERPON

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                          HON. STENY H. HOYER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, December 8, 2006

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to recognize the 
contributions of my friend and an excellent, committed public servant 
for Prince George's County and the State of Maryland, Lynn Skerpon of 
Upper Marlboro.
  For six years, Lynn served as the very effective, efficient and 
competent Register of Wills in Prince George's County. She was 
appointed to this position on August 1, 2000, and then was elected to a 
four-year term in November 2002.
  As the Washington Post noted in an editorial this past September: 
``The register of wills is not, as some have suggested, a mere court 
clerk but a significant job that in a given year administers some 4,000 
estates, collects millions in taxes and fees and sorts through 
increasingly complicated legal issues.'' In fact, one of Lynn's 
proudest moments was assisting families of the September 11th victims 
and working with the federal government and other agencies in 
expediting aid to the those families.
  Lynn is an accomplished, successful lawyer, who also has great 
experience in the legislative arena. She graduated from Princeton 
University in 1975, and then acquired her law degree from the State 
University of New York at Buffalo School of Law three years later.
  Early in her career, Lynn practiced as a sole practitioner and in 
firms, focusing on estates and trusts. She was an assistant legislative 
officer in the Office of the Governor from 1982 to 1984, and a hearing 
examiner with the Maryland Tax Court from 1984 to 1986. She also served 
as sessions counsel to Prince George's County Senators in 1997-98, and 
in the legislative office of the County Executive in 1999-2000.
  In addition to her professional service and achievements, Lynn also 
is active in her church, schools and civic and community associations, 
including the Board of Trustees of Capital Hospice, the Board of 
Trustees of Prince George's Community College, and United Way of Prince 
George's County.
  As Lynn moves to a new phase of her already successful career, I wish 
her and her family nothing but the best and know that she will continue 
to serve the community that she has called home for more than 20 years.

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