[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 35 (Thursday, March 11, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E359-E360]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATING HON. JAMES M. MUNLEY FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE 
           FRIENDLY SONS OF ST. PATRICK OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 11, 2010

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to pay tribute to Hon. James 
M. Munley, senior Federal District Court Judge of the Middle District 
of Pennsylvania, who is being honored for 25 years of service to the 
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
  Judge Munley was nominated by President William Clinton, confirmed by 
the United States Senate and sworn in as a federal district judge on 
October 26, 1998.
  A graduate of the University of Scranton and Temple Law School, he 
also graduated from the National College of State Trial Judges in 
Nevada and pursued additional legal studies at Harvard Law School, 
Massachusetts, and participated in national security seminars at the 
U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
  He served in the United States Army from 1958 to 1960 during which he 
was stationed in Germany.
  Formerly engaged in the practice of law with his brother, Attorney 
Robert W. Munley, from 1964 to 1978, he was elected as Judge of the 
Court of Common Pleas November 8, 1977, and was retained for additional 
terms in 1987 and 1997.
  In 1986 he was appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to serve 
on the Judicial Inquiry and Review Board. He was elected chairman of 
that board in 1989.
  He has lectured, taught and written extensively on the law over the 
years and has remained active in the Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania 
and American Bar Associations.
  Judge Munley has also been active in the Boy Scouts, Friendly Sons of 
St. Patrick, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Knights of Columbus and the 
Country Club of Scranton.
  He has also been actively involved in Lourdesmont, Good Shepherd 
Youth and Family Services, St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing, 
Lackawanna County United Way, Everhart Museum, First National Bank, 
Peckville; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Pennsylvania Trial 
Judges Association and its State Ethics Committee.
  He has received numerous awards from Marywood University, University 
of Scranton, Women's Resource Center of Scranton, Boy

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Scouts, American Legion, Temple University, Young Lawyers of the 
Lackawanna County Bar Association, Judicial Inquiry and Review Board, 
Dickinson School of Law and Bethel A.M.E. Church of Scranton.
  Married to Dr. Kathleen P. Munley, a professor at Marywood 
University, they are the parents of two daughters, Attorney Julia K. 
Munley and Gwendolyn Munley.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in congratulating Judge Munley on this 
auspicious occasion. His exemplary service to his profession and to his 
community has improved the quality of life throughout the region.

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