[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 130 (Friday, September 24, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 A TRIBUTE TO JUSTICE ARTHUR G. SCOTLAND IN RECOGNITION OF HIS LIFE OF 
                                SERVICE

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                         HON. DANIEL E. LUNGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 24, 2010

  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
recognize and honor Justice Arthur G. Scotland for his life of service 
to our California judicial system.
  Justice Scotland is a native Californian born in Sacramento on 
October 19, 1946. He graduated from the University of California, 
Davis, and became a law enforcement officer with the California 
Department of Justice. He later graduated with honors from the 
University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 1974.
  After serving as a Deputy District Attorney, Sacramento County, 1974-
76, California Deputy Attorney General, 1976-83, and Cabinet Secretary 
to the Governor, 1983-87, he was appointed as a Superior Court Judge by 
Governor George Deukmejian in 1987. Since 1989, he has served on the 
Courts of Appeal, appointed by Governor Deukmejian. In 1998, he became 
the Presiding Justice, appointed to the position by Governor Pete 
Wilson.
  In 2004, Justice Scotland was named Judge of the Year by the 
Sacramento County Bar Association.
  Active in his community, Justice Scotland was named Humanitarian of 
the Year in 2002 by the Sacramento County Bar Association for his 
volunteer work on behalf of the Sacramento Children's Home--a 
residential and treatment facility for abused and neglected children. 
He also received a community Service Award from the Center for Youth 
Citizenship for his volunteer work helping educate school children 
about our legal system about their rights and responsibilities as 
Americans.
  Presiding Justice Scotland has served with distinction on the Court 
of Appeal, Third Appellate District, since 1989--serving 9 years as 
associate justice and 12 years as presiding justice. During his tenure, 
Justice Scotland has participated in deciding more than 6,000 appeals 
and thousands of writ petitions, authoring 2,744 majority opinions, 48 
concurring opinions, and 40 dissenting opinions.
  I am pleased to recognize and congratulate Justice Scotland on his 
retirement and for his dedication to our community.

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