[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 150 (Wednesday, November 17, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1948]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 RECOGNIZING JUDGE WILLIAM J. CAPRATHE

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                          HON. DALE E. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 17, 2010

  Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, the Honorable William J. Caprathe, Judge 
with the 18th Circuit Court of Michigan, is retiring after serving on 
the bench since 1981. A celebration will be held in Bay City Michigan 
on November 19th in his honor.
  Judge Caprathe became a member of the State Bar of Michigan in 1966. 
He worked as a trial attorney before beginning his career as a circuit 
court judge serving as Chief Judge from 1984 to 1997. He has served as 
chair of the Executive Board of the National Conference of State Trial 
Judges, co-chair of the Judicial Division's Judicial Clerkship Program, 
president of the Michigan Judges Association, and chair of the Michigan 
Judicial Conference. He has also served as chair of the Michigan State 
Bar Standing Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions, and is a past 
member of the Equal Access Initiative and the Michigan Coalition 
Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. As a regular faculty member of 
the Michigan Judicial Institute he oversaw the production of several 
bench books. He also served on the American Bar Association's American 
Jury Project.
  Madam Speaker, I am honored to be able to recognize the achievements 
of Judge William J. Caprathe and ask the House of Representatives to 
join me in congratulating him on his retirement. I wish him the best as 
he enters this phase of his life.

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