[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 153 (Monday, November 29, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1994]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING JUDGE WILLIAM C. HARRISON

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 29, 2010

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Judge William C. Harrison, who is retiring after serving 20 years as a 
Superior Court Judge in Solano County, California.
  Judge Harrison was appointed to the bench in 1990 by California 
Governor George Deukmejian. He twice served as Presiding Judge of the 
Courts and was Supervising Judge of the Civil Division for four years, 
the Criminal Division for two years and the Vallejo Branch for two 
years. He is a past judge of the Juvenile Delinquency and Dependency 
Calendars and past probate judge. He currently serves as President of 
the Solano County Law Library Board.
  He served as a member of the Executive Board of the California Judges 
Association and was a member of its Public Information and Education 
Committee and the Probate and Mental Health Committee. He served as 
President of the organization in 2000-2001.
  Judge Harrison was also a member of the Judicial Council of 
California, the policymaking body of the California courts, which is 
the largest court system in the Nation. He served as Vice Chair of the 
Council's Internal Rules and Project Committee and Chair of the 
Internal Litigation Management Committee. He has also served as an 
instructor and facilitator for the California Center for Judicial 
Education and Research, the educational arm of the Judicial Council 
which provides continuing education to California's judges, and is 
currently co-chair of the Presiding Judges and Court Executive Officers 
Executive Committee.
  For the last eight years, Judge Harrison has served by appointment of 
the Chief Justice of California on working groups and task forces 
dealing with judicial selection, court fees, the transfer of court 
facilities to the state, and court security.
  Madam Speaker, Judge Harrison has served his community well and has 
distinguished himself throughout his career as an attorney practicing 
in Vallejo, California and as a member of the bench. It is therefore 
appropriate that we acknowledge his many contributions and wish him 
well on his retirement.

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