[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 145 (Wednesday, November 14, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1755]
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                       RECOGNIZING ROYAL J. STARK

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                           HON. JOE COURTNEY

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 14, 2012

  Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, last week, Connecticut Legal Services, 
CLS, recognized an outstanding attorney, Royal J. Stark, for 35 
extraordinary years of service. It is with great enthusiasm that I join 
with his colleagues in congratulating and thanking him for decades of 
his hard work, here on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  CLS's mission is to assist those with the greatest need on legal 
cases ranging from health care to education to housing. Without CLS, 
thousands of Connecticut citizens over the years would have been 
rendered homeless or deprived of critical health care and public 
education. During his tenure, Royal has been a leader at CLS helping 
the most vulnerable obtain justice and restore dignity across the state 
while working at its Rockville, Waterbury, and New London offices. 
Today, he works at the Willimantic office in the heart of my district 
and focuses on serving individuals with disabilities. At the same time 
he had a full workload, Royal also helped shape state probate law 
reforms and clinical teaching at the Quinnipiac University School of 
Law and the University of Connecticut School of Law.
  Mr. Speaker, I have known Royal for over 25 years as a friend and 
colleague and can personally attest to his commitment to justice, his 
highly ethical character, and to his understanding of hard work. Royal 
has made Connecticut a better and more just state, and I would like to 
thank him for his decades of service.

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