[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 25 (Friday, February 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          TERRELL BENTON, JR.

  (Mr. BARROW of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARROW of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the 50 years that 
Terrell W. Benton, Jr., has served as a member of the State Bar of 
Georgia.
  Terrell Benton earned both undergraduate and law degrees from the 
University of Georgia and, as one colleague put it, is ``the very model 
of what a lawyer should be.''
  Terrell Benton believes that all deserve effective representation in 
our courts. That may be common today, but in 1964, my daddy's first 
year on the bench, not everybody felt that way. In that year, Terrell 
defended a black man the State was trying to put to death for killing a 
white man. He was convicted of the crime he committed, but he was 
spared the death penalty thanks to Terrell. That would have been no 
small feat for the most accomplished lawyer in that time and place, but 
considering that Terrell was just 1 year out of law school made it all 
the more remarkable.
  Today, Terrell is general counsel to three school districts and 
serves on a host of civic boards.
  I know I speak for lawyers everywhere when I thank Terrell Benton for 
his commitment to equal justice for all and for his 50 years of service 
to our profession.

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