[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 153 (Wednesday, October 30, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1603]
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                       HONORING PATRICK W. EMERY

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 30, 2013

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
and honor Patrick W. Emery, who, along with his law partners at Abbey, 
Weitzenberg, Warren & Emery, is a recipient of the Sonoma County Bar 
Association's 2013 Career of Distinction Award. This is the highest 
honor presented by the Association and it is, indeed, well deserved.
  Mr. Emery has been a trial lawyer in Sonoma County for 38 years and 
is one of the leading plaintiff's attorneys in Northern California 
specializing in wrongful death, product failures, medical negligence 
and consumer class action litigation. He has won some of the largest 
jury verdicts ever awarded in Sonoma County.
  For his work, Mr. Emery has consistently been recognized as a 
Northern California Super Lawyer. Super Lawyers is a rating service 
that selects outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who 
have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional 
achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes 
independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.
  Mr. Emery has served as President of the Sonoma County Bar 
Association and as a Judge Pro Tem of the Sonoma County Superior Court.
  He is a frequent continuing education lecturer on civil litigation 
and has taught Trial Practice at Empire College of Law in Santa Rosa 
and currently teaches in the Trial Advocacy Workshop at Stanford Law 
School.
  Mr. Emery's community involvement includes service as the President 
of the Sonoma County Fair and the Volunteer Center of Sonoma County as 
well as the Chair of the Sonoma County Civil Service Commission.
  Mr. Speaker, Patrick Emery has been an outstanding attorney in Sonoma 
County for 38 years. He is respected and held in high esteem by his 
peers as is reflected in the honor he has received from the Sonoma 
County Bar Association. It is therefore appropriate that we honor him 
today.

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