[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 135 (Friday, September 19, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1459]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                   HONORING CAPTAIN MARY R. McCORMICK

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                            HON. SAM GRAVES

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 18, 2014

  Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause to recognize 
Captain Mary R. McCormick, a proud veteran of our United States Navy, 
on her retirement after 26 years of service.
   After graduating first in her class as an Ensign in the JAG Corps 
Student Program from the Navy Justice School in 1988, Captain McCormick 
was released from active duty on June 30, 1992 and soon was affiliated 
with the Select Reserves. Captain McCormick has impeccable knowledge 
concerning military and civilian appellate criminal law. She has 
represented servicemembers from all military branches during her six-
year civilian military appellate practice, and she has served five 
years as appellate counsel.
   Captain McCormick served as an Assistant Attorney General for the 
State of Colorado from October 1992 through June 1995 where she was 
lead appellate attorney. She was recalled to active duty from November 
2010 through September 2013, to serve as Appellate Defense Counsel for 
Guantanamo detainees.
   Captain McCormick was named Missouri's Elder Law Attorney of the 
Year for 2006 and she is author of the treatise Missouri Elder Law 
published annually by West/Thomson Reuters.
   Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in recognizing Captain 
Mary R. McCormick for her admirable service to our country as well as 
her passion for the law.

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