[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 173 (Friday, December 2, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1573-E1574]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING SENIOR RESIDENT SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE PAUL L. JONES ON THE 
                       OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT

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                         HON. G.K. BUTTERFIELD

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, December 2, 2016

  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise 
today to honor Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Paul L. Jones. 
Judge Jones has been committed to the state of North Carolina and the 
people of Lenoir and Greene Counties through his work as a community 
based lawyer, jurist, Army Reservist and his commitment to nonprofit 
organizations.
  Judge Jones is a proud graduate of historic Adkin High School in 
Kinston, North Carolina, Class of 1967. He received his undergraduate 
degree from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 
and his law degree from my alma mater, North Carolina Central 
University. Judge Jones and I were law school classmates in the Class 
of 1974. We were the best of friends in law school and our friendship 
has endured.
  Judge Jones work in the legal profession includes a variety of 
positions including his time serving as a staff attorney and Assistant 
Clerk of Court with the U.S. Supreme Court, a Judge Advocate Officer in 
the Army, supervising attorney for the North Carolina Central 
University Legal Clinic, managing attorney for Eastern Carolina Legal 
Services, and as a District Court Judge. When a vacancy was created for 
a Resident Superior Court judge position in 1999, Judge Jones was 
appointed to the Court and ran unopposed in 2000 and 2008, a position 
that he is now retiring.
  While on the Superior Court bench, Judge Jones was an officer of the 
North Carolina Judicial Council and a founding member of the Equal 
Access to Justice Commission. He was a member of the North Carolina 
Judicial Standards Commission for a five-year term, which included the 
role of vice-chairman. In 2001, he was elected Vice-President of the 
North Carolina Bar Association.
  Before retiring as a Colonel in the Army Reserves in 2000, Judge 
Jones served as a Judge Advocate with the 108th Division IT in 
Charlotte, North Carolina. While serving, Judge Jones was awarded the 
Army Commendation Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the National 
Defense Medal, and the Legion of Merit.

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  While his commitment to the legal field and the military is 
commendable, it is noteworthy that he is deeply rooted in his native 
community of Kinston, North Carolina. Judge Jones has volunteered and 
been active on more than 20 nonprofit boards within Kinston for over 30 
years and received the Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce award 
of Citizen of the Year for 2013.
  Judge Jones is married to the former Edwina Link and has two 
children, Krystle and Erika.
  Judge Jones is a man of integrity, valor, and service. I ask my 
colleagues to join me in applauding my dear friend, Judge Paul L. 
Jones, and recognize his lifelong devotion to the people of Lenoir 
County and the State of North Carolina.

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