[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 110 (Friday, June 29, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E955]
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   RECOGNIZING JUDGE THOMAS A. RAPPA, JR. FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE NEW 
                       HAMPSHIRE JUDICIAL BRANCH

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                           HON. ANN M. KUSTER

                            of new hampshire

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 29, 2018

  Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
the retirement of the Honorable Judge Thomas A. Rappa, Jr. and to thank 
him for his dedicated services to the New Hampshire Judicial Branch and 
the people of New Hampshire for the past 30 years.
  After graduating from Franklin Pierce Law Center in 1986, Judge Rappa 
began a long career in the New Hampshire judicial system. He first 
worked for the Honorable Karl T. Bruckner in Woodsville, New Hampshire 
before taking on his own practice. As a lawyer, Judge Rappa served the 
people of New Hampshire in his work on the interdisciplinary 
coordinating council for domestic violence, in teaching legal and 
paralegal classes at Plymouth State College and in the College for Life 
Long Learning, and in instituting a Teen Court in his Plymouth, New 
Hampshire court. He also served for six years on the Pro Bono Advisory 
Board, where he received the L. Jonathan Ross Award in 1989, and on the 
Board of Governors from 1991 to 1993.
  Throughout his impressive tenure, Judge Rappa has truly been a leader 
in his community and the Granite State as a whole, demonstrating the 
compassion, wisdom, and fairness that is the hallmark of a great judge. 
I am proud to rise today in acknowledgement of his achievements and 
wish him the best upon his retirement.

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