[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 176 (Friday, November 2, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1489]
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                         RECOGNIZING ELGIN LOWE

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                           HON. ERIC SWALWELL

                             of california

                  in the house of representatives

                        Friday, November 2, 2018

  Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the 
dutiful work of my former colleague, Mr. Elgin Lowe, on the occasion of 
his receiving the South Alameda County NAACP 40th Annual Service Award.
  Elgin joined the Alameda County District Attorney's Office in 1996 
after receiving his Bachelor of Arts in History from UC Santa Barbara 
followed by his Juris Doctor from UC Hastings College of Law in San 
Francisco.
  Elgin's accomplishments over the course of the last twenty-two years 
are innumerable. There are, however, a few achievements I will mention 
for the extraordinary impact they had on our community. In 2011, Elgin 
began prosecuting cases that resulted from gang violence on the south 
side of our county. His work resulted in the successful prosecution of 
several high-profile murders and brought resolutions and a restorative 
sense of justice to several victims and families whose cases were 
previously considered ``unsolvable.''
  Elgin's deep understanding of criminal prosecutions is sought 
whenever the county is in need of someone to train newer attorneys in 
the areas of case investigation, testimony, trial preparation, and the 
unique set of challenges that prosecutions of gang members bring to the 
courtroom.
  Our community is only in debt to Elgin not only for the work he 
completes in and around the courtroom, but also for the countless hours 
he volunteers in the community at large. He has prioritized speaking to 
at-risk youth about the perils that await those who enter the criminal 
realm or affiliate with a gang. Elgin has also actively participated 
with our local Regional Occupation Program center and mentored first-
year law students in Berkeley's Boalt Hall moot court program.
  Elgin draws his support from his amazing family. His wife, Briggitte, 
also works at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, and 
together they have two wonderful children, their son Kendall, and 
daughter Kori. It goes without saying that Elgin has made his mother 
Evelyn quite proud.
  I want to thank Elgin Lowe for the contributions he has made to the 
15th Congressional District and all of Alameda County. His work is 
consequential and appreciated.

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