[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 21 (Monday, February 4, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               IN RECOGNITION OF JUDGE MICHAEL S. McMANUS

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                          HON. DORIS O. MATSUI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, February 4, 2019

  Ms. MATSUI. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Judge Michael S. 
McManus and his retirement from the United States Bankruptcy Court, 
Eastern District of California. As his colleagues and local community 
leaders gather to honor his remarkable career, I ask my colleagues to 
join me in paying tribute to Judge McManus' service to the federal 
judiciary.
  Judge McManus graduated from the University of California, Berkeley 
in 1975 with Bachelor of Art Degrees in Criminology and Psychology. In 
1978, Judge McManus received his Juris Doctor from the University of 
California, Los Angeles. Prior to becoming a judge, he practiced 
bankruptcy law at Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannegan. In the late 
80's, he also served in many capacities on the Debtor/Creditor 
Relations and Bankruptcy Committee of the Business Law Section of the 
State Bar of California.
  Judge McManus has dedicated his career to public service. Appointed 
on January 11, 1994, Judge McManus initially started his first and 
second terms on the bankruptcy bench in the Modesto Division of the 
Eastern District of California and subsequently transferred to the 
Sacramento Division. He served as Chief Bankruptcy Judge from 2000 to 
2008, as District of Nevada Judge through 2010, as the Chair of the 
Ninth Circuit Conference of Chief Bankruptcy Judges, as an observer on 
the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit, and as an ex officio member 
of the Court-Council on Bankruptcy Judge Appointments. In addition to 
these great accomplishments, he is a fellow of the American College of 
Bankruptcy.
  Madam Speaker, as Judge McManus, his friends, and colleagues 
celebrate his retirement, I ask all my colleagues to join me in 
thanking and recognizing him for his many years of service. Judge 
McManus has contributed immensely to the bankruptcy bench and our 
community.

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