[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 158 (Tuesday, October 1, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1238]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  RETIREMENT OF JUDGE BURNS ELKINS, II

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                         HON. G.K. BUTTERFIELD

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 1, 2019

  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Madam Speaker, I rise to celebrate the retirement of 
Augustus Burns Elkins, II, an Administrative law Judge, who retired on 
September 30, 2019, from the Office of Administrative Hearings after 35 
years of service to the State of North Carolina.
  Judge Elkins received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of 
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa 
Society, and his Juris Doctorate from Wake Forest University School of 
Law.
  He is a certified Judge Advocate from the Air Force Management and 
Leadership School and served as an Assistant Staff Judge Advocate in 
the United States Air Force from 1979 to l984. From 1984 to 2001, he 
served as a Staff Judge Advocate with the United States Air Force 
Reserves, having achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. The last 11 
years of his Air Force service was spent with the 916 Air Refueling 
Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, North Carolina.
  For the State of North Carolina, he has held the positions of Deputy 
Director of the North Carolina Department of Administration--Motor 
Fleet Management from 1984 to l990, and General Counsel and Senior 
Managing Attorney for North Carolina Governor's Council for Persons 
with Disabilities (GACPD) from 1990 to 2001. At GACPD, he was 
recognized as one of the State's leading experts on the Americans with 
disabilities Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
  In 2001, he was appointed as an Administrative Law Judge for the 
State of North Carolina and had served in this capacity until his 
retirement on September 30, 2019. He is a member of the North Carolina 
Bar Association and has served as Chairman of the Administrative Law 
Section. Judge Elkins was honored with the 2018 Distinguished Service 
Award by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 
Exceptional Children Division.
  I offer my sincere appreciation for Judge Elkins' service to the 
United States of America and the great state of North Carolina. I ask 
that my colleagues join me in congratulating Judge Elkins on his 
retirement and wish him many years of enjoyment with his family.

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