[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 135 (Thursday, July 30, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                 TRIBUTE TO JUDGE CHARLES D. SUSANO, JR

 Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, today I honor one of my 
constituents, Judge Charles D. Susano Jr., who retired in April after 
25 years of dedicated service to the State of Tennessee. Judge Susano 
is the state's longest serving state appellate judge and has led a 
remarkable life of public service and thoughtful jurisprudence.
  Judge Susano is a native and lifelong Knoxvillian. Born in 1936, he 
attended Knoxville Catholic High School before going to the University 
of Notre Dame where he graduated magna cum laude. Following an 
honorable discharge from the U.S. Army, Judge Susano returned to his 
Tennessee roots to attend the University of Tennessee Law School, where 
he was a member of the Tennessee Law Review and the Order of the Coif.
  Judge Susano began his legal career clerking for Chief Justice 
Hamilton Burnett in the inaugural class of clerks to the Tennessee 
Supreme Court. He practiced law in Knoxville for 30 years, while also 
giving back to the community as a member of the advisory commission to 
the Tennessee Supreme Court on Civil Rules, as well as board member of 
several local nonprofits.
  In 1994, Governor Ned Ray McWherter appointed Judge Susano to serve 
as a judge for the Tennessee Court of Appeals, and he won the seat 
later that same year. Judge Susano would go on to win statewide 
reelection in 1998, 2006, and 2014, and he served as the presiding 
judge of the Court of Appeals from 2012-2014. During his time on the 
court, he has authored over 1,000 legal opinions and received numerous 
awards including: the Justice Frank F. Drowota III Outstanding Judicial 
Service Award in 2017; Appellate Judge of the Year from the American 
Board of Trial Advocates, Tennessee Chapter in 2003; and the Courage in 
the Face of Adversity Award from the Knoxville Bar Association in 2004.
  I want to thank Judge Susano for his many years of service to 
Tennessee. The end of his long tenure in the Tennessee judiciary will 
certainly be felt by many in the State. I wish him, his wife, and their 
children all the best as they begin this new chapter in their 
lives.

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