[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 50 (Friday, March 17, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E226]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING CAPTAIN JILL JAMES

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                           HON. JARED HUFFMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 17, 2023

  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in celebration of Captain Jill 
James as she retires from the United States Navy after 34 years of 
extraordinary service.
  Hailing from Sausalito in Marin County, Jill commissioned as an 
ensign in April 1989 after graduating from the University of Missouri-
Kansas City School of Law. She was a direct commission to the active-
duty Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, and following her completion 
of Naval Justice School in Newport, Rhode Island, she reported to Naval 
Legal Service Office, Treasure Island, in San Francisco, California, to 
begin her career.
  After serving at Treasure Island, Jill was reassigned to Naples, 
Italy, where she worked on a mobile trial team for two years, traveling 
to various commands in an area of responsibility stretching from 
Scotland to Bahrain. Her final active-duty assignment brought her back 
to San Francisco, as the Head Defense Counsel at Naval Legal Service 
Office, West. Once she transitioned to the Navy Reserve, Jill went on 
to serve as Commanding Officer, Region Legal Service Office Pearl 
Harbor; Commanding Officer, Region Legal Service Office Japan; and 
Staff Judge Advocate, Navy Region Northwest, Reserve Component Command. 
Jill was recalled to active duty in September 2019 for twelve months to 
deploy overseas. Post-deployment, Jill was assigned to Region Legal 
Service Office Western Pacific.
  Jill's public service is not limited to her work in the Navy. Jill 
has served on the Sausalito City Council since 2014, and performed 
duties as Vice Mayor in 2015 and Mayor in 2016 and 2021. She has served 
as the City's School District Liaison and as the alternate to the Marin 
Telecommunications Agency. Jill has also represented the City on the 
Marin Bay Waterfront Adaptation Vulnerability Evaluation (BayWAVE) and 
as the alternate delegate to the Association of Bay Area Government.
  Jill has cultivated an extensive civilian career alongside her 
reserve service. After transitioning from active duty, she worked in 
civil litigation, managing trial teams in the San Francisco Superior 
Court and nearby jurisdictions as a lead counsel. She later specialized 
in wine and vineyard law, and went on to co-found an ecommerce company, 
Qorkz Wine, that facilitates wine sales from limited production 
wineries directly to consumers.
  Mr. Speaker, Captain Jill James exemplifies what it means to be a 
community-minded public servant. Her dedicated service both on the 
Sausalito City Council and in the United States Navy has left a 
positive impact locally in Marin County and on Navy operations 
worldwide. Therefore, please join us in congratulating her for decades 
of inspiring work and in wishing her a fulfilling military retirement.

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