[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 6260-6261]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE ALAN KALKIN

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 16, 2008

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 21 years of 
service of Superior Court Judge Alan Kalkin on the occasion of his 
recent retirement from the Superior Court of Los Angeles County.
  Prior to his service on the bench, Judge Kalkin graduated from 
William and Mary College and the University of Richmond Law School in 
Virginia. After practicing briefly, he and his wife moved to southern 
California, where he served as a prosecutor in the city of Burbank for 
11\1/2\ years.
  Judge Kalkin was appointed to the Los Angeles County Municipal Court 
in 1987 by Governor George Deukmejian. In 2000, he was elevated to the 
Los Angeles Superior Court after the approved consolidation of the Los 
Angeles Municipal and Superior Courts.
  The communities of Los Angeles County have benefited tremendously 
from his years of service as a judge and a prosecutor, where he earned 
a superb reputation as a fair, thoughtful, and ethical lawyer and 
jurist.
  The Congress of the United States joins in thanking Judge Kalkin for 
his many years of valuable service.

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