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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2011 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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CONGRATULATING THE HONORABLE RAYMOND E. SHAWCROSS ON THE | |
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OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE RHODE ISLAND FAMILY COURT | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Watson, Costa, Menard, MacBeth, and JP O`Neill | |
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Date Introduced: January 27, 2011 | |
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Referred To: House read and passed | |
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Raymond E. Shawcross, a Justice with the Rhode Island |
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Family Court and a highly respected adjudicator, is retiring on January 31, 2011, after twenty- |
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four distinguished years on the bench; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of LaSalle Academy, Judge Shawcross earned his Bachelor’s |
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degree from Providence College, and his Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School. He |
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is married to Noreen Shawcross, retired Executive Director of the Rhode Island Housing |
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Resources Commission, and is the father of Karen, Patricia, and Lisa; and |
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WHEREAS, Appointed to the bench in 1986 by Governor DiPrete, The Honorable |
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Raymond Shawcross attributes his initial interest in family law to his wife, who was a social |
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worker at the time; and |
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WHEREAS, Previous to his appointment on the bench, Justice Shawcross served as |
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counsel to House Majority Leader Joseph DeAngelis and House Speaker Matt Smith. He was |
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Chief Legal Counsel for Child Welfare Services and with the Department of Social and |
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Rehabilitative Services; and |
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WHEREAS, Rhode Island’s Family Court was formed to assist and process problems and |
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situations involving children and families. Over the course of Justice Shawcross’ career on the |
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bench, he worked diligently to keep families together, finding the work to be “very, very |
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challenging, but very satisfying”; and |
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WHEREAS, Judge Shawcross possesses compassion, a brilliant legal mind, and the |
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ability to adjudicate his caseload in a just and timely manner. He has devoted more than two |
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decades to improving the lives of Rhode Island’s children and their families and he is eminently |
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deserving of our recognition and praise; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
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Providence Plantations hereby expresses our sincere gratitude to Justice Raymond Shawcross for |
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presiding with compassion, fairness, and justice over matters before the Rhode Island Family |
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Court. We furthermore congratulate him on his retirement and wish him good health and some |
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well-deserved time for relaxation and travel with his family and loved ones; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Raymond E. Shawcross. |
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