[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 76 (Thursday, June 16, 1994)]
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                   IN TRIBUTE TO JUDGE ANNETTE LARUE

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                         HON. RICHARD H. LEHMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 16, 1994

  Mr. LEHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise before my colleagues today to pay 
tribute to a noted jurist, Fresno Municipal Court Judge Annette LaRue, 
whose career in the legal profession has served as an example to women 
everywhere.
  But after 15 years of serving with distinction on the Fresno bench, 
Judge LaRue has retired. It may be understated to say she will be 
missed.
  A native of Fresno, Annette graduated from Roosevelt High School and 
California State University Fresno with a bachelor of arts degree. She 
then received a juris doctorate degree from Hastings College of Law in 
1952.
  Judge LaRue forever left her mark on the local legal scene when she 
became one of Fresno County's first women lawyers with the beginning of 
her law practice in 1953. It was 1979 when she was first elected judge 
of the Fresno Municipal Court, a position she has served with 
distinction.
  Annette has served as a role model, not just for young women 
attorneys as one might expect, but for all women with whom she may have 
been in contact, either through the courts or the many organizations of 
which she is a member.
  Her court was run efficiently and her judgments were fair. Judge 
LaRue also gained a reputation for the polite and quiet manner in which 
she conducted the serious business of law. She was never brash or loud, 
but rather, even-tempered and well-respected.
  Annette was named ``Woman of the Year'' in 1990 by the Fresno County 
Commission on the Status of Women, and that same year she received the 
Fresno County Women Lawyers' Pauline Hanson Award. She is a founding 
member of the Fresno Chapter of the National Womens Political Caucus 
and is a member of several other civic organizations, some of which 
include the Rotary Club, the Soroptimist Club, Business and 
Professional Women, as well as the advisory board of the Salvation 
Army. In that role, Judge LaRue helped organize the Rosecrest Home 
which helps women who are addicted to drugs and alcohol.
  She has served her community and her profession well. I am proud to 
know Annette.

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