74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
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 LC 3047
 
                 Senate Concurrent Resolution 11
 
Sponsored by Senator GORDLY
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  In memoriam: Judge Clifford L. Freeman, 1944-2006.
 
                      CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  Whereas Multnomah County Circuit Judge Clifford L. Freeman, who
was born on June 2, 1944, passed away on August 21, 2006; and
  Whereas Judge Clifford L. Freeman received an undergraduate
degree in economics, a master's degree in education and a law
degree from the University of Oregon; and
  Whereas Judge Clifford L. Freeman served as a felony trial
attorney for the Metropolitan Public Defender's office from 1979
to 1988; and
  Whereas Judge Clifford served as a pro tempore Juvenile Court
Referee for Multnomah County before he was appointed to the bench
in 1996; and
  Whereas Judge Clifford L. Freeman was one of the driving forces
behind the development of Multnomah County's Community Court
Project that brought courtrooms into neighborhoods to handle
crimes that were not considered high profile; and
  Whereas Judge Clifford L. Freeman was the first judge to
preside over the Northeast Community Court, based at the King
Neighborhood Facility in Northeast Portland; and
  Whereas as presiding judge of the Northeast Community Court,
Judge Clifford L. Freeman found ways that defendants could aid
the community as part of their sentence; and
  Whereas Judge Clifford L. Freeman was known to his colleagues
as personifying the qualities of a good judge, a public servant
and a mentor; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
  That we, the members of the Seventy-fourth Legislative
Assembly, extend our deepest sympathies to Judge Clifford L.
Freeman's family, friends and all those persons whose lives he
affected in the community he served.
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