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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING THE HONORABLE FRANCIS J. MURRAY ON THE OCCASION OF

HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE RHODE ISLAND FAMILY COURT

     

     Introduced By: Senators Paiva Weed, Archambault, Satchell, Walaska, and Lombardi

     Date Introduced: April 07, 2016

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, The Honorable Francis J. Murray, an Associate Justice of the Rhode Island

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Family Court and a highly respected adjudicator, officially retired on December 31st of 2014;

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however, due to understaffing, he diligently remained on the bench until April of 2016; and

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     WHEREAS, Laying the foundation for his eminent career, Judge Murray earned a

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Bachelor's degree from the Seminary of Our Lady of Providence, a Master of Arts from

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Marquette University, and a Juris Doctorate from Franklin Pierce Law Center, now a part of the

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University of New Hampshire; and

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     WHEREAS, Upon graduation from law school, Judge Murray was admitted to the

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Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and United States District Court, District of Rhode Island bars. He

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subsequently entered private practice in the law firm of Murray & Cutcliffe, where he specialized

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in family law. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he served as assistant legal counsel to Governor

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J. Joseph Garrahy; and

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     WHEREAS, In 1994, Judge Murray was appointed to the Rhode Island Family Court by

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Governor Bruce Sundlun. He has served in a myriad of capacities including assignment to the

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Juvenile Drug Court Calendar, and over the past three years, he has presided over Family Court

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matters in Newport County; and

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     WHEREAS, Justice Murray has been married to his wife Kathleen for thirty-one years,

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and together they have three adult children; and

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     WHEREAS, Judge Murray possesses a keen mind and an innate ability to adjudicate

 

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matters in a just and timely manner. He will forever be remembered as a humble and widely-

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admired Justice, who presided with compassion and fairness, and served the people of our state

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with integrity and excellence; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby expresses our sincere gratitude to the Honorable Francis J. Murray for more than twenty

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years of distinguished service presiding over matters before the Rhode Island Family Court. We

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furthermore wish him good health and happiness during his retirement years; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable Francis J. Murray.

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