2023 -- H 5248

========

LC000859

========

     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

____________

H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING AND THANKING MICHAEL A. DILAURO, ESQ. ON THE OCCASION OF

HIS RETIREMENT

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Casimiro, Solomon, Knight,
McEntee, Craven, J. Lombardi, Baginski, and Corvese

     Date Introduced: January 26, 2023

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, For more than forty-one years, the citizens of the Ocean State have been the

beneficiaries of the patience, wisdom, and abiding dedication to excellence that Attorney Michael

DiLauro always brought to his work as the Director of Training & Legislation Liaison with the

Rhode Island Public Defender’s Office; and

     WHEREAS, Prior to assuming his duties as Director, Mr. DiLauro was a member of the

Public Defender’s Office Trial Team, where he had tried approximately sixty capital cases to

verdict, thus providing him with the invaluable knowledge and experience necessary to train other

attorneys; and

     WHEREAS, In his position as Director, Mr. DiLauro was responsible for initiating

programs to train the department’s attorneys, as well as advancing the department’s legislative

agenda while keeping abreast of any legislation that would impact criminal law and procedure;

and

     WHEREAS, During his tenure as Director of Training & Legislation Liaison, Mr.

DiLauro was an invaluable member of myriad commissions and task forces including the

commission studying avenues to ensure racial equity and the optimization of health and safety

laws affecting marginalized individuals, and a Senate task force investigating and providing

recommendations for changes to the laws, court rules, and policies and procedures, to name but a

few of his legislative commitments; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, Mr. DiLauro had been the Public Defender's Office designee on

the multi-year task force that ultimately resulted in enacted legislation entitled, the

“Comprehensive Police Relationship Act” that addressed wide-ranging issues regarding racial

profiling; and

     WHEREAS, Upon his retirement, Mr. DiLauro has continued to education and provide

training, consulting, and advocacy for individuals interested in and impacted by the justice system

through his company “The Just Criminal Justice Group, LLC”; and

     WHEREAS, Michael DiLauro, Esq. has left a legacy of commitment to justice for the

people of our State and he is worthy of our emulation and acknowledgement; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives hereby honors and thanks Michael

DiLauro for more than forty-one years of dedicated service in the Office of the Rhode Island

Public Defender and wishing him continued success with new business “The Just Criminal

Justice Group”; and be it further

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Michael A. DiLauro, Esq.

========

LC000859

========

LC000859 - Page 2 of 2