RESOLUTION
   

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

RESOLUTION HONORING AND COMMENDING

DISTRICT ATTORNEY JAMES P. FOX

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WHEREAS, JAMES P. FOX was elected and took office as District Attorney of San Mateo County in January 1983. Mr. Fox has a unique and valuable perspective of our criminal justice system, as he has been both a defense attorney and a prosecutor. From 1974 to 1983, while in general practice, Mr. Fox was a member of the Private Defender Panel of the San Mateo County Bar Association, which provides for indigent defense services for the County of San Mateo. Mr. Fox also served as the City Attorney of Half Moon Bay, California; and

   

WHEREAS, JAMES P. FOX has served as a member of the California Bar Association Conference of Delegates and the Commission on Judicial Nominee Evaluations and has been active in both the California District Attorneys Association (CDAA) and the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA). He is a past President of CDAA and has been chairman of the Legislative Committee of that organization since 1990. He is also a past Vice President of NDAA and the current co-chairman of the Legislative Committee of NDAA; and

   

WHEREAS, JAMES P. FOX has unanimously been chosen by his peers to become the NDAA President for the term of July 2007 to July 2008. NDAA’s mission is “to be the voice of America’s prosecutors and to support their efforts to protect the rights and safety of the people.” NDAA represents approximately 30,000 prosecutors nationally; and

   

WHEREAS, JAMES P. FOX will have ongoing contact with the congressional and executive branches of the federal government, including testifying before Congress and meeting with the U.S. Attorney General as President of the NDAA. Mr. Fox will represent the NDAA at both international and domestic conferences.

   

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, on August 14, 2007, hereby honors and commends DISTRICT ATTORNEY JAMES P. FOX for his many years of commitment to the criminal justice system and the well-being of our community and congratulates him on his selection as the National District Attorneys Association President.

 

Dated: August 14, 2007

 

    SUPERVISORS:

 
   

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ROSE JACOBS GIBSON, President

     
   

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MARK CHURCH

     
   

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JERRY HILL

     
   

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RICHARD GORDON

     
   

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ADRIENNE J. TISSIER

Attest:

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Deputy Clerk of the Board of Supervisors