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IN THE MATTER OF HONORING RESOLUTION NO. 2007/133
DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER HOWARD JAMESON
TO COMMEMORATE HIS RETIREMENT
WHEREAS, Howard Jameson grew up in the Bay Area and attended the University of California at .
Berkeley, from which he received his BA degree in 1961; and
WHEREAS, after Howard Jameson received his law degree from Hastings College of the Law in
1964, he worked as a Research,Clerk4oi Justice Bray and,Justice Sims on the First District
Court of Appeal; and
WHEREAS, Howard Jamesonbegariw'his,own law practicern 1965 once known as Jameson, Cully
and Dolgin, i"ii"Maitinez.and continued it for 30 years until 1995, and X;
WHEREAS, Howard Jar ieson:became a Deputy Public Defender 1n 1995 and was assigned to the
Alternate Defender Office; and
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WHEREAS; as a private practitioner and as.:a Deputy Public Defend' Howard Jameson 5has been
known throughout the Contra-Costa County legal corruriuntty as a trial workhorse, having
handled every conceivable kind of case from misdemeanors up.511 hrough homrctdes:and
several capital cases, and q
WHEREAS, Howard J`arneson has proven himself through trial after trial over a forty year career to
be unflappable entirely committed'to the best interest of any client he€represents, ard,still a.
consummateMgen tleman rn hts..deahrl'gs wrtli all the rnembeYsYof the legal comrirunrty,,arrd
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WHEREAS., Howard Jameson'has brought to the Office of Public Defender.seasoning,good cheer,
humor andTprofessronal maturity that will be sorely mused upoii1hls rettremen,;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the.Board of Su' isors'of the oun
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Contra Costa acknowledges-and thanks Howard Jameson for his dedicated service to the
Office of Pubhc.Defender;.the client of that Office and-the people of this County on the
occasion of his retirement as an°eploy f Co
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MARY N. PIEPHO
Chair C
District III Supervisor 1> .�
JOHN GIOIA GAYLE R UILKEMA
District I Supervisor District II Supervisor
Absent
SUSAN A. BONILLA FEDERAL D. GLOVER
District IV Supervisor District V Supervisor
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I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken
" and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date
shown:
G a IfIIII =~ ATTESTED: March 13,2007
�y JOHN CULLEN, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County
Administrator
A COU14 By / Gd CC�� Deputy