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IN THE MATTER OF HONORING RESOLUTION NO. 2007/128
CHIEF ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER,
SUZANNE CHAPOT
TO COMMEMORATE HER RETIREMENT
WHEREAS, Suzanne Chapot is retiring from the Office of Public Defender after 26 years of service;
and
WHEREAS, Suzanne Chapot kissed her first boy in the balcony of the State Theatre in Martinez and
has ruled the roost for the past eight lyears in that very same State Theatre, currently housing the Main
Branch office of the Department; and
WHEREAS, Suzanne Chapot graduated from Alhambra High School, and attended other PAC 10
schools including the University of Arizona; UC Berkeley and the University of Southern California,
from which she graduated-1w-1 96k and.;
WHEREAS, Suzanne Chapot was.a:...teacher in the West County Schools, and then attended Golden
Gate Law School from which she graduated in 1975;and
WHEREAS, "Suzanne Chapot.,practiced law as part of t.the firmChapot &.
Parker ass from 1976 to
1979, and then with Dully,Jameson &�'Snyder from 1979 to 1981; and
WHEREAS, Suzanne Chapot domed the Department as a.misdemeanor attorney in the Richmond
Office m 1981, and subsequently was;-assigned to Concord Branch Misd6fiie; rs,and thei °to a felony
assignment in Martinez;and =
WHEREAS, Suzanne Chapot has i been assigned many'.:of the most challengug capital cases ever
litigated rn the Department, and has tired through verdict and penalty ithree of those c': tal'cases; and
WHEREAS; za
Sunne Chapot has been honored:as they Defender of the Year by.Women 'Defenders,
and at an early point in her career,served t-,vo terms as President;of the Contra Costa Bar`Association;
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WHEREAS;; Suzanne Chapot has arrived earlier rand worked more assiduously ev>ery working hour of
the day to .insure ahe "support of attorneys and staff than any::other':attorney ui tire` history of the
Department; and
WHEREAS, Suzanne CliaiD&has been a mentor to scores of the younger attorneys she has supervised;
a tireless, supportive andiiiernod6nWcomposed manager;•and aconfidant/editoi-in-chief for the Public
Defender for many years;'
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board .of Supervisors of the County of Contra
Costa acknowledges and thanks Suzanne Chap" �� or lien dedicated service to the Office of Public
Defender, the clients of that Office and the pe e of thi C unty on the occasion of his retirement as an
employee of Contra Costa County.
ARY N. PIEPHO
( Chair
11\ District III Supervisor
( JOHN GIOIA GAYLE B. UILKEMA
District I Supervisor District II Superv" r
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SUSAN A. BONILLA FEDERAL D. GLOVER
District IV Supervisor District V Supervisor
0 ___ 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
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ATTESTED: April 3,2007
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JOHN CJUX'N, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County
Administrator
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