HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 03132007 - 2007/130 IN THE MATTER OF HONORING RESOLUTION NO. 2007/130
DEPUTY PUBLIC DEFENDER LESLI CALDWELL
TO COMMEMORATE HER RETIREMENT
WHEREAS, Lesli Caldwell grew up in the Bay Area and attended the University of California at
Berkeley, from which she received her BA degree in 1976; and
WHEREAS, Lesli Caldwell then attended the University of Santa Clara Law School, from which
she received her law degree in 1979,.and ,,
WHEREAS, Lesli Caldwell's'frstjob as a,lawyer`W>n private,practic6�earned her$6.50 per hour;
and
WHEREAS, haviiig been gnveti that wage, even public sector work as al-.Deputy;:Public Defender
looked attiactive,f o'she accepted employment with tlie'Office=of Pubinc Defender in 1980;
and ,
WHEREAS"'L§li has worked in every branch of the Main'Office nn„the Department and has
handled every,kind of case that.can be assigned to-a'deputympubhc defender; and
WHEREAS, Us'li-has been assigned.some-of the.Department's,most'ser>ous felonies and
homncndes'as well,as several:capital eases dunng her career nn the Department; and' ;
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WHEREAS; Lesli;has,,d stnnguished l erself;and brought is inc,, to the Departn lent through her
teaching assngnments with statewnde:;crnrniinal defense organnzations',nncludng the California
Public Defenders Association,'the'Death Penalty College, and now tl rough'her membership .
on the Board,of the California Attorneys for Crnrri i1al Justice, and
WHEREAS;Lesli has served as a presenter and panelist at numerousYtramm�g sessions`in the
Department and,�as a mentor to°scores of young attorneys m the Department; r”
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Bo'di&of Supervisors of the County of Contra
Costa acknowledges and thanks Lesli Caldwell for her dedicated service to the Office of
Public Defender,the clients`ofthat Office and the`people of this County on the occasion of
her retirement as an employee of Contra Costa County
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ARY N. PIEPHO
Chair
District III Supervisor
JOHN GIOIA f GAYLE B.IVILKEMA
District I Supervisor District II Supervisor
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. � 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
y - * and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date
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shown:
ATTESTED: March 13,2007
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JOHN CULLEN, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County
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OD`SrA U11 By Deputy
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