IV 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 478 

Commending Myron H. Thompson, United States District Judge for the 

Middle District of Alabama, for his commitment and dedication to public 

service, the judicial system, equal access to justice, and the community. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 3, 2005 

Mr. DAVIS of Alabama (for himself and Mr. CONYERS) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Commending Myron H. Thompson, United States District 

Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, for his commitment and dedication to public service, the judicial 

system, equal access to justice, and the community. 

Whereas the Honorable Myron H. Thompson entered public 

service as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of 

Alabama in 1972, and was the first African American 

member of the professional staff of that office; 

Whereas Myron H. Thompson entered private practice in 

1974 in legally underserved and rural Dothan, Alabama, 

and was the only African American in private practice in 

Houston County, Alabama; 
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Whereas Myron H. Thompson served as Founding Director 

and Board Chairman of the Alabama Legal Services Corporation; 

Whereas in 1980, Myron H. Thompson was appointed by 

President Carter, and confirmed by the Senate, to serve 

as a United States District Judge for the Middle District 

of Alabama, which is seated in Montgomery, Alabama, 

and is considered one of the most important courts of the 

civil rights movement; 

Whereas Myron H. Thompson served as Chief Judge for the 

Middle District of Alabama from 1991 through 1998; 

Whereas Myron H. Thompson has rendered distinguished 

service to the Federal judiciary as a member of the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Council, between 1991 and 1998, as 

a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal 

Judges Association since 1999, and as President of the 

Eleventh Circuit Judges Association in 1991 and 1992; 

Whereas Myron H. Thompson has made significant contributions to the development of legal scholarship by serving 

as a guest lecturer at law schools around the Nation, including Yale Law School, where he lectured as a guest 

of the Yale Law School Dean’s Lecture Series in 2004, 

and by serving as a New York University Law School 

Scholar in Residence in 1998 and 1999; 

Whereas Myron H. Thompson has been active in the community, bar, and judiciary, and has been the recipient of numerous awards for his distinguished service, including the 

Mark de Wolfe Howe Award from Harvard Law School 

in 2005; 

Whereas Myron H. Thompson’s distinguished legal career has 

its roots in Tuskegee, Alabama, where he was born and 
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attended segregated public schools, and in New Haven, 

Connecticut, where he received his undergraduate degree 

from Yale College and his law degree from Yale Law 

School; and 

Whereas Myron H. Thompson’s dedication to public service 

and to the citizens of Alabama has increased equal access 

to justice, contributed to the improvement of the judicial 

system, and advanced public confidence in the court system: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives com2 mends the Honorable Myron H. Thompson, United States 

3 District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, for his 

4 commitment and dedication to public service, the judicial 

5 system, equal access to justice, and the community. 

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