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 com-
mitment 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 Cor-
poration; 
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 Elev-
enth 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 contribu-
tions to the development of legal scholarship by serving 
as a guest lecturer at law schools around the Nation, in-
cluding 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 commu-
nity, bar, and judiciary, and has been the recipient of nu-
merous 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 sys-
tem: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives com-
mends the Honorable 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. 
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