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2016 First Extraordinary Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 8
BY SENATOR MARTINY
COMMENDATIONS. Commendation resolution for retired Judge Frank A. Marullo Jr.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend Judge Frank A. Marullo Jr., Louisiana's longest serving jurist, who has stepped
3 down from the bench after over forty-one years of meritorious service as an Orleans
4 Parish District Criminal Court Judge for Section D.
5 WHEREAS, Marullo was born in New Orleans and graduated from Fortier High
6 School before traveling to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to attend the University of Southern
7 Mississippi where he earned a Bachelor of Science; and
8 WHEREAS, wanting to see the world beyond New Orleans and Hattiesburg, Marullo
9 joined the Merchant Marines and traveled the world; and
10 WHEREAS, upon leaving the Merchant Marines, Frank Marullo returned to his
11 native New Orleans and enrolled in law school at Loyola University where he received his
12 Juris Doctor in 1968; and
13 WHEREAS, Marullo began his legal career in New Orleans, but soon took a different
14 path as he was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1972; and
15 WHEREAS, during his brief time in the legislature, Frank Marullo served as a
16 member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, as a member of the transition team
17 to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention in 1973, and as chairman of the Joint Legislative
18 Committee on Penal Reform; and
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1 WHEREAS, Marullo refocused on his legal career in 1974 as he ran, successfully,
2 for the seat in section D of the Orleans Parish District Criminal Court, a position he held
3 until his recent retirement; and
4 WHEREAS, among his many accomplishments, Judge Marullo served as chief judge
5 of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court from 1995 to 1997, chairman of the Orleans
6 Parish Criminal District Courts personnel committee, finance committee and legislative
7 committee, chairman of Governor David Treen's Commission on Merit Selection for Judges,
8 chairman of the Committee to Consolidate Criminal, Civil and Juvenile Courts, president
9 of the Louisiana District Judges Association, and president of the American Justinian
10 Society of Jurists; and
11 WHEREAS, Judge Marullo also served as a member of the mayor's Council on
12 Criminal Justice, the governor's Prison Overcrowding Policy Task Force, the Louisiana
13 Sentencing Commission, and the transition teams of Governors Treen, Roemer, and Edwin
14 Edwards; and
15 WHEREAS, Judge Marullo both established and contributed to the establishment of
16 two homicide courts, the program for victim compensation in the courts, a judicial
17 administration office and the introduction of computer technology in the Orleans Parish
18 courthouse; and
19 WHEREAS, Marullo served as project director of the Orleans Parish Criminal
20 District Court Drug Court and sought grants for drug offender rehabilitation and for the
21 administration of parish drug courts; and
22 WHEREAS, he is currently a member of the Fourth and Fifth Circuit District Judges
23 Association, the Supreme Court Judicial Council, the National Association of Court
24 Management, the Judicial Compensation Committee, the Louisiana Bar Association, and the
25 American Bar Association; and
26 WHEREAS, Judge Marullo was presented the Medal of the Order of Lawyers from
27 the Court of Cassation, which is the highest court in France, and the Medal of Saint Louis
28 King of France which was awarded by the president of the Court of Cassation, Simone
29 Rozes; and
30 WHEREAS, Marullo's commitment to his larger community beyond his
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1 responsibilities as judge has been demonstrated in his serving as the chairman of the board
2 of directors of Cabrini High School, a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Italian
3 American Marching Club, and president of the Newman Club; and
4 WHEREAS, despite his work as a judge and his many civic and judicial interests,
5 Frank Marullo and his dedicated wife of over forty years, Jacquelyn, raised four children in
6 their uptown neighborhood and enjoy the lively attention of their grandchildren; and
7 WHEREAS, Judge Frank Marullo has led a life of service to his community, the
8 judicial system by striving to make it more efficient and more accessible, the criminal justice
9 community by seeking compensation for victims of crime while remaining committed to
10 requiring offenders to take responsibility for their actions, his church community, and most
11 importantly, his family, leaving his children and grandchildren a legacy of commitment and
12 service.
13 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
14 does hereby commend Judge Frank A. Marullo Jr., Louisiana's longest serving jurist, who
15 has retired from the bench after over forty-one years of meritorious service as an Orleans
16 Parish District Criminal Court Judge for Section D.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Judge
18 Frank A. Marullo Jr.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Mary Dozier O'Brien.
DIGEST
SR 8 Original 2016 First Extraordinary Session Martiny
Commends Judge Frank A. Marullo Jr., Louisiana's longest serving jurist, who has retired
from the bench after over 41 years of meritorious service as an Orleans Parish District
Criminal Court Judge for Section D.
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