ML20055E389
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| Issue date: | 06/25/1990 |
| From: | Carr K NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Friedenthal A FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION |
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June 25, 1990 CHAIRMAN; 1
- Mr. ~ Alan H. Friedenthal Program Chairperson
- c 1990 Younger Federal Lawyer Awards Program Federal Bar' Association 1815'H Street, N.W.
Washington,;D.C.
20006-3697
Dear Mr.:
Friedenthal:
- I.am pleased to nominate Mitzi A. Young, a senior trial attorney in the~ Hearings and Enforcement Division of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Office of the General Counsel, for -the 1990 Younger Federal Lawyer Award.
Ms. Young's out-standing skills as en attorney and her dedication to.the highest standards.of the profession and public service merit 1the recognition that this award confers.
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Kenneth M. Carr
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NOMINATION FOR YOUNGER' FEDERAL LAWYER AWARD Mitzi A. Youngfis nominated for-the Younger Federal-Lawyer Award.
Ms. Young is a senior trial attorney in the Hearings and Enforcement Division of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Office of the General Counsel.
Mitzi Young was born on July 30, 1955, and has been an attorney with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for almost 10 years.
Her business address is:
Mitzi A. Young Office of the General Counsel i
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Ms. Young's outstanding skills as an attorney and her dedication to the' highest standards of.the profession and to public service are reflected in both the exemplary performance of her duties and her-civic activities to motivate young people and promote the rule of law and equal opportunity.
Her' legal skills, competence and goodcjudgment have made her advice and counsel.
sought'by senior members of the agency, as well as by her-peers.
.She:has shown great professional responsibility and the highest professional competence.
She is a great credit to this agency and.the Federal government.
Ms. Young's accomplishments span a wide spectrum of the work of the agency.
As an advocate, she has formulated successful litigation tactics and strategy, and represented the agency both in hearings and-appellate argument with skill, vigor and personal sincerity.
These presentations and arguments often involve novel and complex legal and policy questions involving the civilian I
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'Ms. Young's most significant accomplishments in~this area'
~ involved'the licensing of the Shoreham and Seabrook nuclear power.
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Each' case required great sensitivity to the public's perception of the agency.
Each case involved'some of the most-novel, difficult and complex legal issues before the Commission, t
including thejnature of the Federal-State relationship under the Constitution, relationships between quasi-autonomous agencies and
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executive-agencies,-the scope of Federal authority and the i
regulatory scheme established by Congress for the civi11an uses of nuclear energy.
Each caso. required careful thought and the' application of sound policy and legal analysis.. Each case was conducted in a highly charged and highly publicized environment and was bitterly contested by very capable opponents with-
-r numerically: superior resources.
Eachl case required the dedication'of'unstinting effort, intelligence and skill.
In each
- case creativity was used to explore and develop new legal alternatives to allow the accomplishment of the agency's goals, l
with a recognition of the political sensitivity of the litigation.
And in-both cases, her skill, tact and effort enabled the-NRC to resolve contested matters, and issue licenses properly conditioned to protect the public health and safety.
In addition to her tasks in regard to administrative adjudications, Ms. Young reviews other attorneys' work in determining whether licensing and other complex technical
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always been outstanding and is used as a model for all'other attorneys in the Office of the General Counsel.
Ms. Young has also made significant contributions to the legal profession and the community not directly related to her governmental duties.
.Ms. Young has been a major participant in the-NRC's School Volunteer Program, and thus served as a role model or mentor for minority and other children.
During Black History Month, she has lectured on the contributions of such civil rights attorneys as Thurgood Marshall.
At other times she has lectured in high schools on professional careers for women L
and on-legal ~ topics.
She has also lectured in the schools as part of the Federal Bar Association's Bill of Rights Program.
i In addition to these activities, Ms. Young has been particularly active on advisory committees to the Montgomery-County Public School System..Her principal present. activity is-
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as a member'of the-Minority Advisory Committee in the Bethesda-1 Chevy Chase area, which is seeking to develop strategies to promote positive multi-ethnic interaction between school children i
in diverse socio-economic conditions,so as to prevent. racial
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In addition, she serves as an advisor to school
-administrators on minority education and achievement issues.
The foregoing illustrates Ms. Young's. diverse accomplishments both as an attorney with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and as a publicly spirited citizen.
Her superb-professional abilities, together with an overall devotion to duty
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Her significant volunteer activities, both those connected with her work and in the community at large have epitomized the American spirit of giving of yourself to benefit the greater i
good, and have been a model to others.
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W Kenneth M.
Carr Chairman Nuclear Regulatory Commission wW William C.
Parler General Counsel
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