The following is an excerpt from remarks delivered by Eastern District U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch on receipt of the Federal Bar Council’s Emory Buckner Medal for Outstanding Public Service, at the Nov. 21 luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria.

…I [read] about Emory Buckner—his life and times, his family, his cases, and what led him to focus on the importance of public service and the values he brought to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.