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Dick Goodwin

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Aug 31, 2015, 7:52:55 PM8/31/15
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Many of you on the distribution list knew my friend and fellow judge Pat McLaughlin. TWS

Judge Patrick F. McLaughlin and I sat next to each other at SSA judicial training eighteen years ago.  We became very close friends. He was as close to being a brother to me as one can be who is not related. He was a great man and a great jurist.

Susan and I were honored to be adopted by the entire McLaughlin clan. His eldest daughter, Meghan, asked me to officiate at her wedding. We are so happy we were able to go on a wonderful river cruise with Pat and Julie two months ago in June.

Susan and I are driving to Jacksonville Monday to attend the services and burial.

May He Rest In Peace,

Judge Tom Snook
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McLAUGHLIN Hon. Patrick McLaughlin, 67, passed peacefully August 28, 2015 surrounded by family after a 3 year battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Keokuk, IA, he attended Western Illinois University and graduated with a B.A. in political science. He attended law school at St. Louis University and received his J.D., cum laude, in 1974. 

Drafted from law school, Pat proudly served in the US Army before returning to finish his Juris Doctorate. Pat began his law practice in St. Louis, Missouri, where he worked as an associate for several years. He moved his family to Olney, Illinois and practiced law, specializing in Civil and Criminal Trial Practice. He was Board Certified in 1986 by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Pat was elected Circuit Judge of Second Judicial Circuit, Illinois, in 1986 and served in that capacity until 1997. During his tenure in Illinois he sat, at times, as a special judge of the Illinois Court of Appeals. 

In 1997 Pat was appointed as a U. S. Administrative Law Judge with the Social Security Administration and assigned to Jacksonville, FL, where he remained. Pat was an active member of Saint Paul's Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus and the American Legion. Pat was the founder of the Florida Pancreas Cancer Coalition a 501 c (3) organization. After being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January of 2012, he was passionate to raise funds to support research for the disease. He is survived by his loving wife of 40 years, Julie: son, Ryan (Kim) McLaughlin; daughters, Meghan (Jason) Atherton and Maureen McLaughlin, his mother Patsy Logsdon and sister Pamela (Sam) Shrauner. 

Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, August 31st in Quinn-Shalz Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 1st in St. Paul's Catholic Church of Jacksonville Beach. Interment will follow at 1:30 in the Jacksonville National Cemetery. 

In lieu of flowers the family requests that you make donations to the Florida Pancreas Cancer Coalition. www.flpcc.org . Please visit our online Tribute at www.quinn-shalz.com. Services under the direction and care of Quinn- Shalz Funeral Home

Published in the Florida Times-Union on Aug. 30, 2015








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