[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 103 (Thursday, June 22, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1308]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      TRIBUTE TO SANFORD RUBENSTEIN

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 22, 1995
  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, Sanford A. Rubenstein is the majority leader 
of the Rockland County legislature. He has served five terms as a 
country legislator representing the town of Ramapo.
  As a practicing lawyer he has been described by Joana Molloy of the 
New York Post as one of New York's ``High Powered Personal Injury 
Attorneys.'' Rubenstein, for over 20 years has represented and 
presently represents victims of the city's most terrible tragedies 
which have been the subject of headlines in all of New Yorks daily 
newspapers. He has appeared on numerous television news and talks shows 
including ``The Phil Donahue Show,'' ``CNN World News,'' ``Sally Jesse 
Raphael,'' ``Montel Williams,'' ``Good Day New York,'' and ``The McCory 
Report''. He hosts a weekly Manhattan cable television show called 
``Lawyers Corner''. He also has been interviewed by foreign journalists 
from Melbourne, Australia and by the BBC in England.
  He is a member of the board of directors of the New York State Trial 
Lawyers Association and the board of governors of the Association of 
Trial Lawyers of the City of New York. He is a trustee of the New York 
State Democratic Committee.
  Rubenstein has been recognized by President Clinton for his work for 
democracy in Haiti and peace in the Middle East. He is presently 
working with President Aristide of Haiti on the economic revitalization 
of that country's badly battered economy.


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