[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 125 (Thursday, September 18, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1791-E1792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING LAWRENCE H. COOKE, A MAN OF JUSTICE

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                        HON. MAURICE D. HINCHEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 18, 1997

  Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask my colleagues from New 
York and around the country to join me in honoring the former chief 
judge of the State of New York, Lawrence H. Cooke. Judge Cooke is a man 
who has served his State, his nation, and his community with a passion 
and dedication to fairness and justice for all Americans.
  Lawrence Cooke went from being a country lawyer in his beloved 
Sullivan County to the

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very pinnacle of the legal profession by becoming the chief judge of 
the New York Court of Appeals. He is and remains one of those most 
respected jurists of this century. While he scaled the very loftiest of 
positions as a judge, he is also know for retaining his common touch, 
his ability to relate to and converse with ordinary people about their 
concerns. This is all too rare a gift.
  Mr. Speaker, on September 21, 1997, Judge Cooke will be honored by 
the people of Sullivan County by the naming of the Lawrence H. Cooke 
Sullivan County Courthouse in Monticello. I hope that my colleagues 
will join me in celebrating and applauding the life and work of this 
distinguished jurist, Lawrence H. Cooke.

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