[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 160 (Thursday, November 13, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2374-E2375]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          STUPAK & BERGMAN PC

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                            HON. BART STUPAK

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 13, 1997

  Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call attention to a business 
development in Escanaba, a shore community in the 1st Congressional 
District of Michigan. In that city on December 13, my brother Frank 
Stupak and his long-time law partner, John Bergman, will dedicate their 
new business location, a new building on the waterfront in downtown 
Escanaba, next to the historic House of Ludington.
  In December Frank will also mark his 25th year as an attorney, a 
quarter century of service to northern Michigan.
  Frank began his legal career after graduating from the University of 
Toledo law school in 1972. He began with the firm of Hansley, Neiman, 
Peterson and Beauchamp PC, and later went into partnership with John 
Bergman.
  Frank's first year of practice, which included prosecuting cases for 
the city of Escanaba, coincided with my first year as a law enforcement 
officer in Escanaba. I would arrest people and Frank would prosecute 
them. We were an unbeatable team.
  Before I was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 
1988, I was a partner with Frank and John and worked out of their 
offices in Escanaba and nearby Menominee. Frank had been the oldest 
brother in our large family, and we always looked up to him. Now, as a 
law partner I got to see first-hand his professional commitment.
  I've watched my brother consistently handle some of the most 
important cases in northern Michigan. To those who ask how he has 
managed to land such good legal work, his standard answer is, ``because 
I've worked hard on every case for 25 years.''
  Mr. Speaker, today I wish the best for Frank; his wife Penny; his 
daughter Stefanie, a family services counselor and youth activities 
coordinator; and his son Trent, a student in pre-law at Michigan State 
University. I know that Frank hopes one day his son will follow him in 
service to northern Michigan. I also offer my congratulations to John, 
his wife Mary and his son John, a high school student. Good luck, too, 
to Martin Fittanti, a junior associate at the firm of Stupak & Bergman 
PC.
  I'm proud to have been part of their firm, and I continue to feel 
pride when I hear the respect with which people regard the quality of 
service the firm provides. In fact, the quality of the representation 
of that firm has only been a benefit to my political aspiration.

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  Now the partnership will carry on this tradition of service in a new 
downtown building, reflecting the partners' long-term commitment to the 
city's historic commercial district.

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