[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 26 (Thursday, March 9, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E255-E256]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO JACK P. KOSZDIN

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                         HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN

                             of california

                           HON. BRAD SHERMAN

                             of california

                          HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 8, 2000

  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, my colleagues, Mr. Sherman and Mr. Waxman, 
and I rise today to pay tribute to Jack P. Koszdin, who will be honored 
on March 26, 2000, by the Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley 
(DPSFV). Because of his public service and outstanding achievements he 
will be recognized on the occasion of DPSFV's annual Greenberg Memorial 
Award Luncheon.
  Jack Koszdin has been a stalwart member of the Democratic Party for 
over thirty years. As chairman of the DPSFV Leadership Council he has 
proven himself to be a savvy strategist and a potent rainmaker. Because 
of his love of politics and representational democracy, he has worked 
tirelessly on behalf of numerous local, state, and federal candidates 
and made a real difference in many of their contests.
  Like us, Jack has been a long-time active supporter of labor. As a 
currently practicing attorney he fights daily in the trenches for 
workers and other litigants on a case by case basis. Since 1995, he has 
been a senior partner with Koszdin, Fields & Sherry, in Van Nuys. Prior 
to this he was a sole practitioner for eighteen years. One of us, 
Howard Berman, had the privilege of practicing law with him for nearly 
six years. Jack is one of the most skilled and knowledgeable 
practitioners in the field of workers' compensation in the entire 
country. He is a great teacher with a huge heart and wonderful sense of 
humor.
  He began his prodigious law career in 1956 as a senior partner with 
Levy, Koszdin and Woods after he graduated from the UCLA school of law. 
He distinguished himself in law school by being elected class president 
in 1954. He now counts teaching at UCLA and serving as a Law Professor 
at the University of West Los Angeles among his many accomplishments.
  Jack has held numerous prestigious judicial positions including Judge 
Pro Tem for the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Municipal Judge 
Pro Tem for the San Fernando Valley and Vice Chairman of the Building 
Rehabilitation Appeals Board. He now participates in the State 
Insurance Commissioner Study of Workers' Compensation and medical 
benefits. In addition, Jack has been co-host of the Union Voice Radio 
Program and has been a legal advisor to the Valley Labor Political 
Education Counsel. Furthermore, he has amassed an impressive community 
service record which includes active membership on both the Red Cross 
and Cerebral Palsy Association's Board of Directors. He has assumed 
leadership roles in organizations such as the Men's Guild, San Fernando 
Valley Child Guidance Clinic where he served as President.
  It is our distinct pleasure to ask our colleagues to join with us in 
saluting Jack Koszdin for his outstanding achievements, and to 
congratulate him for receiving the prestigious honors granted him by 
DPSFV.

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