[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 34 (Thursday, March 23, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E409]
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                      IN HONOR OF ROBERT MORVILLO

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                          HON. JERROLD NADLER

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 23, 2000

  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, today I honor Mr. Robert Morvillo, a 
distinguished lawyer from the city of New York. Tonight, Mr. Morvillo 
will receive the prestigious Norman S. Ostrow Award, from the New York 
Council of Defense Lawyer. The Norman S. Ostrow Award is a symbol of 
the New York Council of Defense Lawyers' aspirations, namely the 
defense of liberty and the preservation of individual rights. Past 
recipients include such notable attorneys as Arthur Liman and Charles 
Stillman. I am pleased that Mr. Morvillo will soon join these 
distinguished ranks.
  A former president of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers, Mr. 
Morvillo graduated from Colgate University in 1960, and received his 
Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1963. In 1964 he was admitted 
to the Bar in New York State and has appeared in federal courts across 
the country, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court.
  Mr. Morvillo has had an extensive and impressive career beginning in 
1963 when he worked as a Law Clerk to William B. Herlands, U.S. 
District Judge for the Southern District of New York. From 1964-1968 
Mr. Morvillo was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District 
of New York. He then went on to become an associate at Reavis & 
McGrath, currently known as Fullbright & Jaworski. In 1970 Mr. Morvillo 
served for 1 year as the Chief Trial Assistant for the U.S. Attorney in 
Charge of Frauds Unit, and then served 2 years as Chief, Criminal 
Division, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York. From 
1973 up to the present, Mr. Morvillo has been a Principal of Morvillo, 
Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Silberberg.
  In addition to these achievements, Mr. Morvillo lectured at Columbia 
Law School from 1973 to 1985, and since 1982 he has been the columnist 
of ``White Collar Crime'' for the New York Journal. He is a member of 
both the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the New 
York State and American Bar Association. From 1992 to 1996 Mr. Morvillo 
sat on the Board of Trustees for the Columbia Law School Association 
and he sat on the Board of Trustees for the Federal Bar Council from 
1989 to present. He has been a Fellow of the American College of Trial 
Lawyers since 1990, and is currently the Chairman of the American 
College of Trial lawyers, New York Downstate Committee.
  Mr. Speaker, I salute Robert G. Morvillo for his many years of 
dedication and hard work defending liberty and preserving individual 
rights.




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