[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 87 (Tuesday, June 22, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S7163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            ROBERT H. PERRY--NEVADA TRIAL LAWYER OF THE YEAR

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate Robert H. 
Perry, who has been recognized as Nevada Trial Lawyer of the Year by 
the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association.
  Mr. Perry grew up in Topeka, KS, and attended the United States Naval 
Academy. Following his graduation, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps. 
After he completed his military service, Mr. Perry worked in sales in 
Montana, and then returned to Kansas where he became a mentor for youth 
who were detained in the justice system. That whetted his interest in 
the legal system, and he decided to attend law school at the University 
of Kansas.
  After he graduated law school, Mr. Perry moved to Nevada, where he 
became a successful prosecutor in the Washoe County District Attorney's 
Office. After several years, he rose to the position of Deputy District 
Attorney for the Criminal Division.
  In 1976, Mr. Perry joined the law firm of Laxalt and Berry, and a few 
years later he formed a partnership with Richard Davenport. He ventured 
out on his own in 1991, forming Robert H. Perry, Ltd., and concentrated 
on civil trial work.
  Since then Mr. Perry has dedicated himself to representing average 
citizens who have been harmed by the wrongful actions of others. Many 
times the party that did the harm was much more powerful than the 
victim--but in our legal system, it is possible for ordinary people to 
get justice, thanks to lawyers like Mr. Perry.
  In 2001, Mr. Perry represented a young girl whose medical treatment 
had been delayed because the treating physician thought she was 
complaining in order to receive more painkillers. But in fact, she was 
really sick. When surgery was finally performed on this girl, only 
three feet of her small intestine remained. Today, and for the rest of 
her life, she must receive her nourishment intravenously.
  Mr. Perry fought for her and she won the largest verdict for medical 
malpractice in Nevada history.
  This is just an example of the kind of battles that Robert Perry 
wages on behalf of his clients. I salute him for his selection as Trial 
Lawyer of the Year, and extend my best wishes for success in all his 
future ventures.

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