[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 57 (Wednesday, May 4, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E877]
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    IN RECOGNITION OF MR. RICHARD H. WEINER ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 
     INSTALLATION AS THE 107TH PRESIDENT OF THE BERGEN COUNTY BAR 
                              ASSOCIATION

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                         HON. STEVEN R. ROTHMAN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 4, 2005

  Mr. ROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with great pleasure to honor 
Mr. Richard H. Weiner, the incoming President of the Bergen County Bar 
Association in the great state of New Jersey. Mr. Weiner will be 
inaugurated as the Bergen County Bar Association's 107th President on 
the occasion of its Annual Dinner Dance on Friday, May 6th, and I ask 
that my esteemed colleagues join me in recognizing his outstanding 
achievements on behalf of the legal profession and on behalf of the 
communities of northern New Jersey.
  A member of the Bergen County Bar Association since 1983 and a member 
of its Board of Trustees for the last dozen years, Richard H. Weiner 
has distinguished himself in the practice of law. His leadership has 
been recognized by his colleagues at Aronsohn, Weiner & Salerno, P.C. 
of Hackensack, New Jersey, a highly regarded law firm well-known for 
representing many prominent banking institutions and leasing companies 
in countless and often highly complicated litigation matters. The 
Managing Partner of his firm since 1985, he has demonstrated particular 
expertise in commercial litigation and family law for more than two 
decades. Because of his peers' acknowledgment of his professional 
abilities and his sharp legal intellect, Richard H. Wiener currently 
serves as Chairman of the Legal Committee for the Eastern Association 
of Equipment Lessors and as a prominent member of the National Legal 
Committee of the Equipment Leasing Association, and has lectured 
extensively around the nation on behalf of both organizations on 
various aspects of banking law and equipment leasing.
  A graduate of the University of Maryland and the Hofstra University 
School of Law, Richard H. Wiener has also achieved professional 
recognition for his thorough and meticulous legal scholarship and his 
impeccable professional reputation. He served a Judicial Clerkship 
under the Honorable Edward J. Van Tassel JSC from 1983 to 1984, and has 
been named to numerous leadership positions by the Bergen County Bar 
Association. He currently serves as Chairman of the Bench Bar Liaison 
Committee, as an active member of both the Civil Practice and Family 
Law Committees, and is a longtime member of the Bergen County Judicial 
Selections Committee. Previously, Richard H. Wiener was appointed 
Chairman of the Bergen County Ethics Committee on Fee Arbitration by 
the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey, and was one of two 
attorneys named by the State Supreme Court to serve on the Committee on 
Character from 1994 to 2002. One of his most enduring legacies to the 
legal profession is the purchase of the building housing the Bergen 
County Bar Foundation's headquarters, also home to the offices of the 
Bergen County Bar Association, which was made possible through the 
tireless fundraising efforts that he helped lead along with several 
other prominent members of the Bar Association.
  Above all, Richard H. Wiener has distinguished himself as a man 
dedicated to his family and his community. He, his wife Bonnie, and 
their beloved daughter Danielle have lived in Wyckoff, New Jersey for 
eleven years. In that Borough, he has devoted his time and effort to 
innumerable good causes. A past President of the Wyckoff Public Library 
Board of Trustees, Richard H. Wiener currently serves the Borough as 
its Traveling Softball Coordinator, an active basketball and softball 
coach, and as Chairman of the Wyckoff Recreation Committee. These are 
but a few of his many volunteer activities over the years.
  Mr. Speaker, my distinguished colleagues, I ask that you join me in 
recognizing the professional and civic contributions of the next 
President of the Bergen County Bar Association, Mr. Richard H. Wiener.

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