[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 130 (Friday, October 7, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2049]
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 HONORING ATTORNEY PAUL MAZZONI AS HE IS NAMED ``MAN OF THE YEAR'' BY 
    THE COLUMBUS DAY ASSOCIATION OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 7, 2005

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to pay tribute to Attorney 
Paul Mazzoni, of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, who has been named 
``Man of the Year'' by the Columbus Day Association of Lackawanna 
County.
  Mr. Mazzoni has enjoyed a very successful career and has 
distinguished himself as a dynamic crime fighter during the years he 
served as special assistant attorney general and as district attorney 
for Lackawanna County.
  The son of Italian immigrants, he was born in Carbondale, 
Pennsylvania. His father worked in the coal mines and his mother 
labored in the factories.
  A graduate of the University of Scranton, he received his law degree 
from Georgetown University Law School.
  After serving as Census Director for the 10th Congressional District, 
he was named special assistant attorney general. Later, he worked for 
the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry and, after that, as a 
workmen's compensation judge.
  Elected to two terms as district attorney, Mr. Mazzoni prosecuted 
more cases of election law violations than any previous DA in the 
history of Lackawanna County. He also prosecuted a murder case 
involving two juvenile victims that attracted the attention of a 
national magazine.
  He also broke up the largest interstate crime ring ever to operate in 
northeastern Pennsylvania. The case involved organized crime figures 
from New York and New Jersey and led to solving a murder case and 
scores of burglaries and robberies throughout the region. The case 
sparked the book ``Marked to Die'' by Michael Brown.
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania awarded Mr. Mazzoni a certificate of 
merit, the first such award ever presented to a county prosecutor by 
the state.
  Having established a law firm with his brother, Robert, who is now a 
Lackawanna County Common Pleas Judge, Mr. Mazzoni remains engaged in 
the practice of law at the firm of Mazzoni and Karam.
  A former president of the Lackawanna County Bar Association, Mr. 
Mazzoni is married to the former Elaine Seckary. The couple has four 
children and 11 grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratulating Mr. Mazzoni on this 
happy occasion. The quality of life in northeastern Pennsylvania is 
better today because of the contributions of men like Paul Mazzoni.

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