[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 148 (Wednesday, November 9, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING JUDGE SONDRA MILLER

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                           HON. NITA M. LOWEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 9, 2005

  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Judge Sondra Miller on 
her retirement from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the 
State of New York.
  A graduate of Wellesley College and Harvard Law School, Sondra Miller 
has had a distinguished career as an Associate Justice since her 
appointment to the court by Governor Cuomo in 1990. She also made 
notable contributions in her service as a Family Court Judge in 
Westchester County.
  Judge Miller is an active member of the legal community. She 
currently serves as Commissioner of the Governor's Permanent Judicial 
Commission on Justice for Children, a member of the New York State Bar 
Association Special Committee on Justice and the Community, a founding 
member of Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert (JALBCA), and a Member 
of the Board of Visitors at Pace University School of Law.
  Over the course of her legal career, Judge Miller has been respected 
as a scholarly and incisive jurist, receiving numerous awards for her 
work. Among the honors she has received are the Westchester Women of 
the Year Award, the New York State Bar Association's Ruth H. Schapiro 
Award, the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York's Founders 
Award, and the Pace School of Law Leadership Award. In 2005 the 
Westchester Women's Bar Association Foundation established the 
``Justice Sondra M. Miller Scholarship,'' which will be awarded 
annually.
  Sondra's work in our community is far-reaching. She is a respected 
and valued member of the League of Women Voters, Planned Parenthood, 
Hadassah, the Harvard Club, and the Westchester Jewish Center.
  Sondra and her husband Stanley Gelfman live in Westchester County. 
She is a devoted mother to Sabrina and David Miller, Miriam and Gary 
Reback, Seth and Amanda Miller, Wendy and Andrew Tatarsky, Sarri and 
Rick Harner, and a loving grandmother to her 13 grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Judge Sondra 
Miller and in thanking her for a career of dedicated service to the 
citizens of New York.

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