[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 129 (Wednesday, November 15, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2049-E2050]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO KENNETH J. FLEISHER, ESQ.

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                          HON. ROBERT A. BRADY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 15, 2006

  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a man who 
personifies the finest traditions of the legal profession. Kenneth J. 
Fleisher is a Philadelphia native. He is a magna cum laude graduate of 
Yale University and a cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School.
  For more than a decade he has been a member of the prestigious law 
firm Zarwin, Baum, DeVito, Kaplan, Schaer, Toddy, P.C. in Philadelphia.
  He also serves as the chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association's 
Real Property Section.
  In spite of his impeccable legal credentials I did not meet Mr. 
Fleischer in a board room, at a big ticket gala or as the attorney of 
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representing a powerful client. I came to know him because of the 
countless hours that he and an amazing group of attorneys have put into 
representing, on a pro bono basis, my constituents who were forced from 
their homes because their properties were literally sinking on a street 
in my district.
  Mr. Speaker, putting aside any question of profit, Ken and his fellow 
volunteers at the Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program have 
worked tirelessly to ensure that these constituents who found 
themselves in the middle of a bureaucratic nightmare had the best legal 
representation possible. No words can express the gratitude I have for 
their diligence and commitment to work through the legal maze these 
homeowners faced.
  But, Mr. Fleisher's efforts would come as no surprise to anyone who 
knows the culture of the Zarwin firm. It has been home to many people I 
have been honored to work with and call my friends over the years. It 
is a firm that inspires leadership and dedication in its attorneys. Two 
of my good friends, the late Rotan Lee, a former Philadelphia School 
District president, and Seth Williams, Philadelphia's Inspector 
General, both were a part of the firm.
  Mr. Speaker, as the Philadelphia legal community today honors Mr. 
Fleisher for his highly successful tenure as chair of the Philadelphia 
Bar Association's Real Property Section, I ask my colleagues to join me 
in thanking him for his service and wish him well in the future.

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