[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 74 (Thursday, May 14, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1153]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING ROBERT J. JOSSEN

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                           HON. NITA M. LOWEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 14, 2009

  Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. Robert J. 
Jossen for his accomplished legal career and dedication to the Jewish 
community of Westchester County, New York. On Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 
Mr. Jossen received The Jewish Theological Seminary 14th Annual Judge 
Simon H. Rifkind Award.
  A graduate of Cornell University and Columbia University Law School, 
Mr. Jossen began his career as a law clerk for the Honorable Marvin E. 
Frankel of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New 
York. Currently a partner with the international law firm Dechert LLP, 
Bob is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has been 
named one of this nation's best business litigators by Best Lawyers in 
America for the past ten years.
  Mr. Jossen has demonstrated an admirable commitment to educating the 
next generation of attorneys, lecturing widely on ethics and other 
topics for the Practicing Law Institute and the New York State Bar 
Association. He has also served as an adjunct professor of Legal Ethics 
at both Columbia University Law School and St. John's University Law 
School, an adjunct lecturer in Professional Responsibility at Brooklyn 
Law School, and an instructor for the National Institute for Trial 
Advocacy.
  From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Jossen served as president of Temple Israel 
Center of White Plains, New York, and has spent nearly twenty years 
serving as general counsel to the Rabbinical Assembly of the 
Conservative Movement. Bob has generously lent his time and talent to 
enriching New York's Jewish community, conducting annual seminars with 
graduating rabbinical students on confidentiality, counseling, and 
contracts.
  Madam Speaker, I am proud to recognize the many accomplishments of 
Robert J. Jossen, and I urge my colleagues to join me in honoring his 
contributions to the legal profession and Jewish community.

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