[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 97 (Thursday, June 25, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S7060]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       COMMENDING MARK S. MANDELL

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise to honor my good friend, a good 
American and a good person, Mark Mandell.
  Mark will turn 60 years old on Saturday, June 27. I have known Mark 
and his family for many years, and have long been impressed by his many 
accomplishments and contributions to his community.
  Mark's affiliations are far too long to list but that is an accurate 
indication of how much of himself he has given to others.
  A founding partner at his successful firm--Mandell, Schwartz & 
Boisclair, Ltd. in Providence, RI, Mark has been listed among the 
``Best Lawyers in America.'' He has served as the president of the 
Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Roscoe Pound Institute of 
Civil Justice, the Rhode Island Bar Association and the Rhode Island 
Trial Lawyers Association.
  In addition to his abundant bar memberships, professional 
associations, society memberships, civic and community activities, and 
government appointments, Mark has authored and lectured extensively 
throughout the United States and around the world.
  Mark has been recognized with numerous awards, but I know that he is 
most gratified not by those that honor his professional achievements, 
but rather those that acknowledge his good citizenship and leadership 
in community service.
  Many of those awards honor Mark for his strong commitment to the 
Jewish community he so values. As the Torah implores, ``Justice, 
justice shall you pursue.''
  I am proud to call Mark Mandell my friend, and thank him for his 
dedicated and principled pursuit of justice. Happy birthday, Mark.

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