[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 45 (Thursday, March 31, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E583]
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   IN RECOGNITION OF THE ANNUAL GREATER CLEVELAND BENCH-BAR MEMORIAL 
                                PROGRAM

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 31, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to remember the judges and 
attorneys who served the people of Northeast Ohio who died in 2010. 
These men and women will be remembered on Monday April 4, 2011, by the 
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and the Cleveland 
Metropolitan Bar Association at the Annual Greater Cleveland Bench-Bar 
Memorial Program at the Howard Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse in Cleveland.
  Ours is a ``government of laws, not of men.'' This is a quote from 
John Adams and a concept that goes back to ancient Greece and is the 
root of our democratic principles. But the laws are not mere words on 
paper or the brick and mortar of which our courthouses are built. The 
law is made alive by the men and women who practice it every day in our 
municipal, state and federal courts. Through their professionalism, 
knowledge, and passion for the institutions of our democracy, they 
ensure that the people are given the full opportunity for the just 
resolution of their cases and controversies. We remember those 
professionals who, until their passing in 2010, gave life to the 
democratic principles or our great legal institutions.
  We remember the Honorable Ann Aldrich, Frank D. Aquila, the Honorable 
Sam H. Bell, the Honorable Frank D. Celebrezze, James P. Conway, John 
R. Crombie, James H. Dempsey, Jr., Charles M. Driggs, Donald W. Farley, 
Stanley M. Fisher, Martin F. Franey, David R. Fullmer, Judd H. Gross, 
Irwin S. Haiman, J. Richard Hamilton, J. Bruce Hunsicker, Denise A. 
Jackson, Aaron Jacobson, Richard Leukart, James T. Lynn, Stanley B. 
Kent, Kenneth W. Kleinman, William I. Kohn, the Honorable Alvin I. 
Krenzler, George W. Lutjen, Howard A. Marken, the Honorable Thomas J. 
Moyer, the Honorable August Pryatel, Richard C. Renkert, Mark J. 
Savage, John E. Schoonover, Kenneth F. Seminatore, John E. Smeltz, 
Terry Ronald Smith, Marvin Sorin, Phillip P. Taylor, Stanley Tolliver, 
Michael R. Tucker, Nicholas Valentino, John R. Vintilla, Edmond A. 
Wigley, Allan J. Zambie, Robert I. Zashin, and the Honorable Joseph A. 
Zingales.
  Mr. Speaker and honored colleagues, let us remember the great men and 
women of the law who left our physical world last year but also left 
their legacy of principle and passion for the law alive in our hands. 
Let us hope that today's attorneys and judges follow in their footsteps 
so that all of the people continue to share in the great institution of 
the law which makes our democracy great.

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