[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 153 (Wednesday, October 30, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1606]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING W. BARTON WEITZENBERG

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 30, 2013

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
and honor W. Barton Weitzenberg, who, along with his law partners at 
Abbey, Weitzenberg, Warren & Emery, is a recipient of the Sonoma County 
Bar Association's 2013 Career of Distinction Award. This is the highest 
honor presented by the Association and it is, indeed, well deserved.
  Mr. Weitzenberg has been a practicing attorney in Sonoma County for 
35 years and he, along with his law firm, has won more large recoveries 
for his clients than any other attorney in Sonoma County. Mr. 
Weitzenberg specializes in representing individuals in their claims 
against insurance companies and large corporations.
  For his work, Mr. Weitzenberg has consistently been recognized as a 
Northern California Super Lawyer. Super Lawyers is a rating service 
that selects outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who 
have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional 
achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes 
independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.
  He is also recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America according 
to Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication 
in the legal profession. A listing in Best Lawyers conferred on a 
lawyer by his or her peers is widely regarded by both clients and legal 
professionals as a significant honor.
  Mr. Weitzenberg has served as President of the Redwood Empire Trial 
Lawyers Association, the Sonoma County Trial Lawyers Association, the 
Consumer Attorneys of Sonoma County, the Richard Sangster Inn of 
American Inns of Court and has been a member of the American Board of 
Trial Advocates.
  He is an instructor in Trial Advocacy with the Stanford School of Law 
and the Empire School of Law in Santa Rosa, California
  Mr. Weitzenberg's community involvement includes board membership on 
the Sonoma County YMCA, the Redwood Empire Blood Bank and the 
California Water Fowl Association.
  Mr. Speaker, Barton Weitzenberg has been an outstanding attorney in 
Sonoma County for 35 years. He is respected and held in high esteem by 
his peers as is reflected in the honor he has received from the Sonoma 
County Bar Association. It is therefore appropriate that we honor him 
today.

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