[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 119 (Friday, July 14, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E996-E997]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      TRIBUTE TO GARY GREENE, ESQ. AND HIS BIG BAND OF BARRISTERS

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                           HON. BRAD SHERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 14, 2017

  Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the Big Band 
of Barristers and to recognize their founder, attorney Gary S. Greene.
   Gary Greene, Esq. and His Big Band of Barristers perform music from 
the Golden Era of Big Band Swing. Gary S. Greene organized the band in 
December 2011 as an adjunct to the 75-member Los Angeles Lawyers 
Philharmonic and the 100-member chorus, Legal Voices. These musicians 
are civil litigators, trial attorneys, in-house counsels, sole 
practitioners, partners at law firms, judges and justices, paralegals, 
law students and the like.

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The members include conservatory graduates and professional musicians 
as well as some who only played in their youth.
   The mission of these musical groups is to bring the legal community 
together in harmony to perform concerts and raise funds for 
organizations providing legal services for those who cannot afford them 
as well as for other charitable causes and civic events. The Big Band 
has performed concerts for the American Diabetes Association, the 
American Legion, Shriners Hospitals for Children, The Thalians, Magen 
David Adom, the City of Hope, Hollywood Remembers World AIDS Day, 
Ascencia (raising funds for housing for the homeless), the Beverly 
Hills Bar Association's 80th and 85th Anniversaries, Loyola Law 
School's 50th Anniversary and for justices of the California Supreme 
Court.
   On Friday evening, July 14, 2017, Maestro Greene and the Big Band of 
Barristers will perform in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress. 
Speakers at this program include the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla 
Hayden, and Thomas V. Girardi, Esq.
   Mr. Speaker, I ask all of my House colleagues to join me in 
congratulating Maestro Greene and his Big Band of Barristers along with 
the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic for all their achievements.

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