[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 59 (Thursday, April 4, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E407]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING THE BIRTHDAY OF SAMUEL S. LIONEL

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                            HON. DINA TITUS

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 4, 2019

  Ms. TITUS. Madam Speaker, I am honored to rise with Representative 
Eric Swalwell today to offer our congratulations to Mr. Samuel S. 
Lionel, a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, who is celebrating his 100th 
Birthday on April 7, 2019.
  The son of immigrants, Sam Lionel grew up in the Bronx in New York 
City. He graduated law school at St. John's University in 1940. Shortly 
after he finished law school, the United States entered WWII, and Mr. 
Lionel joined the war effort. He fought with the 5th Army in the 
campaign to liberate Italy. After the war, Mr. Lionel taught at the 
United States Military Academy at West Point. He retired from the 
reserves as a Lieutenant Colonel Judge Advocate General.
  Mr. Lionel passed the Nevada Bar exam in 1954. Together with the late 
former Nevada Governor Grant Sawyer, he founded the Lionel, Sawyer, and 
Collins Law Firm in 1967. The firm quickly became one of the largest 
and most prestigious in the state, and Mr. Lionel represented many key 
gaming operators and resorts on the Las Vegas Strip. Throughout the 
course of his more than a half-century career, Mr. Lionel has been 
widely considered the ``Dean of the Nevada Bar,'' and he served as the 
Chairman of the Board of Bar Examiners for several years.
  Mr. Lionel has accumulated numerous awards and honors, including 
three honorary doctorate degrees from St. John's University, the 
California Western School of Law, and the University of Nevada, Las 
Vegas. He is the first recipient of the Jurisprudence Award from the 
Nevada Anti-Defamation League. He won the 2012 Liberty Bell Award, and 
in 2013 he was named Las Vegas Best Lawyers' Lawyer of the Year.
  Samuel Lionel is a fellow with the American College of Trial Lawyers, 
a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Nevada, and 
the Clark County Bar Association. He served as a member of the Ninth 
Circuit Senior Advisory Board from 1990 to 1996.
  Remarkably, Mr. Lionel still practices law as a Director at Fennemore 
Craig, and can be found at the local courthouse waiting his turn to 
argue a case before the judge. Mr. Lionel, along with his wife Lexy, 
continue to be active members of the Southern Nevada community. On the 
occasion of this centennial birthday, we wish him the very best.

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