[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 137 (Friday, August 18, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E781]
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                         REMEMBERING SAUL BELZ

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                            HON. STEVE COHEN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, August 18, 2023

  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember one of my best 
friend and a trusted advisor, Saul Belz, a civic leader in Memphis and 
the Mid-South and a fine lawyer. He was a member of the firm Glankler 
Brown, for more than 22 years but was also a partner at Waring Cox, and 
a partner and associate at Burch, Porter and Johnson. Saul passed on 
Wednesday. Whenever I needed help, I knew I'd better call Saul. In his 
more than 40 years as a lawyer in Memphis, he had a reputation for 
handling complex litigation and was recognized one of the country's 
best. A highly respected attorney, he was low key and humble. He 
advocated for civil rights and economic opportunity for African 
Americans. He advised me on judicial recommendations for Western 
District of Tennessee and gave his highest recommendation for Andre 
Mathis' appointment to the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Saul 
was a sports fan of all Memphis teams and of Vanderbilt teams, and 
major fan of music, including all things related to Jim Dickinson. He 
served as a director of the Tennessee Justice Center, director of the 
Center for Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi, director 
of the Memphis Bar Association, chairman of the Memphis Area Legal 
Services Fundraising Campaign, on the Supreme Court of Tennessee's 
Advisory Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure, and as a 
director of the Memphis Zoological Society. He received the Pillars of 
Excellence Award from the University of Memphis Law Alumni Association 
and he was a Fellow with the American College of Trial Lawyers. Saul 
graduated from the University of Texas in 1964 and received his law 
degree from Vanderbilt University in 1967. I extend my deepest 
condolences to his wife Betsy, and children Jennifer Belz, Heather 
Belz, Margaret Flanagan, and Hallie Flanagan, his extended family and 
his many friends. He lived a good life and will be missed.

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