[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 16489-16490]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                             MARK D. ROLNIK

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 16, 1999

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Mark D. Rolnik was born on January 1, 
1954. He grew up in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, and attended 
the Bronx High School of Science.
  Thereafter he attended the University of Buffalo, where he graduated 
in 1976. He then attended Benjamin Cardoza School of Law, of Yeshiva 
University, and received his law degree in 1979.
  After three years of working for the law firm of Lester Schwartz & 
Dwyer, Esq. Mark opened his own office on Lower Broadway in Manhattan, 
and began practicing personal injury law. He has been engaged in this 
practice since 1982, and continues to practice personal injury to date.
  In addition to his law practice, he is on the Board of Directors of 
the Brooklyn Kings Basketball Team, a professional basketball team that 
plays in Brooklyn, New York. This is the first professional sports team 
to play in Brooklyn since the Dodgers left Ebbets Field in 1958.

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  He is also on the Board of Directors of the Reality Chek Foundation, 
a Brooklyn charity dedicated to providing learning experiences to inner 
city youths.
  He and his wife Adria have two children, Elizabeth, age 13, and 
Alexandra, age 11. They currently reside in Short Hills, New Jersey. 
Mr. Speaker, please join me in commending Mr. Rolnik for his 
contributions to supporting programs for inner city youth.

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