[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 299]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING IRA LEESFIELD

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to salute Miami attorney 
Ira Leesfield on receiving the 2010 American Jewish Committee's Judge 
Learned Hand Award for Preferred Excellence.
  The American Jewish Committee must have had Ira in mind when this 
prestigious award was created to honor the memory of Judge Learned Hand 
and the principles that he so well represented: individual rights and 
the importance of democratic values in an orderly society.
  With his very strong professional background, outgoing personality 
and true compassion for our community, Ira Leesfield has been a strong 
voice for civil rights in south Florida for many years, and I am 
honored to count him as a friend.
  As the senior and managing partner of Leesfield & Partners, P.A., Ira 
has received many other honors, including the Anti-Defamation League's 
Jurisprudence Award, and he was the first Florida recipient of the 
American ORT Jurisprudence Award.
  I am pleased to join the American Jewish Committee, his family, 
friends, and neighbors in their celebration of Ira's countless 
contributions to our community and, indeed, to our Nation.

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