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THE SIMON E. SOBELOFF
LAW SOCIETY
PRESENTS
“ALTA
COCKERS”
  
“The Life and Times
of the Jewish Law
Practitioner during
the 60’s and 70’s”
WHEN:
Wednesday, February
4, 2009 from 5:30 pm to 7:30
pm
WHERE: Har Shalom Synagogue,
11510 Falls Road
Potomac,
Maryland 20854
There
will be some schmoozing time
before the program starts
when we will be providing
food and beverages.
Dietary laws
observed.
PLEASE RSVP at
info@sobeloff.org or call
Brian Barke at (301)
309-8300
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The
Simon E. Sobeloff Law Society
was created to
provide a social vehicle to network, encourage
civility and build camaraderie among
attorneys while celebrating their Jewish
heritage and Jewish values in the law. The
Society shall serve as a forum for advocating
and educating on those matters of mutual
interest to Jewish attorneys.
Please review our latest
article in the Maryland State Bar Bulletin:
Sobeloff
Jewish Law Society Joins
MSBA List of Specialty Bar Associations
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The
Honorable
Simon E. Sobeloff |
In 1952, Simon E. Sobeloff
became the first Jewish Judge to sit on the
Maryland Court of Appeals. Later in his career,
he was appointed Solicitor General of the United
States, and Associate (later Chief) Judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit. Now, Judge Sobeloff has a law society
with his name thanks to the efforts of a
dedicated group of Maryland attorneys. Master
Steven G. Salant observed that none of the state
or local bar associations in Maryland provided a
forum for those attorneys interested in Jewish
issues and concerns. He discovered that many
attorneys were willing to devote their time to
build such an organization. Therefore, the Simon
E. Sobeloff Society was established to provide a
social vehicle to network, encourage civility
and build camaraderie among attorneys while
celebrating their Jewish heritage and Jewish
values in the law.
In its first year, the
Sobeloff Society has gained a paid membership of
60 attorneys, enabling it to provide some unique
programming and social events. The society’s
kickoff event featured former Mideast Ambassador
Dennis Ross speaking of “Current Issues and
Events in the Middle East.” Other programs
included “Maryland Legislation: Is There a
Jewish Perspective?” and a “field trip” to the
United States Supreme Court to join the American
Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists for
the presentation of the “Pursuit of Justice
Award”. Sobeloff members met Justices Stephen
Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Noted Supreme
Court litigator Nathan Lewin joined the society
for lunch to discuss “Did Ahasuerus’ Court (pre-Haman)
grant greater religious freedom than the
Rehnquist Court?” For the first Sobeloff Society
Hanukah, members celebrated lighting the menorah
together and conducted the “Best Latke
Contest.” Through these program and events,
the Sobeloff Society will serve as a forum for
advocating and educating on those matters of
mutual interest to Jewish attorneys. The group
holds monthly “gatherings” where new and old
members may socialize and conduct society
business.
For more information on the
Simon E. Sobeloff Law Society, visit
www.sobeloff.org, or call Brian Barke at
(301) 309-8300.
The biography of Simon Sobeloff is now on
line at
http://www.sobeloff.org/biography.html
Steven G. Salant, President
Simon E. Sobeloff Law Society

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