‘The Greatest Day of My Life” by the Hon. Leonard L. Finz is a truly inspiring autobiographical look into an incredibly talented human being.
I first met Judge Finz four decades ago as a young attorney when I joined the Queens County Bar Association during my final year of law school. Shortly thereafter, I became an active member of the Brandeis Association of Queens, an organization of Jewish Lawyers and Judges, founded by Judge Finz in 1968 because “there was no organization that dealt solely with lawyers of the Jewish faith.” I was proud to become its president in 1982 and continue to serve as a member of the board. As a result of the judge’s foresight at its inception, the Brandeis Association is a vital partner among the various ethnic and religious bar associations throughout the city and state of New York, and the country. It became the model for other such Jewish associations to follow suit. In 1974, Judge Finz became Honorary Chairman of the Board and remains active to this day.
