Albert Burstein (November 22, 1922 – December 27, 2018) was an American

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politician, who served five terms in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the District 13B in his first term then from the 37th Legislative District for the next four. He served as Majority Leader of the Assembly. In June 2004, Burstein was appointed to serve on the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. Burstein was born to Julius and Hannah Burstein on November 22, 1922, in

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.Palmer, Joanne
"A very busy 92 years Al Burstein of Tenafly talks about his life, from Jersey City childhood through WWII horrors and adventures in legislation to now"
'' Jewish Standard'', June 18, 2015. Accessed November 14, 2018. "Mr. Burstein went to public school. “There weren’t that many Jewish kids in high school' —Henry Snyder High School — 'but our out-of-school presence was centered on the JCC in Jersey City,' he said." He went on to receive his undergraduate degree from

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and his law degree from Columbia Law School. A resident of

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, Burstein was a partner in the law firm of Herten, Burstein, Sheridan, Cevasco, Bottinelli, Litt, & Harz, L.L.C. He served as chair of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation Review Committee, chair of the New Jersey Law Revision Commission, chair of the Bergen County IIB South District Ethics Committee as well as serving as a member of the ''New Jersey Law Journal'' editorial board.Albert Burstein - Commissioner
, New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. Accessed June 16, 2010. In the Assembly, Burstein sponsored legislation that included a major revision to New Jersey's election law, as well as the Gubernatorial Public Financing Law of 1974. Burstein served as chair of the Education Committee, and as a member of the Election Law Revision Committee, the Capital Budgeting and Planning Commission, and the Public Employees Relations Study Commission. In what ''The New York Times'' described as a "surprising victory", Nicholas S. Mastorelli of

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. While Burstein won in the Bergen County area, Mastorelli's edge came from large margins in the

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, portion of the district. Burstein was the recipient of numerous awards from his more than 60-year career as a practicing attorney in N.J., including "Lawyer of the Year" from the Committee on Professionalism in 1999 and the Daniel J. O'Hern Professional Award from the New Jersey Bar Association in 2006. On Veterans Day, November 11, 2010, Burstein received the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor for his bravery on the battlefield as a soldier fighting the Germans on French territory during World War II. Burstein was also the recipient of the

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for his service in World War II. He died on December 27, 2018, at the age of 96.

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