Rothman, Steven R. (Steven Richard), 1952-

Steven Richard Rothman (born October 14, 1952) is an American lawyer, jurist, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he notably served as the U.S. Representative from New Jersey's 9th congressional district between 1997 and 2013.

Born in Englewood, New Jersey, he graduated from from Tenafly High School in Tenafly, New Jersey before earning a B.A. degree from Syracuse University and a J.D. from the Washington University School of Law. Rothman started his legal career as a trial associate at the firm of Miller, Hochman, Myerson and Schaeffer in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1977. In January 1980, he started his own firm for the general practice law in Englewood in a two-room office over a barber shop on Depot Square. In 1982, he was admitted to practice law also in New York. In 1984 he was admitted to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1982, Rothman was elected Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey, the youngest mayor in the city's history.

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