Norman Ciment

Norman Ciment is a former mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, and considered to be possibly the first Orthodox Jewish mayor of any American city. He served as Judge on Florida's Industrial Claims Court, and was President of Miami Beach's Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy. He was also a practicing attorney and realtor for 45 years.
Life and career
Ciment was born on Bryant Avenue in the Bronx, New York, and attended nearby Public School 48. His parents were Hungarian, and owned Ciment Brothers, a picture frame factory. The family moved to Miami Beach and relocated their picture frame factory. Ciment worked for Ciment Brothers as a teenager, and recalled winning an early sales contest which earned him a trip to Havana, Cuba. serving until 1974.
In February 2012, Ciment was interviewed along with two other former mayors of Miami Beach, at the Miami Beach Taxpayer's Association, and called for the replacement of the City Manager system with a more powerful Mayor, as a way to spur progress.
Legal career
Ciment was one of the four founding members of Grover, Ciment, Weinstein & Stauber, (now Grover & Weinstein, P.A.). The firm's most notable courtroom victories were against the tobacco companies, including securing more than $55 million in five separate cases. One case was reportedly the first and only time in US history that a jury awarded damages for health issues arising from secondhand smoke. Part of the foundation's mission is to manage a Refrigerator/Oven Program, which provides new ovens and refrigerators to poor families in Israel. Ciment also serves as executor to several estates, assisting them in charitable giving.
Personal life
Ciment is married to wife Joan. They have three children - Ivan, Jason and Avi.

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