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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Jean A. Kenol for
4being named the Joliet Area Young Professionals 2012 Young
5Professional of the Year; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Young Professional of the Year award
7recognizes a Joliet-area young professional and Chamber member
8who has made outstanding contributions to their profession and
9to the community during the early years of their career; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Jean Kenol grew up in Joliet and is a graduate
11from the University of Notre Dame, where he completed the
12American University Semester program on public policy in
13Washington, D.C., while he clerked for Congressman Jerry Weller
14of the 11th Congressional District of Illinois; after
15graduating from the University of Notre Dame, he attended law
16school at the University of Illinois on a full-tuition Lincoln
17Scholarship; after graduation, he was admitted to practice law
18in the State of Illinois and the United States District Court
19Northern District of Illinois; during law school, he had the
20honor of interning for the Honorable Ann C. Williams, United
21States Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; and
 
22    WHEREAS, Jean Kenol currently serves as an attorney with

 

 

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1the firm of Mahoney, Silverman, & Cross, LLC; his practice
2areas include corporate and business law, real estate law,
3zoning and land use, and local government law; he has an
4attorney rating of BV by Martindale-Hubbell and was listed as a
5"rising star" in the 2009 Illinois Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
6magazine; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Jean Kenol is an active member of his community;
8he served as the President of the Notre Dame Club of Joliet,
9the Board of Directors for United Cerebral Palsy of Will
10County, and the Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
11in 2008, he was appointed and served for 2 years as a
12Commissioner of the Joliet Police and Fire Commission; he has
13been an active member of the Young Lawyers Division Council for
14the Illinois State Bar Association since May of 2007 and will
15serve as its Chair in 2013; in June of 2012, he was appointed
16to the Illinois State Bar Association's Board of Governors and
17has been active with the Joliet Area Young Professionals since
18its inception in May of 2003; therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
21we congratulate Jean Kenol on being named the recipient of the
222012 Young Professional of the Year and wish him continued
23success and happiness in the future; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to Jean Kenol as a symbol of our respect and esteem.