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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Honorable James B. |
| 4 | | Zagel on
the occasion of his taking Senior Status as a United |
| 5 | | States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois; |
| 6 | | and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Judge Zagel was appointed by President Ronald |
| 8 | | Reagan and has over 30 years of service; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Previously, Judge Zagel was appointed by Governor |
| 10 | | James R. Thompson to be the Executive Director of the Illinois |
| 11 | | Law Enforcement Commission and then Director of the Department |
| 12 | | of Revenue and Director of the Illinois State Police; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Judge Zagel has also served as an assistant |
| 14 | | state's attorney for Cook County, chief
assistant attorney |
| 15 | | general for Arizona, chief prosecuting attorney for the |
| 16 | | Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board,
and an assistant attorney |
| 17 | | general of Illinois; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Judge Zagel served as a member of the Codes of |
| 19 | | Conduct Committee of the United States
Judicial Conference, a |
| 20 | | member of the Committee on Criminal Discovery Rules of the |
| 21 | | Supreme Court of
Illinois, and a member of the Task Force on |
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| 1 | | Criminal Appeals Appellate Review of Sentences and Post |
| 2 | | Conviction
Remedies of the American Bar Association; he |
| 3 | | co-authored several editions of "Criminal Law
and Its |
| 4 | | Administration" and "Cases and Comments on Criminal |
| 5 | | Procedure"; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Judge Zagel received his Bachelor of Arts and |
| 7 | | Master of Arts from the University of Chicago and his
Juris |
| 8 | | Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1965; he has presided over |
| 9 | | many notable cases including Lexecon, Inc., et
al. v. Milberg |
| 10 | | Weiss, et al., U.S.A. v. Frank Calabrese, et al, and U.S.A. v. |
| 11 | | Blagojevich; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, In his spare time, Judge Zagel played substantial |
| 13 | | roles in two feature films, "Music Box" with
Jessica Lange and |
| 14 | | "Homicide" with Joe Mantegna; in 2002, he published his first |
| 15 | | novel, "Money to Burn"; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 17 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 18 | | congratulate the Honorable James B. Zagel on his Senior Status |
| 19 | | as a United States District Judge for the Northern District of |
| 20 | | Illinois,
and we wish him the best in all his future endeavors; |
| 21 | | and be it further
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| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |