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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 Kathryn L. "Kate" Conway | ||||||
| 4 | on her recent installation as president of the Women's Bar | ||||||
| 5 | Association of Illinois (WBAI) by Justice Thomas Kilbride, | ||||||
| 6 | alongside the association's officers and Board of Directors for | ||||||
| 7 | 2020 to 2021; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Kate Conway is a partner with the Chicago law firm | ||||||
| 9 | of Power Rogers, LLP, where she represents injured people and | ||||||
| 10 | their families in personal injury and wrongful death actions, | ||||||
| 11 | including medical malpractice, premises liability, product | ||||||
| 12 | liability, automobile, and transportation negligence cases; | ||||||
| 13 | she has successfully tried cases in both state and federal | ||||||
| 14 | courts; she has helped recover millions of dollars for her | ||||||
| 15 | clients over the course of her career; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Every year since 2014, Kate Conway has been | ||||||
| 17 | selected as an Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star; every year | ||||||
| 18 | since 2015, she has been named an Illinois Emerging Lawyer; she | ||||||
| 19 | was named one of the 40 Lawyers Under 40 in the State of | ||||||
| 20 | Illinois by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin in 2019, and she was | ||||||
| 21 | named one of the top 10 Emerging Female Attorneys in Illinois | ||||||
| 22 | in 2020; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Kate Conway earned her undergraduate degree at the | ||||||
| 2 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; she earned her Juris | ||||||
| 3 | Doctorate with a Certificate in Advocacy from Loyola University | ||||||
| 4 | Chicago School of Law; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Kate Conway is honored to join the list of | ||||||
| 6 | impressive women who have led the WBAI since its inception in | ||||||
| 7 | 1914; she is committed to continuing the important work the | ||||||
| 8 | organization has done in promoting women's rights in the | ||||||
| 9 | workplace and beyond; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Kate Conway's theme for the upcoming WBAI year is | ||||||
| 11 | Equality Through Opportunity; alongside her fellow WBAI board | ||||||
| 12 | directors, she looks forward to creating opportunities through | ||||||
| 13 | legislative action, educational programming, networking | ||||||
| 14 | events, community service projects, and collaboration with | ||||||
| 15 | other bar associations in furtherance of the WBAI's mission to | ||||||
| 16 | promote and foster and advance and protect the interests and | ||||||
| 17 | welfare of women and women lawyers; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 19 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 20 | we congratulate Kathryn L. "Kate" Conway on her installation as | ||||||
| 21 | president of the Women's Bar Association of Illinois and wish | ||||||
| 22 | her success in her new role; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to Kathryn Conway and The Women's Bar Association of | ||||||
| 3 | Illinois as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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