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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Nat P. Ozmon, Senior Partner and a founder of 
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Anesi, Ozmon, Rodin, Novak, & Kohen, Ltd., will be celebrating 
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his 80th birthday on March 4, 2005; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born in Davenport, Iowa, attended college 
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at New York University, and received his law degree from 
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Northwestern University, where he was first in his class; he 
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was elected to the Board of Law Review and installed in the 
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Order of the Coif, the legal scholastic honor society; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Ozmon has spent over 50 years working as a 
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trial and appellate lawyer, dedicated to preserving and 
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enhancing the rights of injured victims; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He is a recognized Leader of the Bar, and is a 
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Past President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; he 
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served on the Managing Boards of the Association of Trial 
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Lawyers of America, the Chicago Bar Association, and The 
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Society of Trial Lawyers; he is a pioneer in expanding the law 
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to protect injured construction workers; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Ozmon has been recognized for his work in many 
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ways; he received the Leonard Ring Lifetime Achievement Award 
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for his commitment to victims rights and trial by jury; he 
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earned the American Ort Jurispurdence Award for a lifetime of 
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distinguished service to the legal profession; the Board of 
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Regents of the Academy of Illinois Lawyers designated him as a 
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Laureate in recognition for his high standards and integrity in 
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his contributions to the legal community; and he has been 
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listed in the publications "Best Lawyers in America" and 
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"Leading Illinois Attorneys"; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He has been a facility member of the National 
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Institute for Trial Advocacy, The Illinois College of Advocacy, 
 


 






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as well as a member of the Board of Directors for the Illinois 
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Institute for Continuing Legal Education; for approximately 
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ten years, he was an Adjunct Professor at the Loyola University 
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School of Law, where he taught trial advocacy to senior law 
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students; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Ozmon is joined in celebrating his birthday by 
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his wife, June Maguire Ozmon, a nurse educator, and his 
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children, Nat P. Jr., an executive in the Aviation Department 
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of Sundstrand Corp., Lorna, an independent radio consultant, 
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Laird, a practicing attorney, Kelle, a practicing Doctor of 
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Chiropractic, and stepdaughter, Rachel Maguire, an independent 
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documentary film producer; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we congratulate Nat P. Ozmon on the occasion of his 80th 
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birthday; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Mr. Ozmon as an expression of our respect and 
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esteem and with best wishes for many, many more birthday 
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celebrations.