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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to  learn of the death of
Kim 
4Presbrey of Aurora, who passed away on May 26, 2012; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey graduated from West Aurora High 
6School in 1969, Northwestern University in 1973, and Vanderbilt 
7Law School in 1976; after graduation, he practiced law with his 
8father at Presbrey and Presbrey and became principal owner of 
9the firm after his father's retirement; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey was the managing partner of Presbrey &
11 Associates and practiced workers compensation law since 1977; 
12he also served for 10 years as president of Illinois Futures 
13Inc., a scholarship program for children of disabled workers, 
14and was a founding member of a medical malpractice insurance 
15company; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey was a past president of the Illinois 
17Trial Lawyers Association and a member of the Board of 
18Governors of the Illinois State Bar Association; he was also a 
19member of the Workers' Compensation Section of the Illinois 
20State Bar Association and the Larson's National Workers' 
21Compensation Advisory Board, Vice President of the Workplace 
22Injury Litigation Group, and a past secretary and section 
 
 
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1member of the Workers' Compensation Section of the Association 
2of Trial Lawyers of America; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey was the co-author of the LexisNexis 
4Illinois Workers' Compensation Guidebook; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey believed in supporting the community 
6he was born and raised in, and sponsored many youth football 
7and baseball teams; he also worked with the Illinois 
8Conservation Foundation for many years; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey enjoyed hunting, fishing, and 
10nature, watching the Chicago Cubs, flying, and walking fields 
11with his best friend and hunting dog, Hershey; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey is survived by his wife, Colleen; his 
13sons, Kenton and Kevin; and his brother, Tom Presbrey; 
14therefore, be it
  
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
16NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
17we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Kim 
18Presbrey; and be it further
  
 
19    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
20presented to the family of Kim Presbrey as an expression of our 
 
 
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1sympathy.