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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate learned with 
3regret of the death of Michael P. Schostok of Libertyville, who 
4passed away on July 15, 2012; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, He was married to Illinois Appellate Justice Mary 
6Seminara Schostok for 25 years; and
 
7    WHEREAS, He was an attorney for the firm of Salvi, 
8Schostok, and Pritchard, based in Chicago and Waukegan, where 
9he practiced personal injury law, specializing in medical 
10malpractice and catastrophic injury matters; he was awarded the 
11prestigious Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award from the 
12Illinois Trial Lawyers Association in 2011; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, He earned his juris doctor degree at Capital 
14University Law School in 1986, a bachelor of science degree 
15from Miami University in 1983, and attended Loyola Academy; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, He grew up in Riverwoods and was an avid 
17outdoorsman and naturalist all his life; and
  
 
  
18    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Steven 
19Schostok; and
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Michael P. Schostok is survived by his wife, Mary 
2(nee Seminara); his children, Marisa, Gina, and Michael; his 
3mother, Kathleen Kapsa; his siblings, Stephen (Sheila) 
4Schostok, Bradley Schostok, and Katherine (Jonathan) Cunha; 
5his stepmother, Dr. Patricia Schostok Reese; and his nieces and 
6nephews; therefore, be it
  
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL 
8ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
9Michael P. Schostok and we extend our sincere condolences to 
10his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
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12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
13presented to his family as a token of our deepest sympathy.