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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3congratulate United States Attorney for the Northern District
4of Illinois John R. Lausch Jr. on his upcoming retirement; and
 
5    WHEREAS, John Lausch was born in 1970; and
 
6    WHEREAS, John Lausch received his Bachelor of Arts cum
7laude from Harvard University and his Juris Doctor cum laude
8from the Northwestern University School of Law; and
 
9    WHEREAS, While in law school, John Lausch clerked for
10Michael Stephen Kanne of the United States Court of Appeals
11for the Seventh Circuit; and
 
12    WHEREAS, John Lausch worked as an assistant United States
13attorney for the Northern District of Illinois from 1999 to
142010, where he tried more than 20 jury cases involving
15racketeering, fraud, narcotics, extortion, and firearm
16offenses; and
 
17    WHEREAS, During this time, John Lausch also served as
18deputy chief in the narcotics and gangs section for several
19years and helped lead the district's anti-gang and Project
20Safe Neighborhoods programs; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, In 2010, John Lausch left the Office of the U.S.
2Attorney and went into private practice until 2017; and
 
3    WHEREAS, In November 2017, John Lausch returned to the
4Office of the U.S. Attorney in the role of United States
5Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; and
 
6    WHEREAS, As the top federal law enforcement official for
7the Northern District of Illinois, he oversaw a region that
8included 18 counties, the City of Chicago, and nine million
9people; and
 
10    WHEREAS, As the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of
11Illinois, John Lausch handled several high-profile public
12corruption investigations that led to indictments and
13convictions of many prominent elected and public officials;
14and
 
15    WHEREAS, John Lausch has announced his intention to retire
16from the Office of the U.S. Attorney and return to the private
17sector in the spring of 2023; therefore, be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
19ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate United
20States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John R.

 

 

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1Lausch Jr. on his upcoming retirement and thank him for his
2years of dedicated service to the State of Illinois in
3battling public corruption; and be it further
 
4    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5presented to John Lausch as an expression of our gratitude and
6esteem.