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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Jean M. Fletcher
4 on the occasion of her retirement after 25 years of service as
5 an Assistant State's Attorney for the 16th Judicial Circuit in
6 Kendall County, Yorkville, IL; and
 
7     WHEREAS, In 1981 she was admitted to the Illinois Bar and
8 also the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
9 General Bar; in 1987 she was admitted to the U.S. District
10 Court, Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar; and
 
11     WHEREAS, She has spent her career prosecuting criminal
12 offenses in a wide variety of areas; she has prosecuted felony
13 crimes, misdemeanors crimes, juvenile violators, traffic
14 violations, child pornography cyber crimes, and elder
15 financial exploitation and disabled adult abuse; she has also
16 worked in the area of child support enforcement and paternity
17 establishment; and
 
18     WHEREAS, She has also dedicated much of her career to
19 training others and devising strategies to further prosecute
20 and reduce crime; she has trained new Assistant State's
21 Attorneys, provided orientation of new Sherif's Department
22 Deputies, trained domestic violence and sexual assault
23 volunteers, supervised and evaluated law school student
24 interns and international law student interns, collaborated on
25 the initial mandated Child Advocacy Protocol for Kendall
26 County, developed multi-disciplinary response protocol
27 targeting domestic violence, collaborated on the revision of
28 the Illinois Juvenile Court Act, and trained Illinois
29 Department of Children and Family Services caseworkers; and
 
30     WHEREAS, She also spent a considerable amount of time
31 furthering her own education and training to better prosecute

 

 

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1 and reduce crime; she has studied Advanced Bomb and Arson
2 Prosecution, Date Rape Drugs, Advance Trial Advocacy,
3 Concealed Weapon Carry Law, Prosecuting Sexual Offenders,
4 Domestic Violence Multidisciplinary Approach, Annual Search
5 and Seizure Update, Spanish for Law Enforcement, Capital
6 Litigation Seminar 2001 and2005, Unsafe Havens Online Crime,
7 and Protecting Children Against Internet Predators; and
 
8     WHEREAS, She has devoted her entire career to prosecuting
9 criminal offenses, training others on how to better prosecute,
10 and helping to make her district a safer place to live;
11 therefore, be it
 
12     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
14 we congratulate Jean Fletcher on the occasion of her retirement
15 after 25 years as an Assistant State's Attorney for the 16th
16 Judicial Circuit, Kendall County, Yorkville, IL; and be it
17 further
 
18     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19 presented to her as an expression of our deep respect and
20 esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.