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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Philip F. Maher on
4 receiving the Spirit of John Marshall Award from The John
5 Marshall Law School Board of Trustees; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The principal of Philip F. Maher and Associates,
7 his areas of practice include: Medical & Professional
8 Negligence, Products Liability, Construction, Personal Injury,
9 Automotive and Design, Automotive, Negligence, Trucking,
10 Aviation, Pharmaceutical Litigation, and Wrongful Death; and
 
11     WHEREAS, His previous honors and awards include the
12 American Association for Justice (AAJ) Lifetime Achievement
13 Award in 2005; the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA)
14 Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006; The John
15 Marshall Law School Distinguished Service Award in 1989; the
16 Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) Partnership in
17 Advocacy Award for establishing its Advocacy Program in 2001;
18 the ATLA Weidman-Wysocki Citation For Excellence in 1994, 2000,
19 2003, and 2004; and the Stalwarts Award 2000 through 2005; and
 
20     WHEREAS, He received his Bachelor of Science at Southern
21 Illinois University in 1965 and his Juris Doctor from The John
22 Marshall Law School in 1970; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, He served as a manager of the ITLA Board of
2 Managers from 1986 to the present; as a member of the ITLA
3 Malpractice Committee; as an Advocate and member of the
4 American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); as a member of the
5 Appellate Lawyers Association of Illinois, 1989 to the present;
6 and as a governor on the ATLA Board of Governors, 1994 to 2005;
7 he served on the ATLA Executive Committee from 2001 to 2004 and
8 on the Leadership Forum; he was on the Academic Liaison
9 Committee as a member of the Pac Task Force; and he served as a
10 member of the National Co-Chair Law School Committee, 1999 to
11 2008; and
 
12     WHEREAS, He has acted as the Chairman of the Tort Committee
13 of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) and the Chairman
14 of the Liaison Committee between the Illinois State Bar
15 Association and the Circuit Court of Cook County; he has
16 lectured before the ISBA, ITLA, and ATLA; and he is the founder
17 of the ATLA Partnership in Advocacy Program; and
 
18     WHEREAS, In addition, he served as Chair, Partnership in
19 Advocacy, 1999 to the present; as a member of AAJ, National
20 Chair of the Ambassador Program; as a past president and
21 current member of The John Marshall Law School Alumni
22 Association Board of Directors; and is recommended as a Leading
23 Lawyer in Illinois; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
3 congratulate Philip F. Maher on receiving this prestigious
4 award from The John Marshall Law School Board of Trustees; and
5 be it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to Philip Maher as a symbol of our sincere respect
8 and esteem.