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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Women's Bar Association of Illinois has been
3 advocating for the advancement of women and women attorneys for
4 nearly a century; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The mission of the Women's Bar Association of
6 Illinois has been to promote and foster, advance and protect
7 the interests and welfare of women lawyers; to encourage a
8 spirit of friendship and mutual helpfulness among its members;
9 to aid in the enactment of legislation for the common good and
10 the administration of justice; and to promote and protect the
11 interests and rights of women; and
 
12     WHEREAS, The Women's Bar Association of Illinois will
13 install its incoming officers and directors at its 96th Annual
14 Dinner on June 3, 2010; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Kathryn Gallanis Matern, an attorney at the law
16 firm of Bruce Farrel Dorn and Associates in Chicago, will be
17 installed as president during this celebrated event,
18 succeeding the outgoing president, the Honorable Patrice Ball
19 Reed, associate judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Kathryn Gallanis Matern is a former Assistant
21 State's Attorney in the Cook County Felony Trial Division; she

 

 

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1 is the First Vice President of the Chicago Republican Women's
2 Network and also is an active volunteer in various other
3 charitable and civic organizations including the Junior League
4 of Chicago, the New Trier Citizen's League, and the New Trier
5 Republican Women's Club; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Throughout her distinguished career, Kathryn
7 Gallanis Matern has received numerous awards and accolades,
8 including being recognized in 2001 in Today's Chicago Woman
9 magazine's "100 Women Making A Difference"; therefore, be it
 
10     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
11 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
12 congratulate Kathryn Gallanis Matern and the Women's Bar
13 Association of Illinois and extend our best wishes for their
14 future success; and be it further
 
15     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16 presented to Kathryn Gallanis Matern as a symbol of our respect
17 and esteem.