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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Adria East Mossing
4on the occasion of her installation as the 100th President of
5the Women's Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI); and
 
6    WHEREAS, Adria Mossing is a graduate of Northwestern
7University, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in English in
81983; she subsequently earned her Juris Doctor in 1988 from the
9DePaul University College of Law, where she served as a
10Managing Editor for the DePaul Law Review; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Adria Mossing began her career at Hinshaw &
12Culbertson, quickly becoming one of only seven women equity
13partners in a national firm of over 400 lawyers; due to her
14great trial skills, she was recruited to join a plaintiff
15personal injury law firm, where she practiced for 5 years; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Adria Mossing opened her own law firm in 2009; Jim
17Navarre joined the firm as a partner in 2011 and the law firm
18of Mossing & Navarre, LLC was formed; she represents the rights
19of injured parties in cases involving medical malpractice,
20birth injuries, construction accidents, motor vehicle and
21trucking accidents, and other catastrophic personal injuries;
22and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Adria Mossing is a member of the Federal Trial Bar
2and has been selected as a member of the American Board of
3Trial Advocates; she is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell; she has
4been named a Leading Lawyer in Illinois in the areas of
5plaintiff personal injury and medical malpractice; she has also
6been named as one of the Top Fifty Women Lawyers in Illinois
7and one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Illinois by Super Lawyers;
8and
 
9    WHEREAS, Adria Mossing lives in the western suburbs with
10her husband, Matt, and their three children, Michael, Jack, and
11Catherine; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Adria Mossing will be sworn in as the Women's Bar
13Association of Illinois President at its Annual Installation
14Dinner on June 8, 2016; her theme for the year is "We are the
15WBAI" and her presidency will center on career development for
16women attorneys, featuring a series of seminars focusing on
17business development, negotiation skills, and building a law
18firm; therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
21congratulate Adria East Mossing on the occasion of her
22installation as President of the Women's Bar Association of

 

 

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1Illinois and wish her continued success and happiness in the
2future; and be it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4presented to Adria Mossing as an expression of our esteem and
5respect.