SR0071 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to congratulate United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John R. Lausch Jr. on his upcoming retirement; and

WHEREAS, John Lausch was born in 1970; and

WHEREAS, John Lausch received his Bachelor of Arts cum laude from Harvard University and his Juris Doctor cum laude from the Northwestern University School of Law; and

WHEREAS, While in law school, John Lausch clerked for Michael Stephen Kanne of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; and

WHEREAS, John Lausch worked as an assistant United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois from 1999 to 2010, where he tried more than 20 jury cases involving racketeering, fraud, narcotics, extortion, and firearm offenses; and

WHEREAS, During this time, John Lausch also served as deputy chief in the narcotics and gangs section for several years and helped lead the district's anti-gang and Project Safe Neighborhoods programs; and

WHEREAS, In 2010, John Lausch left the Office of the U.S. Attorney and went into private practice until 2017; and

WHEREAS, In November 2017, John Lausch returned to the Office of the U.S. Attorney in the role of United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, As the top federal law enforcement official for the Northern District of Illinois, he oversaw a region that included 18 counties, the City of Chicago, and nine million people; and

WHEREAS, As the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, John Lausch handled several high-profile public corruption investigations that led to indictments and convictions of many prominent elected and public officials; and

WHEREAS, John Lausch has announced his intention to retire from the Office of the U.S. Attorney and return to the private sector in the spring of 2023; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John R. Lausch Jr. on his upcoming retirement and thank him for his years of dedicated service to the State of Illinois in battling public corruption; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to John Lausch as an expression of our gratitude and esteem.