SR0155 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SR0155 LRB094 11957 CSA 45156 r

SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Paul Chervin of Waukegan on January 6, 2005; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Chervin was born in New York and later moved to Chicago with his mother and sister; he graduated from high school at the age of 16; he started at the University of Illinois Law School by the age of 19, having done undergraduate work at the University's then-Navy Pier Campus in Chicago, and graduated in 1967; and

WHEREAS, He was barely 22 years of age when he was admitted to the Illinois bar; he moved to Waukegan in 1967, where he joined the firm of McClory, Lonchar, Nordigan, and Clark; he was an assistant Lake County public defender from 1969 until 1972, when be became a sole practitioner; his legal career included business and municipal litigation, and of counsel for banking, newspapers, real estate, and probate; he was counsel to such entities as the City of Waukegan, the Waukegan Park District, and the fire protection districts in Countryside, Long Grove, Lake Villa, Lake Zurich, and Libertyville; he was managing partner for the Waukegan office of the Chicago law firm of Wildman, Harrold, Allen, and Dixon; and

WHEREAS, He was active in the Lake County and Illinois Bar associations and a charter member of the Lake County Trial Lawyers Association; as a retired general counsel of the Veridian Health Advisory Board, he served on the boards of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce and Victory Memorial Hospital and was a member of the Friends of Genesee Theatre; and

WHEREAS, He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and his three sons, Joseph, Aaron, and Adam; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Paul Chervin and extend our sincerest condolences to his family, friends, and community; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to his family as an expression of our deepest sympathy.