Full Text of HR0211 96th General Assembly
HR0211 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| WHEREAS, His previous honors and awards include the
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| 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;
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| Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) Partnership in | | 17 |
| Advocacy Award for establishing its Advocacy Program in 2001;
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| the ATLA Weidman-Wysocki Citation For Excellence in 1994, 2000, | | 19 |
| 2003, and 2004; and the
Stalwarts Award 2000 through 2005;
and
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| 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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| 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;
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| and as a governor on the ATLA Board of Governors, 1994 to 2005;
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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| 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
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | | 7 |
| presented to Philip Maher as a symbol of our sincere respect | | 8 |
| and esteem.
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