Full Text of HR1152 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Kim | 4 | | Presbrey of Aurora, who passed away on May 26, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey was born on July 1, 1951, in Aurora; | 6 | | his parents were Betty and George Presbrey; he graduated from | 7 | | West Aurora High School in 1969, Northwestern University in | 8 | | 1973, and Vanderbilt Law School in 1976; after graduation, he | 9 | | practiced law with his father at Presbrey and Presbrey and | 10 | | became principal owner of the firm after his father's | 11 | | retirement; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey was the managing partner of Presbrey & | 13 | | Associates and practiced workers' compensation law since | 14 | | 1977; he also served as president of Illinois Futures, Inc., a | 15 | | scholarship program for children of disabled workers, for 10 | 16 | | years and was the founder and Chairman of the Board of Doctors | 17 | | Direct, Inc.; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey was a past president of the Illinois | 19 | | Trial Lawyers Association and a member of the Illinois Trial | 20 | | Lawyers Association, the Workers' Compensation Lawyers | 21 | | Association, the Illinois State Bar, American Trial Lawyers, | 22 | | the Workplace Injury Litigation Group, and the Kane County Bar |
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| 1 | | Association; he was also the founder of the Kane County Bar | 2 | | Association's Workers' Compensation Section; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey was the co-author of the LexisNexis | 4 | | Illinois Workers' Compensation Guidebook; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey was a member of the North American | 6 | | Versatile Hunting Dog Association, the Illinois chapter of | 7 | | NAVHDA, the AOPA, and EEA; he also worked with the Illinois | 8 | | Conservation Foundation for many years; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey enjoyed hunting and fishing, nature, | 10 | | traveling, flying, and walking with his dog, Hershey; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey is survived by his wife, Colleen; his | 12 | | sons, Kenton (fiancee, Kelly Johnson) and Kevin; and his | 13 | | brother, Tom (Laurie) Presbrey, and his children, Joseph, | 14 | | Scott, and Kara; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Kim | 18 | | Presbrey; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Kim Presbrey as an expression of our |
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