Full Text of SR0843 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of
Philip Harnett Corboy, who passed away on | 4 | | June 12, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Philip Corboy was the brother, son, grandson, and | 6 | | nephew of Chicago police officers; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Philip Corboy was a proud graduate of St. Margaret | 8 | | Mary Grade School and St. George High School; he subsequently | 9 | | attended 4 colleges and in 1949 graduated first in his class | 10 | | from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Philip Corboy was renowned as a pioneer in | 12 | | personal injury law and was affectionately known as "The Dean"; | 13 | | as the Senior Partner and Founder of Corboy & Demetrio, P.C., | 14 | | he devoted his career to representing the rights of the injured | 15 | | and their families with integrity, diligence, and respect for | 16 | | the rule of law for over 60 years; during his career, he won | 17 | | many big awards from large corporations and was instrumental in | 18 | | ushering in the tamper-proof lids that drug companies put on | 19 | | bottles of pain reliever; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Philip Corboy served as president of the Chicago | 21 | | Bar Association and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; he |
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| 1 | | was a former chairman of the Section of Litigation of the | 2 | | American Bar Association and a former chair of the American Bar | 3 | | Association's Special Committee on Medical Professional | 4 | | Liability; he was a member of the American Association for | 5 | | Justice, the Inner Circle of Advocates, the International | 6 | | Academy of Trial Lawyers, the American College of Trial | 7 | | Lawyers, and the Center for Disability and Elder Law; he also | 8 | | served as general counsel for the Illinois Democratic Party and | 9 | | served on the boards of directors of numerous business, legal, | 10 | | and charitable groups and many medical and legal task forces; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Philip Corboy was well known in his community for | 13 | | his great commitment to charity work; he served as a leader of | 14 | | the Catholic Archdiocese 'Big Shoulders' fund for many years; | 15 | | the Philip H. Corboy Law Center building was dedicated to him | 16 | | at the Loyola University School of Law, where he and his wife | 17 | | made the largest single gift in the school's history, and a | 18 | | room was named for him at the Chicago Bar Association; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Philip Corboy was listed by the National Law | 20 | | Journal as one of the top 100 most influential lawyers in the | 21 | | country since 1985, when the survey began, and was one of only | 22 | | 13 lawyers nationwide to hold that distinction; he was listed | 23 | | in "The Best Lawyers in America" since its inception in 1987; | 24 | | he was also the recipient of the 1996 Big Shoulders |
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| 1 | | Humanitarian Award for his commitment to a fund for inner-city | 2 | | Catholic schools; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Philip Corboy was the dearly beloved husband of | 4 | | Mary A. Dempsey; the loving father of Philip Harnett, Jr. | 5 | | (Margaret), Dr. John (Alix), Thomas (Shanti), the late Joan | 6 | | (James Epstein), and the late Bobby Corboy; the adored | 7 | | grandfather of Matt and Nora Epstein, Lauren, Bobby, David, | 8 | | Kevin, Juliette, and Ryan Corboy; the loving brother of Daniel, | 9 | | ret. CPD (Nancy) Corboy and the late Marge (the late Lawrence) | 10 | | Kotin; the fondest brother-in-law of Sheila (John) Ryden, | 11 | | William (Rose) Dempsey, Dr. Robert (Diane) Dempsey, and Mark | 12 | | Dempsey; the dear uncle of Dan (Jean) Kotin, Karen Corboy, Dr. | 13 | | Daniel (Dr. Jackie) Corboy, Kara, Conor, Emily, and Genevieve | 14 | | Dempsey, and Jack, Michael, and Mark Ryden; and the devoted son | 15 | | of the late Harold and the late Marie Corboy; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 18 | | his family and friends, the passing of Philip Harnett Corboy; | 19 | | and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Philip Corboy as an expression of | 22 | | our sympathy.
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