Full Text of HR0173 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize Robert A. "Bob" | 4 | | Clifford on being named "Person of the Year 2012" by Chicago | 5 | | Lawyer magazine; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Bob Clifford is the founder of Clifford Law | 7 | | Offices, a Chicago-based firm serving clients with complex | 8 | | personal injury, aviation, whistleblower, and commercial legal | 9 | | needs; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Bob Clifford is the 2012 president of the Chicago | 11 | | Bar Association; he is past president of the Illinois Trial | 12 | | Lawyers Association and of the Chicago Inn of Court; he was the | 13 | | chair of the Section on Litigation for the American Bar | 14 | | Association (2001-2002), and is a member of the American | 15 | | College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial | 16 | | Lawyer, the National Judicial College, the American Judicature | 17 | | Society (Illinois Committee For Judicial Independence) and the | 18 | | Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Civility; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, During his legal career, Bob Clifford represented | 20 | | property damage claims related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, | 21 | | championed the legal doctrine of "apparent agency" allowing | 22 | | plaintiffs to sue hospitals that contracted (non-employee) |
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, Bob Clifford has a history of philanthropy; he | 4 | | endows the Robert A. Clifford Chair on Tort Law and Social | 5 | | Policy and the Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy | 6 | | at DePaul University College of Law; he is a trustee of the | 7 | | Naples Children and Education Foundation (NCEF) and chaired | 8 | | their Winter Wine Festival in 2012, raising more than $12 | 9 | | million for needy children; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Bob Clifford was born in Chicago and grew up in a | 11 | | south side neighborhood called "Mudville", so called because it | 12 | | was the last neighborhood in the city to get paved streets; he | 13 | | was the first in his family to go to college, graduating from | 14 | | DePaul University with a bachelor of arts in 1973 and a juris | 15 | | doctorate in 1976; he has been married to Joan for 39 years and | 16 | | they have 2 daughters, Erin and Tracy; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we recognize and honor Bob Clifford on being named "Person of | 20 | | the Year 2012" by Chicago Lawyer magazine; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to Bob Clifford as an expression of our esteem and |
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