Full Text of HR1282 93rd General Assembly
HR1282 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives | 3 |
| congratulate Judge Jerry Flynn on his retirement as Resident | 4 |
| Circuit Judge, Randolph County, a position in which he served | 5 |
| from 1990 to December 3, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Jerry Flynn was born May 20, 1948 to Harry | 7 |
| and Mary Elizabeth Flynn of East St. Louis, the third of six | 8 |
| children; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended the Holy Angels Parish Grade School, | 10 |
| St. Henry's Seminary, and Lewis University, later graduating | 11 |
| from Illinois College in Jacksonville, where he met his wife, | 12 |
| the former Luana Meinders; they were married in June 1973; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife, Luana, have three children, | 14 |
| Jeremy, Erin, and Christopher; and one grandson, Grant; and
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| WHEREAS, After a brief stint in the National Guard, he | 16 |
| continued his education at St. Louis University's School of | 17 |
| Law, earning his Juris Doctor in 1974; in the fall of 1974, he | 18 |
| was accepted to the Illinois Bar Association, and soon | 19 |
| thereafter joined the law firm of Nehrt, Sachtleben and Fisher | 20 |
| in Red Bud, where he worked until his appointment as an | 21 |
| Associate Judge of the 20th Circuit in October 1975; at age 27, | 22 |
| Judge Flynn became the youngest judge in the State at that | 23 |
| time; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1982, he received the Young Alumnus of the Year | 25 |
| award from Illinois College; he served as Associate Judge in | 26 |
| the 20th Circuit until August 1988, when he was appointed | 27 |
| Circuit Judge in St. Clair County; the following year, he | 28 |
| received a Distinguished Service Citation from Illinois | 29 |
| College; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1990, he was appointed Resident Circuit Judge | 2 |
| in Randolph County; it was this very position he had hoped for | 3 |
| since he was first appointed Associate Judge 15 years ago; | 4 |
| shortly after this appointment, he presided over his most | 5 |
| famous trial, which later became the book, "Deadly Deception" | 6 |
| by Alva Busch; and
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| WHEREAS, Since his election to the position of Resident | 8 |
| Circuit Judge in Randolph County in 1992, he has continued his | 9 |
| service to the Illinois judicial system, as well as to his | 10 |
| community; he is an active member of St. John the Baptist | 11 |
| Parish in Red Bud, a member of the Red Bud Library Board, and | 12 |
| many other civic organizations; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| congratulate and thank Judge Jerry Flynn for his lifetime of | 16 |
| contributions to the legal community and to the citizens of Red | 17 |
| Bud and Randolph County; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to Judge Jerry Flynn as an expression of our respect | 20 |
| and esteem and with our best wishes for his retirement.
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