Full Text of HR1314 94th General Assembly
HR1314 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Jennifer Lundy Sender will be installed as | 3 |
| President of the Women's Bar Association of Illinois at the | 4 |
| 92nd Annual Installation Dinner on Thursday, June 8, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Sender holds a J.D. with honors from Loyala | 6 |
| University, where she also received the American Jurisprudence | 7 |
| Award in Immigration Law and had highest honors in negotiation | 8 |
| and mediation; she also holds a B.A. from Northern Illinois | 9 |
| University; and
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| WHEREAS, She concentrates her practice in complex | 11 |
| commercial matters for national and multinational clients, | 12 |
| including contract disputes, distributor disputes, product | 13 |
| defects, and environmental litigation; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Sender has extensive experience in counseling | 15 |
| and representing clients in litigation relating to | 16 |
| distributorship agreements, contract disputes, product defects | 17 |
| and recalls, medical devices and medical malpractice, and | 18 |
| various environmental issues; she has litigated cases in state | 19 |
| and federal courts in New York, Michigan, Florida, North | 20 |
| Carolina, Minneapolis, Indiana, and Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, She is regional counsel for one of the largest | 22 |
| telecommunications companies, providing assistance with | 23 |
| environmental issues arising in retail property acquisitions; | 24 |
| she also represents a number of foreign corporations and | 25 |
| individuals in litigation pending in the United States; she has | 26 |
| assisted clients in the petroleum industry, agricultural and | 27 |
| construction equipment industry, and consumer
food products | 28 |
| industry; and | 29 |
| WHEREAS, Ms. Sender joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLPA in | 30 |
| December 1996; she is an appointed member of the firm's Hiring |
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| Committee and Sexual Harassment Committee; she has been rated | 2 |
| by Martindale-Hubbell for legal ability and ethics; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Sender is active in a number of national and | 4 |
| regional professional organizations; she is an active member of | 5 |
| the American Bar Association; she is the founder and Chair of | 6 |
| the Women's Bar Association's Corporate Counsel Committee; she | 7 |
| is also a founding member of the Chicago Chapter of the Society | 8 |
| of Women Environmental Professionals, a national educational | 9 |
| and networking organization for women in various professions in | 10 |
| the environmental field; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 |
| we congratulate Jennifer Lundy Sender on the occasion of her | 14 |
| installation as President of the Women's Bar Association of | 15 |
| Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to Ms. Sender as an expression of our esteem.
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