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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Jennifer Lundy Sender will be installed as 
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President of the Women's Bar Association of Illinois at the 
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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 
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University, where she also received the American Jurisprudence 
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Award in Immigration Law and had highest honors in negotiation 
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and mediation; she also holds a B.A. from Northern Illinois 
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University; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She concentrates her practice in complex 
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commercial matters for national and multinational clients, 
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including contract disputes, distributor disputes, product 
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defects, and environmental litigation; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Ms. Sender has extensive experience in counseling 
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and representing clients in litigation relating to 
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distributorship agreements, contract disputes, product defects 
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and recalls, medical devices and medical malpractice, and 
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various environmental issues; she has litigated cases in state 
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and federal courts in New York, Michigan, Florida, North 
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Carolina, Minneapolis, Indiana, and Illinois; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She is regional counsel for one of the largest 
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telecommunications companies, providing assistance with 
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environmental issues arising in retail property acquisitions; 
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she also represents a number of foreign corporations and 
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individuals in litigation pending in the United States; she has 
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assisted clients in the petroleum industry, agricultural and 
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construction equipment industry, and consumer
food products 
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industry; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Ms. Sender joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLPA in 
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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 
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by Martindale-Hubbell for legal ability and ethics; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Ms. Sender is active in a number of national and 
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regional professional organizations; she is an active member of 
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the American Bar Association; she is the founder and Chair of 
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the Women's Bar Association's Corporate Counsel Committee; she 
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is also a founding member of the Chicago Chapter of the Society 
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of Women Environmental Professionals, a national educational 
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and networking organization for women in various professions in 
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the environmental field; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we congratulate Jennifer Lundy Sender on the occasion of her 
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installation as President of the Women's Bar Association of 
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Illinois; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Ms. Sender as an expression of our esteem.