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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the 
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State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Albert L. Grasso 
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on the occasion of his retirement from the full time practice 
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of law; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Grasso is the president and a founding 
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shareholder of Chuhak & Tecson, P.C.; he is admitted to 
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practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Court of 
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Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the United States Tax Court, 
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and State and federal courts in Illinois and the District of 
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Columbia; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He is a graduate of Georgetown University, where 
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he received his undergraduate (School of Foreign Service), law, 
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and graduate degrees (LLM); he is the author of seven books and 
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the co-author of five additional books on tax and employee 
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benefits; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He valiantly served his country as a member of the 
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U.S. Army from 1968 to 1970 and was honorably discharged as a 
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sergeant; he received an Army Commendation, the Viet Nam 
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Service and Viet Nam Campaign awards from the U.S. Army, and 
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the Royal Thai Supreme Forward Command Master's Badge; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Grasso is a member of the Advisory Board for 
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the Accountant's Business Manual and a lecturer for the 
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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the 
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National Tax Education Program co-sponsored by the AICPA and 
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the University of Illinois, the National Tax Institute, the 
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Federal Tax Workshops, and various business and professional 
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groups; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He is the editor of the Journal of Law and Policy 
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in International Business, a law review publication of 
 


 






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Georgetown University; an assistant professor at the Walter L. 
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Heller College of Business Administration of Roosevelt 
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University in Chicago; chairman of the American Management 
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Associations National Conference on Employee Benefits; and a 
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member of Delta Phi Epsilon, the international Foreign Service 
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Fraternity; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Grasso has tried, argued, or briefed tax, 
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employee benefit, and other cases at all court levels, 
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including the U.S. Supreme Court; he has also dealt with the 
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Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor on all 
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aspects of tax and benefit matters at the local, appellate, 
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regional, and national levels; 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 Mr. Grasso on the occasion of his retirement, 
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and we wish him well in the future; and be it further

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