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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Steven R. Bordner |
| 4 | | on the occasion of his retirement as a 9th Judicial Circuit |
| 5 | | Court Judge after 20 years; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Judge Bordner, a Farmington native and lifelong |
| 7 | | Fulton County resident, earned his undergraduate degree from |
| 8 | | Illinois College in 1977; he went on to receive his Juris |
| 9 | | Doctor from the Southern Illinois University School of Law in |
| 10 | | 1980; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Judge Bordner began his career by practicing law |
| 12 | | at the firm Collins & Bordner in Lewistown, where he remained |
| 13 | | for over 15 years; he also served as a Special Assistant |
| 14 | | Attorney General for the State of Illinois; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Judge Bordner left the practice in 1995 when he |
| 16 | | was appointed as an Associate Circuit Court Judge for the 9th |
| 17 | | Circuit; he was elected as a full Circuit Court Judge in 2010; |
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Judge Bordner has handled every type of case, |
| 20 | | ranging from parking tickets to murder cases; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Judge Bordner is an incredibly accomplished |
| 2 | | Circuit Court Judge; he has served every county in the 9th |
| 3 | | Circuit, which consists of the counties of Fulton, McDonough, |
| 4 | | Knox, Hancock, Warren, and Henderson, and has also served Cook |
| 5 | | County; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Judge Bordner's most significant criminal case |
| 7 | | was a double homicide in which 3 others were also injured; he |
| 8 | | ruled that the defendant be sentenced to death, and even though |
| 9 | | the case was appealed, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled |
| 10 | | unanimously to uphold his decision, a rare occurrence for the |
| 11 | | Supreme Court; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Judge Bordner has broken the mold of Circuit Court |
| 13 | | Judge beyond its administrative duties with a desire to tackle |
| 14 | | community issues for the benefit of all; he has a focused |
| 15 | | resolve that has earned him the respect of any who knows him; |
| 16 | | therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 18 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 19 | | congratulate Steven R. Bordner on his retirement as a 9th |
| 20 | | Judicial Circuit Court Judge and we wish him continued success |
| 21 | | and happiness in the future; and be it further
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| 22 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |