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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Louis B. Garippo of Glenview, who passed
4away on May 31, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Louis Garippo was born in Chicago and grew up in
6the Galewood neighborhood on Chicago's northwest side; he
7attended Fenwick High School, the University of Notre Dame, and
8DePaul University Law School; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Louis Garippo served two years in the United
10States Army before he followed in the footsteps of his
11grandfather, Benjamin Adamowski, and joined the Cook County
12State's Attorney's Office in 1958 as an Assistant State's
13Attorney; he handled high-profile cases such as the 1960
14Summerdale police scandal and the Guido-Yonder torture and
15burglary case in 1962; two years after he became Chief of the
16Criminal Division in 1964, he was named First Assistant State's
17Attorney and was assigned to assist in other high-profile
18cases, including the trial of Richard Speck; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Louis Garippo became a Cook County Circuit Court
20judge in 1968; in 1970, he set precedent by ruling State laws
21allowing subpoenas for journalists and their notes as
22unconstitutional; he also presided over the 1980 trial of John

 

 

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1Wayne Gacy; and
 
2    WHEREAS, After 12 years as a judge, following the Gacy
3trial, Louis Garippo entered into private practice, where he
4was still involved in high-profile issues; he provided legal
5counsel for Chicago Teamsters' leader, Daniel Ligurotis, who in
61992 was acquitted of fatally shooting his son; he was selected
7in 2000 to research public opinion concerning the retention of
8Chief Illiniwek as a mascot for the University of Illinois; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Louis Garippo received numerous awards and
10recognitions for his integrity and prudence, including the
11Justice Leadership Award from Treatment Alternatives for Safe
12Communities and the Accipiter Award from Fenwick High School;
13he earned the highest rating of any trial judge in surveys
14administered by the Chicago Bar Association; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Louis Garippo is survived by his wife, Colette;
16his daughters, Ellen and Mary; his son, Tom; his five
17grandchildren; and his sister, Anna Maria Sciaraffa;
18therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
20ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
21Louis B. Garippo, and extend our sincere condolences to his
22family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it

 

 

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2    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3presented to the family of Louis Garippo as an expression of
4our deepest sympathy.