HR1314 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Jennifer Lundy Sender will be installed as President of the Women's Bar Association of Illinois at the 92nd Annual Installation Dinner on Thursday, June 8, 2006; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Sender holds a J.D. with honors from Loyala University, where she also received the American Jurisprudence Award in Immigration Law and had highest honors in negotiation and mediation; she also holds a B.A. from Northern Illinois University; and

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

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

WHEREAS, She is regional counsel for one of the largest telecommunications companies, providing assistance with environmental issues arising in retail property acquisitions; she also represents a number of foreign corporations and individuals in litigation pending in the United States; she has assisted clients in the petroleum industry, agricultural and construction equipment industry, and consumer food products industry; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Sender joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLPA in December 1996; she is an appointed member of the firm's Hiring Committee and Sexual Harassment Committee; she has been rated by Martindale-Hubbell for legal ability and ethics; and

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

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

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