HR1329 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

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

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

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

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

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

WHEREAS, He is the editor of the Journal of Law and Policy in International Business, a law review publication of Georgetown University; an assistant professor at the Walter L. Heller College of Business Administration of Roosevelt University in Chicago; chairman of the American Management Associations National Conference on Employee Benefits; and a member of Delta Phi Epsilon, the international Foreign Service Fraternity; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Grasso has tried, argued, or briefed tax, employee benefit, and other cases at all court levels, including the U.S. Supreme Court; he has also dealt with the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor on all aspects of tax and benefit matters at the local, appellate, regional, and national levels; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Mr. Grasso on the occasion of his retirement, and we wish him well in the future; and be it further

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