Full Text of HR1206 94th General Assembly
HR1206 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Joseph M. Gagliardo of Chicago has been named | 3 |
| a recipient of the Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Humanitarian of | 4 |
| the Year Award given by the Joint Civic Committee of Italian | 5 |
| Americans (JCCIA); and
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| WHEREAS, The JCCIA's Joseph Cardinal Bernardin | 7 |
| Humanitarian of the Year Award is presented annually to those | 8 |
| whose lives exemplify the virtues of caring, humanity, and good | 9 |
| will that were the hallmark of Cardinal Bernardin's tenure as | 10 |
| Archbishop of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Gagliardo is the Managing Partner of Laner, | 12 |
| Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin, and Tominberg, Ltd., and is the | 13 |
| Chair of its Litigation Department; since joining the Firm as a | 14 |
| partner in 1988, Mr. Gagliardo has been counsel to publicly and | 15 |
| privately held corporations and has represented a number of | 16 |
| public sector employers, including the State of Illinois, State | 17 |
| Treasurer, County of Cook, State's Attorney for Cook County, | 18 |
| Cook County Public Defender, City of Chicago, Chicago Transit | 19 |
| Authority, Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago Board of | 20 |
| Education, and the City Colleges of Chicago; he also serves as | 21 |
| an arbitrator in employment and commercial disputes; and
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| WHEREAS, He has written articles and conducted seminars on | 23 |
| labor and employment relations matters, drafted legislation, | 24 |
| and testified before the Illinois Legislature and the City | 25 |
| Council of the City of Chicago; he has been named one of the | 26 |
| Leading Lawyers in Illinois in the area of labor and employment | 27 |
| law based on a statewide survey of lawyers; Leading Lawyers | 28 |
| comprise less than five percent of all lawyers in Illinois; he | 29 |
| was also selected as one of America's Leading Lawyers for | 30 |
| Business by the Chambers USA in its Guide to America's Leading | 31 |
| Business Lawyers; he was named as one of Illinois' "Super | 32 |
| Lawyers" in labor and employment law and is an elected |
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| Fellow/Member of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; | 2 |
| he has been included in The Best Lawyers in America, and Who's | 3 |
| Who Legal USA -- Management, Labour, and Employment; and
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| WHEREAS, He is a member of numerous professional | 5 |
| organizations, and his civic involvement includes serving as | 6 |
| past President of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian | 7 |
| Americans and as a current Director of Windows of Opportunity; | 8 |
| Windows is a non-profit organization that creates partnerships | 9 |
| to link all of Chicago's public and assisted housing residents | 10 |
| to resources that will improve their quality of life; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Gagliardo received his J.D. from The John | 12 |
| Marshall Law School in Chicago in 1977 and was awarded the | 13 |
| Edward T. Lee Scholarship and Bobbs-Merrill Company Prize; he | 14 |
| was also elected to the Order of John Marshall, the law honor | 15 |
| society limited to those whose scholastic records are within | 16 |
| the highest ten percent of the graduating class; he has | 17 |
| received a Distinguished Service Award from The John Marshall | 18 |
| Law School; he received a B.S. in Commerce from DePaul | 19 |
| University in 1974, graduated with High Honors, and was a | 20 |
| member of Delta Mu Delta and Delta Epsilon Sigma Honor | 21 |
| Societies; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 24 |
| we congratulate Mr. Joseph M. Gagliardo on being a recipient of | 25 |
| the Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Humanitarian of the Year Award | 26 |
| given by the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans; and be | 27 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 29 |
| presented to Mr. Gagliardo as an expression of our esteem.
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