Full Text of HR0950 95th General Assembly
HR0950 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Theodore Gottfried | 4 |
| on the occasion of his retirement as Director of the State | 5 |
| Appellate Defender in Springfield; and
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| WHEREAS, Theodore Gottfried received his bachelor's degree | 7 |
| in history from Roosevelt University in June of 1963; he earned | 8 |
| his J.D. from John Marshall Law School in June of 1966; he was | 9 |
| admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1966; and
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| WHEREAS, Theodore Gottfried served as the Director of the | 11 |
| State Appellate Defender in Springfield since 1972; as | 12 |
| director, he supervised budgets totaling over $100 million and | 13 |
| the legal representation in over 40,000 criminal cases in the | 14 |
| Appellate and Supreme Courts of Illinois; under his direction, | 15 |
| the agency was awarded the Clara Shortridge Foltz Award by the | 16 |
| National Legal Aid and Defender Association in recognition of | 17 |
| the agency's outstanding achievements in the provision of | 18 |
| criminal defense services; and
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| WHEREAS, Theodore Gottfried has received numerous honors | 20 |
| and awards during his legal career, including the Jenner and | 21 |
| Block Award from the Center on Wrongful Convictions, NLADA's | 22 |
| Reginald Heber Smith Award, the Laureate Award from the Academy |
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| of Illinois Lawyers, the Gideon Award presented by the Illinois | 2 |
| Public Defender Association, the Access to Justice Award, the | 3 |
| Access to Justice special recognition award presented by the | 4 |
| Illinois State Bar Association, the Larry Golden Civil | 5 |
| Libertarian Award presented by the Springfield Chapter of the | 6 |
| ACLU; in addition, he received an Honorary Doctor of Laws | 7 |
| Degree presented by The John Marshall Law School and a | 8 |
| Meritorious Service Award presented by former Illinois | 9 |
| Governor Richard B. Ogilvie; and
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| WHEREAS, Theodore Gottfried has been a member of many | 11 |
| distinguished legal organizations, committees, and | 12 |
| commissions, including the Criminal Law Edit, Alignment and | 13 |
| Reform Initiative; the Capital Punishment Reform Study | 14 |
| Committee; the Governor's Commission to Study the Death | 15 |
| Penalty; the Task Force on Professional Practice in the Justice | 16 |
| System; the Governor's Advisory Council on Criminal Justice | 17 |
| Legislation; the American Bar Association; the National Legal | 18 |
| Aid and Defender Association; the Illinois State Bar | 19 |
| Association; the Illinois Family Violence Coordinating | 20 |
| Council; the Criminal Defense Consortium of Cook County; the | 21 |
| Illinois Defender Project; the Illinois Public Defender | 22 |
| Association;
the National Association of Criminal Defense | 23 |
| Lawyers;
the Appellate Lawyers Association; the Illinois | 24 |
| Attorneys for Criminal Justice; and the Government Bar | 25 |
| Association; he served as Speaker of the House's Criminal |
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| Justice Advisory Committee and Speaker of the House's Task | 2 |
| Force on the Death Penalty; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, Theodore Gottfried has been an active member of | 4 |
| his community; he is a member of Big Brother-Big Sister of | 5 |
| Sangamon County; he is a past manager of Winston Park Little | 6 |
| League; he is a past chairman of the Williamsville District 15 | 7 |
| Parent Teacher Organization; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Theodore Gottfried married Nancy Ann Ringer on May | 9 |
| 11, 1973; together, they have two children, William and Nicole; | 10 |
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| WHEREAS, Theodore Gottfried's dedication to his profession | 12 |
| and his willingness to serve his community serves as a model of | 13 |
| hard work, integrity, and dedication for the people of the | 14 |
| State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 |
| congratulate Theodore Gottfried on the occasion of his | 18 |
| retirement and wish him continued success and happiness in the | 19 |
| future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to Theodore Gottfried as a symbol of our esteem and |
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