Full Text of HR1380 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Judge Patrick E. McGann was admitted to the | 3 | | Illinois Bar in 1972 after graduating from the DePaul | 4 | | University College of Law; he received his undergraduate degree | 5 | | from the University of Dayton in 1969; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, From 1969 to 1977, he served in the United States | 7 | | Army Reserve; he married Kathleen in 1971, and they have 3 | 8 | | children, Elizabeth, Tricia, and Patrick, and 2 grandchildren, | 9 | | Bridget and Margaret; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He was a Cook County Assistant State's Attorney | 11 | | from 1972 to 1978 and in private practice from 1978 to 1988; on | 12 | | June 17, 1988, he was sworn in as an Associate Judge of the | 13 | | Circuit Court of Cook County and served initially in Traffic | 14 | | Court as an assistant supervisor to Judge Wayne Anderson and | 15 | | later under Judge Harvey Schwartz; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In 1992, he was elected a full Circuit Judge from | 17 | | the 3rd Judicial Subcircuit; from 1993 to 1996, he served in | 18 | | the Law Division; in 1996, he was designated the Supervising | 19 | | Judge of the Traffic Center, a position he held until August | 20 | | 2001; in his supervisory position in Traffic Court, he served | 21 | | as a mentor to more than 120 new judges; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In July of 2001, Judge McGann was transferred to | 2 | | the Chancery Division; in October of 2005, he was named the | 3 | | Presiding Judge of the County Division, where he served until | 4 | | his retirement on August 31, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Throughout his tenure on the bench, he lectured | 6 | | and taught extensively and was happy to assist his colleagues | 7 | | whenever he could; he served as an officer of the Illinois | 8 | | Judges Association from 1996 to 2000 and was elected as its | 9 | | president in 1999; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 | | congratulate Judge McGann on his retirement and wish him all | 13 | | the best in his future endeavors; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to Judge Patrick McGann as a symbol of our respect | 16 | | and esteem.
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