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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to recognize Robert A. "Bob" | ||||||
4 | Clifford on being named "Person of the Year 2012" by Chicago | ||||||
5 | Lawyer magazine; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Bob Clifford is the founder of Clifford Law | ||||||
7 | Offices, a Chicago-based firm serving clients with complex | ||||||
8 | personal injury, aviation, whistleblower, and commercial legal | ||||||
9 | needs; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Bob Clifford is the 2012 president of the Chicago | ||||||
11 | Bar Association; he is past president of the Illinois Trial | ||||||
12 | Lawyers Association and of the Chicago Inn of Court; he was the | ||||||
13 | chair of the Section on Litigation for the American Bar | ||||||
14 | Association (2001-2002), and is a member of the American | ||||||
15 | College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial | ||||||
16 | Lawyer, the National Judicial College, the American Judicature | ||||||
17 | Society (Illinois Committee For Judicial Independence) and the | ||||||
18 | Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Civility; and
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19 | WHEREAS, During his legal career, Bob Clifford represented | ||||||
20 | property damage claims related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, | ||||||
21 | championed the legal doctrine of "apparent agency" allowing | ||||||
22 | plaintiffs to sue hospitals that contracted (non-employee) |
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1 | physicians to perform surgeries, and represented virtuoso | ||||||
2 | violinist Rachel Barton against METRA; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Bob Clifford has a history of philanthropy; he | ||||||
4 | endows the Robert A. Clifford Chair on Tort Law and Social | ||||||
5 | Policy and the Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy | ||||||
6 | at DePaul University College of Law; he is a trustee of the | ||||||
7 | Naples Children and Education Foundation (NCEF) and chaired | ||||||
8 | their Winter Wine Festival in 2012, raising more than $12 | ||||||
9 | million for needy children; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Bob Clifford was born in Chicago and grew up in a | ||||||
11 | south side neighborhood called "Mudville", so called because it | ||||||
12 | was the last neighborhood in the city to get paved streets; he | ||||||
13 | was the first in his family to go to college, graduating from | ||||||
14 | DePaul University with a bachelor of arts in 1973 and a juris | ||||||
15 | doctorate in 1976; he has been married to Joan for 39 years and | ||||||
16 | they have 2 daughters, Erin and Tracy; therefore, be it
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17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
18 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
19 | we recognize and honor Bob Clifford on being named "Person of | ||||||
20 | the Year 2012" by Chicago Lawyer magazine; and be it further
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21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
22 | presented to Bob Clifford as an expression of our esteem and |
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1 | respect.
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