Full Text of HR0802 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the
Honorable Jorge L. | 4 | | Ortiz on being unanimously elected Chief Judge of the 19th | 5 | | Judicial Circuit
Court of Lake County; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, With the election to the post of Chief Judge of | 7 | | the 19th Judicial Circuit, Judge Ortiz
becomes the first Latino | 8 | | judge to hold such a position in the Lake County Circuit; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Judge Ortiz was elected to the position in June of | 10 | | 2015 and will officially begin his
term as Chief Judge on | 11 | | January 4, 2016 and serve until January 1, 2017; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Judge Ortiz was born and raised in the Logan | 13 | | Square neighborhood on Chicago's
Northwest Side; his parents | 14 | | migrated to the United States from Puerto Rico in the 1950s to
| 15 | | commence a new chapter in their lives; he was the youngest of 9 | 16 | | children; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Judge Ortiz is a graduate of St. Ignatius College | 18 | | Preparatory School in Chicago; he
received his undergraduate | 19 | | degree from Loyola University and his Juris Doctorate from The | 20 | | John
Marshall Law School; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, After obtaining his legal degree, Judge Ortiz | 2 | | began his career in law in the traffic
and misdemeanor division | 3 | | of the Lake County State's Attorney's Office; in 1990, he | 4 | | joined the private law firm of Soffietti, Johnson,
Teegen, & | 5 | | Phillips, Ltd. located in Fox Lake; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, In 2002, Judge Ortiz became the first Latino judge | 7 | | in Lake County when he was
selected as associate judge; he | 8 | | served as associate judge until his appointment to circuit
| 9 | | judge by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2008; he was elected as | 10 | | circuit judge 2
years later in 2010 and currently serves as | 11 | | Deputy Chief Judge and Presiding Judge of the Civil
Division; | 12 | | and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Judge Ortiz is not only a highly respected | 14 | | authority in the Lake County legal
system, he is also a renown, | 15 | | trusted figure on topics and matters concerning family law; he | 16 | | has
lectured for the United States Department of Health and | 17 | | Human Services' Office of Child Support
Enforcement, the | 18 | | Illinois State Bar Association, the Hispanic National Bar | 19 | | Association, the
Loyola University School of Law, and numerous | 20 | | other influential legal institutions; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Apart from serving his community through his | 22 | | position in the judicial system,
Judge Ortiz proudly serves on | 23 | | the Board of Directors for the Illinois Judges Association, the
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| 1 | | Illinois Judges Foundation, and the Healthcare Foundation of | 2 | | Northern Lake County; he,
additionally, is a member of the | 3 | | Illinois State and Lake County Bar Associations; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, In October of 2014, Judge Ortiz was awarded the | 5 | | inaugural Outstanding Jurist of
the Year Award by the Illinois | 6 | | Family Support Enforcement Association as a testament to his
| 7 | | unwavering effort to improve child support enforcement in Lake | 8 | | County through the
establishment of stronger community ties and | 9 | | improvement of policies and practices that impact the lives of | 10 | | afflicted families; on December of 2014, former Governor Pat | 11 | | Quinn appointed
Judge Ortiz to the Illinois Council on | 12 | | Responsible Fatherhood; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Judge Ortiz has 2 daughters with his wife, Meg, | 14 | | and resides in the Village of
Antioch in Lake County - a place | 15 | | he has called home for well over 2 decades; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Judge Ortiz is a loving husband, father, friend, | 17 | | and neighbor; he has devoted his life
to improving his | 18 | | community so as to create a better way of life for those around | 19 | | him; he is a
committed public servant and one who has remained | 20 | | humble above all else; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| 1 | | extend a sincere
congratulatory sentiment to the Honorable | 2 | | Jorge L. Ortiz for his unanimous election to serve as
Chief | 3 | | Judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit Court of Lake County; and be | 4 | | it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to Judge Ortiz as a symbol of
our upmost | 7 | | commendation.
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