Full Text of HR0366 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Diana M. Law on the | 4 | | occasion of being selected to serve as president of the Kane | 5 | | County Bar Association; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Diana Law is a partner in the Aurora elder law | 7 | | firm of Law ElderLaw, LLP, a practice that focuses on serving | 8 | | seniors and those who love them; she serves as the manager of | 9 | | the firm's legal team and works on cases involving | 10 | | guardianship, estate planning, special needs trusts, nursing | 11 | | home Medicaid advocacy, wartime veterans' long term care | 12 | | benefits, trust/estate/probate/guardianship litigation, and | 13 | | probate administration; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Diana Law is the president-elect of the | 15 | | 1,345-member Kane County Bar Association (KCBA); she will be | 16 | | installed as the youngest president in the history of the | 17 | | association on June 2, 2011; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Diana Law is the co-chair of the KCBA Delivery of | 19 | | Legal Services/Pro Bono Committee; as a member of the National | 20 | | Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), she frequently serves | 21 | | on the planning committee for their national conferences; she | 22 | | also actively serves on the Illinois State Bar Association's |
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| 1 | | Elder Law Council and Women and the Law Committee; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Diana Law is a highly regarded presenter of | 3 | | continuing legal education seminars for the Illinois State Bar | 4 | | Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the National Academy | 5 | | of Elder Law Attorneys, the Kane County Bar Association, the | 6 | | McHenry County Bar Association, and the Joint Task Force for | 7 | | Women as They Age; she has also enjoyed presenting seminars to | 8 | | hospital and nursing home staffs, financial advisors, and | 9 | | social workers; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Diana Law serves as co-chair of the Task Force for | 11 | | Senior Fairness, a task force comprised of elder law firms | 12 | | throughout Illinois and the Cook County Public Guardian's | 13 | | Office; the organization seeks to provide political advocacy to | 14 | | safeguard Illinois citizens who may need Medicaid nursing home | 15 | | benefits; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Diana Law was named the Illinois State Bar | 17 | | Association's Young Lawyer of the Year for 2010, an award given | 18 | | to only two individuals each year; she has been selected in a | 19 | | statewide survey of Illinois attorneys as a "Super Lawyer | 20 | | Rising Star" in elder law; she was also selected as a top elder | 21 | | law attorney for 2010-2011 by the Leading Lawyers Network; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Diana Law serves as a model of hard work, |
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| 1 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 2 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we congratulate Diana M. Law on the occasion of being selected | 6 | | to serve as president of the Kane County Bar Association and | 7 | | wish her continued success in the future; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Diana Law as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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