Full Text of HR0391 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize the installation of | 4 | | Michelle M. Kohut as the president of the Women's Bar | 5 | | Association of Illinois (WBAI); and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Michelle Kohut joined the law firm, Corboy & | 7 | | Demetrio, in 2004 and practices in all areas of personal injury | 8 | | law, including cases arising from automobile collisions, | 9 | | medical malpractice, construction negligence, premises | 10 | | liability, product liability, and railroad negligence; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Michelle Kohut is very active in local and | 12 | | national bar associations, including the Chicago Bar | 13 | | Association, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the | 14 | | Women's Bar Association of Illinois, where she has been serving | 15 | | as First Vice-President; she has served as president of Women | 16 | | Everywhere-Partners in Service Project, Inc., a community | 17 | | service project which seeks to open doors to women and children | 18 | | in need and to expose high school girls to the challenging | 19 | | careers in the legal profession; she has served on the board of | 20 | | directors of Heartland International Health Center, which is | 21 | | dedicated to improving the health of persons living in several | 22 | | Chicago communities; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Michelle Kohut was recognized in 2007 as one of | 2 | | the "40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch" by the Law | 3 | | Bulletin Publishing Company and has been honored with the | 4 | | designation of Illinois Super Lawyer, Rising Star each year | 5 | | since 2008; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Michelle Kohut received her law degree in 2002 | 7 | | from Loyola University of Chicago Law School; prior to joining | 8 | | Corboy & Demetrio, she was a judicial law clerk to William D. | 9 | | Maddux, presiding judge of the Law Division of the Circuit | 10 | | Court of Cook County; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Michelle Kohut will be sworn in as the WBAI | 12 | | president at the 99th Annual Installation Dinner, which will | 13 | | take place on June 13, 2013, at the Palmer House Hilton in | 14 | | Chicago; this year's theme is "Empowerment Through | 15 | | Networking"; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we recognize and congratulate Michelle Kohut on becoming the | 19 | | Women's Bar Association of Illinois' president and wish her all | 20 | | the best as she assumes the position; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to Michelle Kohut as an expression of our esteem and |
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