Full Text of HR0609 100th 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 James B. | 4 | | Zagel on
the occasion of his taking Senior Status as a United | 5 | | States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Judge Zagel was appointed by President Ronald | 8 | | Reagan and has over 30 years of service; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Previously, Judge Zagel was appointed by Governor | 10 | | James R. Thompson to be the Executive Director of the Illinois | 11 | | Law Enforcement Commission and then Director of the Department | 12 | | of Revenue and Director of the Illinois State Police; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Judge Zagel has also served as an assistant | 14 | | state's attorney for Cook County, chief
assistant attorney | 15 | | general for Arizona, chief prosecuting attorney for the | 16 | | Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board,
and an assistant attorney | 17 | | general of Illinois; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Judge Zagel served as a member of the Codes of | 19 | | Conduct Committee of the United States
Judicial Conference, a | 20 | | member of the Committee on Criminal Discovery Rules of the | 21 | | Supreme Court of
Illinois, and a member of the Task Force on |
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| 1 | | Criminal Appeals Appellate Review of Sentences and Post | 2 | | Conviction
Remedies of the American Bar Association; he | 3 | | co-authored several editions of "Criminal Law
and Its | 4 | | Administration" and "Cases and Comments on Criminal | 5 | | Procedure"; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Judge Zagel received his Bachelor of Arts and | 7 | | Master of Arts from the University of Chicago and his
Juris | 8 | | Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1965; he has presided over | 9 | | many notable cases including Lexecon, Inc., et
al. v. Milberg | 10 | | Weiss, et al., U.S.A. v. Frank Calabrese, et al, and U.S.A. v. | 11 | | Blagojevich; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In his spare time, Judge Zagel played substantial | 13 | | roles in two feature films, "Music Box" with
Jessica Lange and | 14 | | "Homicide" with Joe Mantegna; in 2002, he published his first | 15 | | novel, "Money to Burn"; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 | | congratulate the Honorable James B. Zagel on his Senior Status | 19 | | as a United States District Judge for the Northern District of | 20 | | Illinois,
and we wish him the best in all his future endeavors; | 21 | | and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to Judge Zagel as an
expression of our esteem and | 2 | | respect.
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