Full Text of SR0690 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Christopher R. McFadden of Frankfort, who | 4 | | passed away on June 29, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Christopher McFadden was born in Joliet to Susan | 6 | | and Terry McFadden; he attended Joliet West High School and | 7 | | graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1997, where he | 8 | | was an editor of the Harvard Crimson newspaper; he earned his | 9 | | law degree, cum laude, from the Northwestern University School | 10 | | of Law in 2000, where he was on the law review and earned Order | 11 | | of the Coif; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Christopher McFadden was a federal district law | 13 | | clerk in Montgomery, Alabama; he also clerked on the United | 14 | | States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit; he worked as an | 15 | | Assistant United States Attorney in San Diego, California and | 16 | | Chicago from 2005 to 2016 and never lost a case; while at the | 17 | | U.S. Attorney's Office, he was awarded an FBI Commendation, a | 18 | | National Crime Victims Certificate of Appreciation, and the | 19 | | Chicago Crime Commission Star of Distinction Award; he | 20 | | successfully prosecuted 28 cases, including a $600 million | 21 | | fraud case and a joint case with the Illinois Department of | 22 | | Securities involving $1 billion in funding; he worked at | 23 | | Northwestern University School of Law as an adjust lecturer |
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| 1 | | from 2007 to 2012; most recently, he was an associate at the | 2 | | law firm of Mahoney, Silverman and Cross in Joliet; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Christopher McFadden served on the Frankfort | 4 | | School Board and was president from 2013 to 2015; he was | 5 | | re-elected to the Frankfort School Board in April of 2017; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Christopher McFadden was a Big 10 baseball umpire | 7 | | and a college basketball official; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Christopher McFadden is survived by his parents; | 9 | | his wife, Sarah Bay McFadden; his children, Brooke, Matthew, | 10 | | and Erin; his brothers, James (Ginger) and Daniel (Ashley); two | 11 | | nieces; and one nephew; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Christopher R. McFadden, and extend our sincere condolences to | 15 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Christopher McFadden as an | 19 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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