Full Text of SR1072 96th 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
John Karnezis, who passed away on October | 4 | | 24, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Karnezis was born on July 23, 1966; his | 6 | | parents were the Hon. Themis Karnezis and Charlotte Dolan | 7 | | Karnezis; he married Dena Turnquist in November of 2005; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, John Karnezis attended Christ the King Elementary | 9 | | School and Marist High School; he subsequently attended the | 10 | | University of Illinois in Champaign, where he was a member of | 11 | | the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and an employee of C.O. | 12 | | Daniel's, a popular college bar; after graduating in 1988, he | 13 | | earned his law degree from Loyola Law School; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, John Karnezis began his legal career with the Cook | 15 | | County State's Attorney, where he worked from 1991 until 2000; | 16 | | he then worked for the next 9 years in private practice as a | 17 | | litigator with Clifford Law Offices, advancing from associate | 18 | | to partner during that time; in 2009, Karnezis founded the law | 19 | | firm of Pullano and Karnezis with former assistant state's | 20 | | attorney Richard Pullano; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, John Karnezis helped create the Law Alumni |
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| 1 | | Associates Board of Marist High School and was an adjunct | 2 | | professor for trial advocacy at John Marshall Law School in | 3 | | Chicago; he was also a member of the Chicago Bar Association, | 4 | | the American Bar Association, the Illinois Trial Lawyers | 5 | | Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the | 6 | | American Trial Lawyers Association; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, John Karnezis was named as one of the top 40 | 8 | | attorneys under 40 by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and an | 9 | | Illinois "super lawyer" every year from 2005 to 2010; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, John Karnezis was preceded in death by his mother, | 11 | | Charlotte, and his sons, Theodore and Marshall; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, John Karnezis is survived by his wife, Dena; his | 13 | | sons, John and Michael; his parents, the Hon. Themis and | 14 | | Melodie; his sisters, Melodie (David) Merrick, Sherrie (David) | 15 | | Lloyd, Doran (Thomas) Sweeney, Carie (Daniel) Frigo, and | 16 | | Tristan (Kevin) Angus; his brothers, Michael (Elizabeth) and | 17 | | Timothy (Grace); and his 18 nieces and nephews; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, John Karnezis will be remembered fondly by all who | 19 | | knew and loved him for his outgoing personality, his infectious | 20 | | laugh, and his kindness to all; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 2 | | his family and friends, the passing of John Karnezis; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of John Karnezis as an expression of | 6 | | our sympathy.
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