Full Text of HR1149 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Kim | 4 | | Presbrey of Aurora, who passed away on May 26, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey graduated from West Aurora High | 6 | | School in 1969, Northwestern University in 1973, and Vanderbilt | 7 | | Law School in 1976; after graduation, he practiced law with his | 8 | | father at Presbrey and Presbrey and became principal owner of | 9 | | the firm after his father's retirement; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey was the managing partner of Presbrey & | 11 | | Associates and practiced workers compensation law since 1977; | 12 | | he also served for 10 years as president of Illinois Futures | 13 | | Inc., a scholarship program for children of disabled workers, | 14 | | and was a founding member of a medical malpractice insurance | 15 | | company; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey was a past president of the Illinois | 17 | | Trial Lawyers Association and a member of the Board of | 18 | | Governors of the Illinois State Bar Association; he was also a | 19 | | member of the Workers' Compensation Section of the Illinois | 20 | | State Bar Association and the Larson's National Workers' | 21 | | Compensation Advisory Board, Vice President of the Workplace | 22 | | Injury Litigation Group, and a past secretary and section |
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| 1 | | member of the Workers' Compensation Section of the Association | 2 | | of Trial Lawyers of America; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey was the co-author of the LexisNexis | 4 | | Illinois Workers' Compensation Guidebook; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey believed in supporting the community | 6 | | he was born and raised in, and sponsored many youth football | 7 | | and baseball teams; he also worked with the Illinois | 8 | | Conservation Foundation for many years; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey enjoyed hunting, fishing, and | 10 | | nature, watching the Chicago Cubs, flying, and walking fields | 11 | | with his best friend and hunting dog, Hershey; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey is survived by his wife, Colleen; his | 13 | | sons, Kenton and Kevin; and his brother, Tom Presbrey; | 14 | | therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Kim | 18 | | Presbrey; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Kim Presbrey as an expression of our |
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