Full Text of HR1168 097th 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 Philip H. | 4 | | Corboy; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Philip Corboy grew up in West Rogers Park and | 6 | | attended St. Margaret Mary Grade School in Rogers Park and St. | 7 | | George's High School in Evanston; he subsequently attended 4 | 8 | | colleges and graduated first in his class from the Loyola | 9 | | University Chicago School of Law in 1949; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Philip Corboy served with pride as a member of the | 11 | | United States Army; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, After working for a short time with the City of | 13 | | Chicago, Philip Corboy began working for James Dooley, a | 14 | | prominent personal injury lawyer who eventually became an | 15 | | Illinois Supreme Court justice; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Philip Corboy began his own legal practice in | 17 | | 1952; he practiced personal injury trial law for more than 50 | 18 | | years and was the co-founder of the Chicago firm Corboy & | 19 | | Demetrio; he continued practicing law into his early 80s; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, From 1974 through 2000, the law firm of Corboy & |
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| 1 | | Demetrio secured 387 settlements in excess of $1 million; his | 2 | | firm worked on the Tylenol poisoning case, the crashes of | 3 | | commercial jetliners, and the 1995 collision between a train | 4 | | and school bus that killed 7 students in Fox River Grove; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Philip Corboy was listed by the National Law | 6 | | Journal as one of the top 100 most influential lawyers in the | 7 | | country since beginning its survey in 1985 and was one of only | 8 | | 13 lawyers nationwide to hold that distinction; he was listed | 9 | | in "The Best Lawyers in America" since its inception in 1987; | 10 | | he was also the recipient of the 1996 Big Shoulders | 11 | | Humanitarian Award for their commitment to a fund for | 12 | | inner-city Catholic schools; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Philip Corboy was the first personal injury lawyer | 14 | | to be elected president of the Chicago Bar Association in 1972; | 15 | | he served as president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers | 16 | | Association; he was a former chairman of the Section of | 17 | | Litigation of the American Bar Association and a former chair | 18 | | of the American Bar Association's Special Committee on Medical | 19 | | Professional Liability; he also served as general counsel for | 20 | | the Illinois Democratic Party and served on the boards of | 21 | | directors of numerous business, legal, and charitable groups | 22 | | and as a member of numerous medical and legal task forces; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Philip Corboy was well known throughout his |
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| 1 | | community for his charity work; he led the Catholic Archdiocese | 2 | | 'Big Shoulders' fund for years; buildings were also dedicated | 3 | | to him at the Loyola University School of Law and a room was | 4 | | named for him at the Chicago Bar Association; he was also | 5 | | involved in the Catholic Church Extension Society and was a | 6 | | confidante to Cardinal Joseph Bernardin; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Philip Corboy was preceded in death by his | 8 | | children, Bobby and Joan Corboy; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Philip Corboy is survived by his wife, Mary | 10 | | Dempsey; his sons, Philip H. "Flip" Corboy Jr., John R. Corboy, | 11 | | and Thomas M. Corboy; his 8 grandchildren; and his brother; | 12 | | therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 16 | | Philip H. Corboy; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Philip Corboy as an expression of | 19 | | our sympathy.
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