Full Text of SR1234 98th 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 former Lake County Chief Judge David | 4 | | Michael Hall of Waukegan, who passed away on May 20, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Judge Hall was born in Racine, Wisconsin on | 6 | | October 18, 1952 and grew up in Waukegan; he graduated from | 7 | | Waukegan Township High School and earned his law degree from | 8 | | the Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Judge Hall began as an attorney in Waukegan in | 11 | | 1976 when he joined the firm Hall, Meyer, Fisher, Holmberg, & | 12 | | Snook, which had been founded by his late grandfather and where | 13 | | his father had also worked; 5 years later, he formed his own | 14 | | firm with a friend; he was appointed an associate judge in 1989 | 15 | | and, in 2000, he was appointed a circuit judge; later that | 16 | | year, he was elected to a 6-year term and re-elected in 2006; | 17 | | he was elected by his peers as Chief Judge in 2007; he retired | 18 | | in 2012; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Judge Hall was a member and chairman of the Lake | 20 | | County Family YMCA Board, a musician in the band Target, and | 21 | | member of the Waukegan City Club; he enjoyed spending time with | 22 | | his family and friends in Eagle River, Wisconsin; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Judge Hall was preceded in death by his daughter, | 2 | | Meagan; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Judge Hall is survived by his wife, Karen (nee | 4 | | Thorvaldsen); children, Karsten (Susan) Hall, Soren (Susan) | 5 | | Hall, Bjorn Hall, and Anna Britt Hall; grandchildren, Addison, | 6 | | Ella, and Avery; his parents, Albert and Katy Hall; siblings, | 7 | | Terry Hall, Maggie Hall, and Diane Pendergast; and numerous | 8 | | cousins, nieces, and nephews; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | former Lake County Chief Judge David Michael Hall, and extend | 12 | | our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who | 13 | | knew and loved him; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Judge David Hall as an expression of | 16 | | our deepest sympathy.
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