Full Text of HR1264 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Jean A. Kenol for | 4 | | being named the Joliet Area Young Professionals 2012 Young | 5 | | Professional of the Year; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Young Professional of the Year award | 7 | | recognizes a Joliet-area young professional and Chamber member | 8 | | who has made outstanding contributions to their profession and | 9 | | to the community during the early years of their career; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Jean Kenol grew up in Joliet and is a graduate | 11 | | from the University of Notre Dame, where he completed the | 12 | | American University Semester program on public policy in | 13 | | Washington, D.C., while he clerked for Congressman Jerry Weller | 14 | | of the 11th Congressional District of Illinois; after | 15 | | graduating from the University of Notre Dame, he attended law | 16 | | school at the University of Illinois on a full-tuition Lincoln | 17 | | Scholarship; after graduation, he was admitted to practice law | 18 | | in the State of Illinois and the United States District Court | 19 | | Northern District of Illinois; during law school, he had the | 20 | | honor of interning for the Honorable Ann C. Williams, United | 21 | | States Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Jean Kenol currently serves as an attorney with |
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| 1 | | the firm of Mahoney, Silverman, & Cross, LLC; his practice | 2 | | areas include corporate and business law, real estate law, | 3 | | zoning and land use, and local government law; he has an | 4 | | attorney rating of BV by Martindale-Hubbell and was listed as a | 5 | | "rising star" in the 2009 Illinois Super Lawyers & Rising Stars | 6 | | magazine; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Jean Kenol is an active member of his community; | 8 | | he served as the President of the Notre Dame Club of Joliet, | 9 | | the Board of Directors for United Cerebral Palsy of Will | 10 | | County, and the Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry; | 11 | | in 2008, he was appointed and served for 2 years as a | 12 | | Commissioner of the Joliet Police and Fire Commission; he has | 13 | | been an active member of the Young Lawyers Division Council for | 14 | | the Illinois State Bar Association since May of 2007 and will | 15 | | serve as its Chair in 2013; in June of 2012, he was appointed | 16 | | to the Illinois State Bar Association's Board of Governors and | 17 | | has been active with the Joliet Area Young Professionals since | 18 | | its inception in May of 2003; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we congratulate Jean Kenol on being named the recipient of the | 22 | | 2012 Young Professional of the Year and wish him continued | 23 | | success and happiness in the future; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Jean Kenol as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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