Full Text of HR0137 94th General Assembly
HR0137 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Nat P. Ozmon, Senior Partner and a founder of | 3 |
| Anesi, Ozmon, Rodin, Novak, & Kohen, Ltd., will be celebrating | 4 |
| his 80th birthday on March 4, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Davenport, Iowa, attended college | 6 |
| at New York University, and received his law degree from | 7 |
| Northwestern University, where he was first in his class; he | 8 |
| was elected to the Board of Law Review and installed in the | 9 |
| Order of the Coif, the legal scholastic honor society; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ozmon has spent over 50 years working as a | 11 |
| trial and appellate lawyer, dedicated to preserving and | 12 |
| enhancing the rights of injured victims; and
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| WHEREAS, He is a recognized Leader of the Bar, and is a | 14 |
| Past President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; he | 15 |
| served on the Managing Boards of the Association of Trial | 16 |
| Lawyers of America, the Chicago Bar Association, and The | 17 |
| Society of Trial Lawyers; he is a pioneer in expanding the law | 18 |
| to protect injured construction workers; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ozmon has been recognized for his work in many | 20 |
| ways; he received the Leonard Ring Lifetime Achievement Award | 21 |
| for his commitment to victims rights and trial by jury; he | 22 |
| earned the American Ort Jurispurdence Award for a lifetime of | 23 |
| distinguished service to the legal profession; the Board of | 24 |
| Regents of the Academy of Illinois Lawyers designated him as a | 25 |
| Laureate in recognition for his high standards and integrity in | 26 |
| his contributions to the legal community; and he has been | 27 |
| listed in the publications "Best Lawyers in America" and | 28 |
| "Leading Illinois Attorneys"; and
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| WHEREAS, He has been a facility member of the National | 30 |
| Institute for Trial Advocacy, The Illinois College of Advocacy, |
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| as well as a member of the Board of Directors for the Illinois | 2 |
| Institute for Continuing Legal Education; for approximately | 3 |
| ten years, he was an Adjunct Professor at the Loyola University | 4 |
| School of Law, where he taught trial advocacy to senior law | 5 |
| students; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ozmon is joined in celebrating his birthday by | 7 |
| his wife, June Maguire Ozmon, a nurse educator, and his | 8 |
| children, Nat P. Jr., an executive in the Aviation Department | 9 |
| of Sundstrand Corp., Lorna, an independent radio consultant, | 10 |
| Laird, a practicing attorney, Kelle, a practicing Doctor of | 11 |
| Chiropractic, and stepdaughter, Rachel Maguire, an independent | 12 |
| documentary film producer; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 |
| we congratulate Nat P. Ozmon on the occasion of his 80th | 16 |
| birthday; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to Mr. Ozmon as an expression of our respect and | 19 |
| esteem and with best wishes for many, many more birthday | 20 |
| celebrations.
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