Full Text of HR0504 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize the installation of | 4 | | Judge Jessica Arong O'Brien as the 101st President of the | 5 | | Women's Bar Association of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Jessica Arong O'Brien was born and raised in Cebu | 7 | | City, Philippines; she immigrated to the United States after | 8 | | graduating from high school; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Jessica Arong O'Brien attended Boston University, | 10 | | where she obtained her degree in Hotel and Food Administration | 11 | | and a minor in Financial Management; she furthered her culinary | 12 | | arts education at Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne in Switzerland | 13 | | and received her Intensive Diploma from Le Cordon Bleu in | 14 | | London; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Jessica Arong O'Brien is a distinguished alumna of | 16 | | the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, becoming the first | 17 | | student to earn both a Juris Doctor and Master of Laws in | 18 | | Taxation in just 3 years in 1998; she earned a second Master of | 19 | | Laws degree in employee benefits in 2002; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Jessica Arong O'Brien has distinguished herself | 21 | | as a leader in the profession and the community by serving as |
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| 1 | | the first Asian-American on the Illinois State Bar | 2 | | Association's Board of Governors and as a Trustee of the John | 3 | | Marshall Law School; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Jessica Arong O'Brien has served as the president | 5 | | of the Filipino American Bar Association; she also cofounded | 6 | | the Diversity Scholarship Foundation with other judges and | 7 | | lawyers, serving as the Foundation's president for 6 years; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Jessica Arong O'Brien has received several awards | 9 | | for her volunteer efforts, including the 2014 Advocate for | 10 | | Diversity award, the 2013 Unity Award from the Diversity | 11 | | Scholarship Foundation, the 2012 Asian American Bar | 12 | | Association of Greater Chicago's Judge Sandra R. Otaka | 13 | | Leadership Award, and the 2012 Barack Obama Call to Service | 14 | | Award; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Jessica Arong O'Brien has served honorably since | 16 | | her swearing-in on December 3, 2012 as a Judge in the non-jury | 17 | | Civil Division of the First Municipal Court of Cook County, | 18 | | making her the first Filipino elected judge in the State of | 19 | | Illinois; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Jessica Arong O'Brien will be sworn in as the | 21 | | Women's Bar Association of Illinois President at its Annual | 22 | | Installation Dinner on June 4, 2015; this year's theme is |
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| 1 | | "Leave No Woman Behind"; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 4 | | recognize and congratulate Judge Jessica Arong O'Brien on the | 5 | | occasion of her installation as President of the Women's Bar | 6 | | Association of Illinois and wish her all the best as she | 7 | | assumes the position; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Judge Jessica Arong O'Brien as an expression of | 10 | | our esteem and respect.
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