Full Text of HR0971 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Kathryn L. "Kate" Conway | 4 | | on her recent installation as president of the Women's Bar | 5 | | Association of Illinois (WBAI) by Justice Thomas Kilbride, | 6 | | alongside the association's officers and Board of Directors for | 7 | | 2020 to 2021; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Kate Conway is a partner with the Chicago law firm | 9 | | of Power Rogers, LLP, where she represents injured people and | 10 | | their families in personal injury and wrongful death actions, | 11 | | including medical malpractice, premises liability, product | 12 | | liability, automobile, and transportation negligence cases; | 13 | | she has successfully tried cases in both state and federal | 14 | | courts; she has helped recover millions of dollars for her | 15 | | clients over the course of her career; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Every year since 2014, Kate Conway has been | 17 | | selected as an Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star; every year | 18 | | since 2015, she has been named an Illinois Emerging Lawyer; she | 19 | | was named one of the 40 Lawyers Under 40 in the State of | 20 | | Illinois by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin in 2019, and she was | 21 | | named one of the top 10 Emerging Female Attorneys in Illinois | 22 | | in 2020; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Kate Conway earned her undergraduate degree at the | 2 | | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; she earned her Juris | 3 | | Doctorate with a Certificate in Advocacy from Loyola University | 4 | | Chicago School of Law; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kate Conway is honored to join the list of | 6 | | impressive women who have led the WBAI since its inception in | 7 | | 1914; she is committed to continuing the important work the | 8 | | organization has done in promoting women's rights in the | 9 | | workplace and beyond; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Kate Conway's theme for the upcoming WBAI year is | 11 | | Equality Through Opportunity; alongside her fellow WBAI board | 12 | | directors, she looks forward to creating opportunities through | 13 | | legislative action, educational programming, networking | 14 | | events, community service projects, and collaboration with | 15 | | other bar associations in furtherance of the WBAI's mission to | 16 | | promote and foster and advance and protect the interests and | 17 | | welfare of women and women lawyers; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 19 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate Kathryn L. "Kate" Conway on her installation as | 21 | | president of the Women's Bar Association of Illinois and wish | 22 | | her success in her new role; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Kathryn Conway and The Women's Bar Association of | 3 | | Illinois as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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