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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate Fourth District Appellate 
4Court Justice M. Carol Pope of Petersburg on the occasion of 
5her retirement on August 1, 2017; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Justice Pope received her undergraduate degree 
7from the University of Illinois, where she
graduated Phi Beta 
8Kappa, magna cum laude, and was named to the Bronze Tablet, the

9university's highest recognition of academic excellence, in 
101975; she obtained her Juris Doctor,
with honor, from DePaul 
11University School of Law in 1979, where she was an editor of 
12the Law
Review; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Justice Pope served as a law clerk to United 
14States District Judge J. Waldo Ackerman in the Central District

15of Illinois from 1979 to 1983; from 1983 to 1984, she was an 
16attorney with Mayer, Brown and Platt in
Chicago; she was 
17elected Menard County State's Attorney in 1984 and 1988; in 
181991, she was
appointed a resident circuit judge of Menard 
19County by the Supreme Court of Illinois and was
elected to that 
20position in 1992 and retained in 1998, 2004, and 2010; she was 
21assigned to the
Appellate Court on December 1, 2008 and elected 
22to a full term in 2012; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Justice Pope served as chair of the Supreme 
2Court's Committee on Strategic Planning for three
years; she is 
3a past president of the Illinois Judges Association and served 
4as a member of the
Executive Committee and as chair of the 
5Committee on Education of the Illinois Judicial
Conference; she 
6is a member of the Illinois Judges Association, the Illinois 
7State Bar Association,
and the Sangamon and Menard County Bar 
8Associations; and
  
 
  
9    WHEREAS, Justice Pope and her husband, Al, have two
sons 
10and four grandsons; therefore, be it
  
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
12HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
13congratulate Fourth District Appellate Court Justice M. Carol 
14Pope on her retirement, and we wish her the best in all her 
15future endeavors; and be it further
  
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
17presented to Justice Pope as an expression of our esteem and 
18respect.