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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Philip F. Maher on | ||||||
| 4 | receiving the Spirit of John Marshall Award from The John | ||||||
| 5 | Marshall Law School Board of Trustees; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The principal of Philip F. Maher and Associates, | ||||||
| 7 | his areas of practice include: Medical & Professional | ||||||
| 8 | Negligence, Products Liability, Construction, Personal
Injury, | ||||||
| 9 | Automotive and Design, Automotive, Negligence, Trucking, | ||||||
| 10 | Aviation,
Pharmaceutical Litigation, and Wrongful Death; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, His previous honors and awards include the
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| 12 | American Association for Justice (AAJ) Lifetime Achievement | ||||||
| 13 | Award in 2005; the
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) | ||||||
| 14 | Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006;
The John | ||||||
| 15 | Marshall Law School Distinguished Service Award in 1989;
the | ||||||
| 16 | Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) Partnership in | ||||||
| 17 | Advocacy Award for establishing its Advocacy Program in 2001;
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| 18 | the ATLA Weidman-Wysocki Citation For Excellence in 1994, 2000, | ||||||
| 19 | 2003, and 2004; and the
Stalwarts Award 2000 through 2005;
and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, He received his Bachelor of Science at Southern | ||||||
| 21 | Illinois University in 1965 and his Juris Doctor from The John | ||||||
| 22 | Marshall Law School in 1970; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, He served as
a manager of the ITLA Board of | ||||||
| 2 | Managers from 1986 to the present;
as a member of the ITLA | ||||||
| 3 | Malpractice Committee;
as an Advocate and member of the | ||||||
| 4 | American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA);
as a member of the | ||||||
| 5 | Appellate Lawyers Association of Illinois, 1989 to the present;
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| 6 | and as a governor on the ATLA Board of Governors, 1994 to 2005;
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| 7 | he served on the ATLA Executive Committee from 2001 to 2004 and | ||||||
| 8 | on the Leadership Forum; he was on the Academic Liaison | ||||||
| 9 | Committee as a member of the Pac Task Force;
and he served as a | ||||||
| 10 | member of the National Co-Chair Law School Committee,
1999 to | ||||||
| 11 | 2008; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, He has acted as the Chairman of the Tort Committee | ||||||
| 13 | of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) and the Chairman | ||||||
| 14 | of the Liaison Committee between the Illinois State Bar | ||||||
| 15 | Association and the Circuit Court of Cook County; he has | ||||||
| 16 | lectured before the ISBA, ITLA, and ATLA; and he is the founder | ||||||
| 17 | of the ATLA Partnership in Advocacy Program; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, In addition, he served as
Chair, Partnership in | ||||||
| 19 | Advocacy, 1999 to the present; as a member of
AAJ, National | ||||||
| 20 | Chair of the Ambassador Program;
as a past president and | ||||||
| 21 | current member of The John Marshall Law School Alumni | ||||||
| 22 | Association Board of Directors; and is recommended as a Leading | ||||||
| 23 | Lawyer in Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate Philip F. Maher on receiving this prestigious | ||||||
| 4 | award from The John Marshall Law School Board of Trustees; and | ||||||
| 5 | be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to Philip Maher as a symbol of our sincere respect | ||||||
| 8 | and esteem.
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