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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate J.D. Flood on the occasion
4of his retirement and thank him for his many years of service
5to the Grundy County community; and
 
6    WHEREAS, On October 2, 2015, J.D. Flood will officially
7retire from his position as Grundy County Public Defender, a
8job he has held for more than 30 years; and
 
9    WHEREAS, J.D. Flood was named public defender in April of
101985; during those years of service, he has made a positive
11difference to the people he has represented; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Public defender was not the first role J.D. Flood
13held in the Grundy County court system; he started out at the
14opposing table as a member of the State's Attorney's office for
153 and a half years in the late 1970s; and
 
16    WHEREAS, In 1980, J.D. Flood decided to leave the State's
17Attorney's office and join the law firm of Hynds and Rooks; and
 
18    WHEREAS, J.D. Flood started to envision what he wanted to
19do with his career and considered himself much more the lone
20wolf than a firm lawyer; he decided to start his own law

 

 

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1office, which he opened in July of 1983; and
 
2    WHEREAS, After opening his own law office, J.D. Flood was
3offered and accepted the position of Grundy County Public
4Defender, then a part-time job that involved working only one
5morning a week as there were not many people in the court
6system in need of a public defender; and
 
7    WHEREAS, As the years passed, the role grew, and after a
8decade in the office, J.D. Flood found himself working
9full-time, defending more than 300 felony charges a year; and
 
10    WHEREAS, J.D. Flood is retiring the same day he turns 64,
11but he doesn't plan to leave the courthouse completely; he will
12stay on to help with the drug court, a specialty court he
13helped create; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The Grundy County Drug Court started late in 2007
15with the purpose of helping offenders return to the community
16as productive members; J.D. Flood considers this initiative one
17of his proudest involvements; and
 
18    WHEREAS, J.D. Flood is a true believer and a moving force
19in making the drug court work; his heart is always in it and he
20has invested himself in helping participants turn themselves
21around; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, It will be nearly impossible to replace J.D.
2Flood; he always has compassion for the clients as well as the
3victims; he serves as an example of a hardworking, passionate,
4and dedicated member of the Grundy community; therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
7thank J.D. Flood for his many years of service, congratulate
8him on the occasion of his retirement, and wish him all the
9best in his future endeavors; and be it further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented to J.D. Flood as an expression of our congratulations
12and appreciation for a job well done.