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91_HR0137
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans
3 will present its annual "Dante Award" on April 12, 1999; this
4 year there will be two awards presented, with one going to
5 Paul J. Ciolino; and
6 WHEREAS, Paul J. Ciolino is a lifelong resident of the
7 Chicago area and the owner of Paul J. Ciolino & Associates,
8 Inc. and Dearborn Process Service; Mr. Ciolino specializes in
9 complex criminal defense and has helped five men find freedom
10 from death row within the State of Illinois; and
11 WHEREAS, Mr. Ciolino is licensed in the State of
12 Illinois, as well as Louisiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin; he is a
13 Certified Fraud Examiner, a Certified International
14 Investigator, a Board Certified Forensic Examiner, and a
15 Certified Legal Investigator; and
16 WHEREAS, Paul J. Ciolino has given speeches on many
17 investigative topics, from child homicide, sexual abuse,
18 debunking experts, repressed memories, and death penalty
19 investigations; and
20 WHEREAS, He is a veteran of the United States Army, and
21 the former chief investigator of the child homicide team for
22 the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services; and
23 WHEREAS, Mr. Ciolino is an adjunct lecturer at the Medill
24 School of Journalism at Northwestern University; he is a
25 co-founder and primary instructor on Investigative Tactics at
26 the Annual Wrongful Conviction and Death Penalty Conference
27 held at Northwestern Law School; and
28 WHEREAS, He is the co-author of the textbook "Advanced
29 Forensic Civil Investigations", as well as a criminal defense
30 textbook to be published in the summer of 1999; he is the
31 three time winner of the National Association of Legal
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1 Investigator's annual Editor-Publisher Award; he also makes
2 frequent appearances on the CNN show "Burden of Proof"; and
3 WHEREAS, He is the past president of the National
4 Association of Legal Investigators; he is on the Board of
5 Directors for the Council of International Investigators, and
6 the first Vice President of the Special Agents Association in
7 Chicago; he is a member of the National Association of
8 Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Illinois State Bar Association,
9 the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the
10 American College of Forensic Examiners; therefore, be it
11 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
13 we congratulate Paul J. Ciolino on being named one of the two
14 recipients of the 1999 Dante Award, presented by the Joint
15 Civic Committee of Italian Americans; and be it further
16 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to Mr. Paul J. Ciolino.