HR1319 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate Michael J. Waller on the occasion of his retirement as the Lake County State's Attorney; and

WHEREAS, Michael J. Waller received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1970, and his juris doctorate degree from the University of Illinois in 1973, graduating with honors as a member of the Order of the Coif; and

WHEREAS, Michael J. Waller served as a Lake County Assistant State's Attorney from 1973 to 1979, and from 1979 to 1986, he was in private practice in Waukegan; he returned to the Lake County State's Attorney's Office as chief deputy in 1986; he was appointed State's Attorney of Lake County in 1990, and then elected State's Attorney in 1992, and has served to the present in that position; and

WHEREAS, Michael J. Waller currently serves as president of the NICASA and has been past president of the Illinois State's Attorney's Association; he serves as chairman of the Lake County Domestic Violence Council, the Lake County Juvenile Justice Council, and the Lake County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee; he is a member of the Lake County Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the National District Attorneys Association; he served as an appointed member of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority from 1991 to 2004, served as an appointed member of Governor Ryan's Commission on Capital Punishment, and is currently an appointed member of the Capital Punishment Reform Study Committee; and

WHEREAS, Michael J. Waller resides in Waukegan with his wife, Circuit Court Judge Jane Drew Waller, and his two sons, Patrick and John, and two grandsons, Patrick and Benjamin; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Michael J. Waller on his retirement from his position as Lake County State's Attorney and we thank him for his service to the people of Lake County and the State of Illinois and wish him well in his future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Michael J. Waller as an expression of our respect and esteem.