HR0688 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


  

 


 
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to honor Ann Hilton Fisher of Forest Park
4on the occasion of her service as a member of the Illinois
5Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Board; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Ann Hilton Fisher was appointed to the Illinois
7Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) Board on May 1,
82008; she served on the board faithfully until June 13, 2013;
9and
 
10    WHEREAS, During her service on the Illinois Comprehensive
11Health Insurance Plan Board, Ann Hilton Fisher served as Chair
12of the General Counsel Search Committee; she also served on the
13Underwriting and Carrier Oversight Committee; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Ann Hilton Fisher is a graduate of the University
15of Michigan and Wayne State University Law School; she
16subsequently completed a clerkship with the Hon. Judge
17Fairchild of the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
18before joining the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago,
19where she served as a supervising attorney; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Ann Hilton Fisher has concentrated in
21representing people with disabilities for the last 20 years;

 

 

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1she is a member of the American Bar Association AIDS
2Coordinating Committee; she has also served as Executive
3Director of the AIDS Legal Council of Chicago since 1997; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Ann Hilton Fisher was the recipient of the Lawyers
5Trust Fund's Ester R. Rothstein Award in 2001 for her
6leadership, integrity, and commitment to ensuring access to
7justice; she was also honored by the Chicago Bar Association
8and the Chicago Bar Foundation with the 2007 Thomas H. Morsch
9Public Service Award, which honors exemplary lawyers who choose
10public service work as a career; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Ann Hilton Fisher is well known by her peers as a
12great advocate for the participants of the Illinois
13Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan program; therefore, be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
16we honor Ann Hilton Fisher on the occasion of her service as a
17member of the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan
18Board and wish her continued success and happiness in the
19future; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21presented to Ann Hilton Fisher as a symbol of our esteem and
22respect.