Full Text of HR0865 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Larry R. Rogers Jr. on his | 4 | | installation as the 67th President of the Illinois Trial | 5 | | Lawyers Association (ITLA) on June 5, 2020; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Larry Rogers is a trial lawyer with over 25 years | 7 | | of experience; he focuses his practice on litigating cases for | 8 | | victims who have sustained catastrophic injuries or death as a | 9 | | result of negligence and corporate wrongdoing; he has | 10 | | represented clients in medical malpractice, trucking, product | 11 | | liability, and civil rights cases; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Larry Rogers has been a member of the Illinois | 13 | | Trial Lawyers Association since 1993; he has been a member of | 14 | | the Board of Managers and has served on ITLA's Executive | 15 | | Committee; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Larry Rogers has served as president of the Cook | 17 | | County Bar Association (CCBA), the oldest association of | 18 | | African American attorneys in the country, and remains active | 19 | | as a board member; he is also actively involved with the | 20 | | American Association for Justice and the Illinois State Bar | 21 | | Association; he was invited to become a member of the Inner | 22 | | Circle of Advocates, an invitation-only group of 100 trial |
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| 1 | | lawyers from across the country; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Larry Rogers has been featured in a number of | 3 | | media forums, including Good Morning America, NBC Chicago, the | 4 | | Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Crain's Chicago | 5 | | Business, where he was recognized as one of the top trial | 6 | | lawyers of his generation; he has been recognized as an | 7 | | Illinois Super Lawyer since 2005 and has been listed in Leading | 8 | | Lawyers Magazine top 100 lawyers; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Larry Rogers received his bachelor's degree from | 10 | | the University of California, Davis in 1990; he received his | 11 | | law degree in January of 1994 from the Chicago-Kent College of | 12 | | Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology; he was admitted to | 13 | | the Illinois Bar on May 5, 1994 and joined the firm now known | 14 | | as Power Rogers, LLP; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Larry Rogers is married to Ralonda; they have four | 16 | | children, Dominique, Erin, Sydney, and Jordan; he enjoys | 17 | | spending time with his family, vacationing, boating, and bike | 18 | | riding; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 20 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we congratulate Larry R. Rogers Jr. on his installation as the | 22 | | 67th President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and |
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| 1 | | wish him many more successful years; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Larry Rogers as a symbol of our respect and | 4 | | esteem.
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