Full Text of HR1235 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to
congratulate Adria East Mossing | 4 | | on the occasion of her installation as the 100th President of | 5 | | the Women's Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI); and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Adria Mossing is a graduate of Northwestern | 7 | | University, where
she earned her Bachelor of Arts in English in | 8 | | 1983; she subsequently earned her Juris Doctor in 1988 from the | 9 | | DePaul University College of Law, where she served as a | 10 | | Managing Editor for the DePaul Law Review; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Adria Mossing began her career at Hinshaw & | 12 | | Culbertson, quickly becoming one of only
seven women equity | 13 | | partners in a national firm of over 400 lawyers; due to her | 14 | | great trial skills, she was recruited to join a plaintiff | 15 | | personal injury law firm, where she practiced for 5 years; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Adria Mossing opened her own law firm in 2009; Jim | 17 | | Navarre joined the firm as a partner in 2011 and the law firm | 18 | | of Mossing & Navarre, LLC was formed; she represents the rights | 19 | | of injured parties in cases involving medical malpractice, | 20 | | birth injuries, construction accidents, motor vehicle and | 21 | | trucking accidents, and other catastrophic personal injuries; | 22 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Adria Mossing is a member of the Federal Trial Bar | 2 | | and has been selected as a member of the American Board of | 3 | | Trial Advocates; she is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell; she has | 4 | | been named a Leading Lawyer in Illinois in the areas of | 5 | | plaintiff personal injury and medical malpractice; she has also | 6 | | been named as one of the Top Fifty Women Lawyers in Illinois | 7 | | and one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Illinois by Super Lawyers; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Adria Mossing lives in the western suburbs with | 10 | | her husband, Matt, and their three
children, Michael, Jack, and | 11 | | Catherine; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Adria Mossing will be sworn in as the Women's Bar | 13 | | Association of
Illinois President at its Annual Installation | 14 | | Dinner on June 8, 2016; her theme for the year is "We are
the | 15 | | WBAI" and her presidency will center on career development for | 16 | | women attorneys, featuring a series of seminars focusing on | 17 | | business development, negotiation skills, and building a law | 18 | | firm; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 | | congratulate Adria East Mossing on the occasion of her | 22 | | installation as President of the Women's Bar Association of |
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| 1 | | Illinois and wish her continued success and happiness in the | 2 | | future; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to Adria Mossing
as an expression of our esteem and | 5 | | respect.
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