RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Honorable Raymond L. Jagielski retires after 28 54 years as a member ofthe judiciary on July 2, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the Chicago City Council has been informed of his retirement by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, Raymond has been the Presiding Judge of the 51'1 Municipal District of the Circuit Court of Cook County in Bridgeview since 2011 where he supervised 24 judges and oversaw the court operations of 35 municipalities and 15 other government agencies; and
WHEREAS, Raymond previously served in Traffic Court, the First Municipal District and the County Division; and
WHEREAS, Raymond graduated from Wabash College and John Marshall Law School; and
WHEREAS, He worked briefly as a teacher at St. Rita High School before serving from 1981 to 1989 as an Assistant Cook County Public Defender; and
WHEREAS, He was the Chairman and Commissioner of the Chicago Board of Elections from 1989 to 1991; and
WHEREAS, Raymond worked in private practice from 1989 to 1992, the year he was elected a Judge in the 14"' Judicial Subcircuit; and
WHEREAS, Raymond was retained as a Judge oflhe Circuit Court of Cook County in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016;and
WHEREAS, Raymond has been the recipient of the Jurist ofthe Year Award presented by the Southwest Bar Association and the President's Award from the Advocates Society; and
WHEREAS, Raymond has been married for more than 40 years to his loving wife, Donna, and is the father of Raeonna and Ray Jr.; and
WHEREAS, The hard work, sacrifice and dedication of the Honorable Raymond L. Jagielski serve as an example to all; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Mayor and the members ofthe Chicago City Council assembled this twenty-first day of July, 2021, do hereby congratulate the Honorable Raymond L. Jagielski on 28 XA years of outstanding service as a trusted member of the judiciary in Cook County; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the Honorable Raymond L. Jagielski.