Record #: R2018-1162   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 10/31/2018 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 10/31/2018
Title: Congratulations extended to Louis G. Apostol on receipt of Public Service Award from Northern Illinois University Law Alumni Council
Sponsors: Burke, Edward M.
Attachments: 1. R2018-1162.pdf

WHEREAS, on September 26, 2018, the Northern Illinois University College of Law Alumni Council awarded the Honorable Louis G. Apostol, prominent and esteemed former Commissioner to the Illinois Court of Claims and Executive Director of the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board with the prestigious Public Service Award; and

WHEREAS, the Chicago City Council has been informed of this honor by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and

WHEREAS, the Honorable Louis G. Apostol was bom on July 25, 1946 and earned a Juris Doctor from Northern Illinois University College of Law, an M.B.A. in Management and Finance from Northern Illinois University, and a B.A. in Business Administration and Finance from Elm hurst College; and

WHEREAS; as a successful practicing attorney in the State of Illinois the Honorable Louis G. Apostol specialized in corporate, real estate, tax, banking, and government law in a distinguished career before the Bar; and

WHEREAS, prior to his appointment as Commissioner / Trial Judge to the Court of Claims, the Honorable Louis G. Apostol was Public Administrator of Cook County from 1991-2003 by appointment of the Governor; and

WHEREAS, in 1997, the Honorable Louis G. Apostol received the Hellene of the Year Award from the Hellenic Bar Association of Chicago; and ,

WHEREAS, the following year, in 1998, Northern Illinois University College of Law presented the Honorable Louis G. Apostol with the Distinguished Service Award; and

WHEREAS, in 2003, the Honorable Louis G. Apostol received appointment as Commissioner to the Illinois Court of Claims, serving citizens with their claims for monetary damages or personal injury against a state agency or state employee and awards to victims of violent crime by Governor Rod Blagojevich; and

WHEREAS, prior to joining the Chicago law firm of Much Shelist, the Honorable Louis G. Apostol was counsel with Freeborn & Peters LLP; and

WHEREAS, the Honorable Louis G. Apostol later served as counsel with Apostol Kowal Jordan, LLC, a Chicago general practice law firm founded in 20II; and

 

WHEREAS, in 2003, he received the prestigious "Community Service Award" from the Association Forum and ASAE in Chicago and Washington, DC; and

WHEREAS, the Honorable Louis G. Apostol is formerly the Chair, Vice Chair and Legislative Liaison for the Chicago Bar Association's Trade and Professional Associations Law Committee.

WHEREAS, additionally the Honorable Louis G. Apostol has served wilh distinction on the Board of Directors of the United Hellenic American Congress, UHAC Publications and President of the Hellenic Foundation in Chicago and Washington, DC.

 

 

WHEREAS, He serves on many other corporate boards in Illinois has been a speaker and moderator in numerous legal symposia for various schools, bar associations and other professional organizations; now, therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Mayor and the members ofthe Chicago City Council assembled this thirty-first day of October, 2018, do hereby congratulate the Honorable Louis G. Apostol for receiving the Public Service Award from the Northern Illinois University Law Alumni Council in recognition of his many contributions and dedicated service to the people of Illinois; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy ofthis Resolution bea^sentcd to the Honorable
Louis G. Apostol.                     //                     /) ^

 

I ^Alderman Edward M. Burke Alderman, 14l" Ward