RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Honorable Charles P. Kocoras, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, will administer the oath of office to incoming President Constantine Kanellos and other newly-installed officers of the Hellenic Bar Association of Illinois on June 8, 2017; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this event by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, The ceremony will take place in conjunction with the Hellenic Association's Judges Night at the National Hellenic Museum located 333 South Halsted Street in Chicago; and
WHEREAS, The Association was established in 1951 by a group of Greek attorneys, many of whom came to this country as young immigrants and were educated in Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Many of the members of the Association were originally solo and small firm practitioners; and
WHEREAS, The Association today draws its members from a diverse group of lawyers practicing in the fields of government, the judiciary, corporations and small, regional and international law firms; and
WHEREAS, From its humble beginnings, the Hellenic Bar Association of Illinois has grown into a thriving, benevolent and dynamic organization that is proud of its rich heritage and looks to future success in the decades ahead; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members of the Chicago City Council, assembled this twenty-fourth day of May, 2017, do hereby recognize and congratulate the Hellenic Bar Association of Illinois on its rich and enduring history of service to the legal community; and
Alderman - 14th Ward
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Constantine Kanellos, President of the Hellenic Bar Association of Illinois. j