RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Adria East Mossing, a widely admired member of the legal community, will be sworn in as the 100th President of the Women's Bar Association of Illinois on June 8, 2016; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this event by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, The Women's Bar Association of Illinois, one of the oldest and largest bar associations in the state, was established in 1914 by nine women lawyers practicing in the Chicago Metropolitan Area; and
WHEREAS, The Women's Bar Association of Illinois was founded to promote the interests and welfare of women lawyers and to aid in the enactment of legislation for the common good and in the administration of justice; and
WHEREAS, During her upcoming tenure as president, Adria East Mossing plans to focus on promoting career development for women attorneys and introducing a series of seminars focused on business development, negotiation skills and building a law firm; and
WHEREAS, Adria East Mossing graduated from Northwestern University and DePaul University College of Law where she was Managing Editor for the DePaul Law Review; and
WHEREAS, Adria East Mossing began her career at Hinshaw & Culbertson where her practice specialized in the defense of physicians and hospitals and she became one of only seven women equity partners; and
WHEREAS, Because of her trial skills, Adria East Mossing was recruited to join a plaintiff's personal injuiy law firm where she practiced for five years; and
WHEREAS, In 2009 Adria East Mossing opened her own firm and was joined two years later by Jim Navarre, resulting in the firm of Mossing & Navarre, LLC; and
WHEREAS, Adria East Mossing represents the rights of injured parties in cases involving medical malpractice, birth injuries, construction accidents, motor vehicle and trucking accidents and other catastrophic personal injuries; and
WHEREAS, Adria East Mossing is a member of the federal Trial Bar and the American Board of Trial Advoc...
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