Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2020-698

• Record #: R2020-698
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 9/9/2020
• Final action: 9/9/2020
• Title: Congratulations extended to Soo Choi upon her retirement as Commissioner of Department of Human Resources
• Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E.

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
9/9/2020		City Council	Rules Suspended - Immediate Consideration
9/9/2020	19897	City Council	Adopted	Pass

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT
mayor September 9, 2020










TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

I transmit herewith a congratulatory resolution honoring the service to the City of Chicago by Soo Choi upon her retirement.

Your favorable consideration ofthis resolution will be appreciated.


RESOLUTION

WHEREAS. With hearts full of best wishes for her future, mixed with regret to see her depart, the Members ofthis Chamber are pleased to congratulate Soo Choi, the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources, on the occasion of her resignation from the Department; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Choi received her Bachelor's Degree in English in 1996 from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and her Master's Degree in Humanities in 1997 from the University of Chicago. She then worked for one year as an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEC) Assistant at Aon Corporation in Chicago, where she processed employee complaints filed with the EEO and Illinois Department of Human Rights; represented her employer in fact­finding conferences; investigated complaints of discrimination and harassment; and disciplined employees for inappropriate conduct; and

WHEREAS, Intrigued by the law, Ms. Choi attended Cornell Law School in Ithaca, New York, where she served as Articles Editor ofthe Cornell Law Review, and on the Grievance Committee. As a law student, Ms. Choi worked in 1999 as a summer fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union, Reproductive Freedom Project, in New York City; in 2000, as a summer associate at Sidley & Austin; and, in 2001, as a summer associate at Latham & Watkins. She subsequently received offers of employment from both of these prestigious Chicago law firms; and

WHEREAS, After graduating from Cornell Law School in 2001, Ms. Choi accepted a two-year judicial clerkship in the office of The Flonorable James Zegel in the United States District Court for the Northern District oflllinois; and...