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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Kristin Barnette McCarthy, a widely admired member of the legal community, will be sworn in as the 101st President of the Women's 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 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, Kristin Barnette McCarthy plans to promote the theme for the 2017-18 bar year, "Making History Every Day"; and
WHEREAS, Kristin Barnette McCarthy is a trial attorney with Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz and focuses her practice in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice and nursing home abuse and neglect; and
WHEREAS, Kristin Barnette McCarthy received her juris doctor from the DePaul University College of Law in 2004 where she was Editor-in-Chief of the DePaul Journal of Healthcare Law and was elected to serve as DePaul Chapter President of the Women's Bar Association of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Kristin Barnette McCarthy was named one of "40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch" in 2014 by the Law Bulletin; and
WHEREAS, The expertise and professionalism of Kristin Barnette McCarthy serve as an example to all; 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 congratulate Kristin Barnette McCarthy on this prestigious appointment; and
BE IT RESOLVED, That June 8, 2017, shall be officially recognized as Kristin Barnette McCarthy Day throughout the City of Chicag...
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