Record #: R2015-429   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 5/20/2015 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 5/20/2015
Title: Congratulations extended to Honorable Stephen C. Shannon on election as judge on Virginia 19th Circuit
Sponsors: Burke, Edward M.
Attachments: 1. R2015-429.pdf
RESOLUTION
 
 
WHEREAS, The Honorable Stephen C. Shannon, an attorney in private practice in Fairfax County, has been elected by the Virginia General Assembly to serve as a trial court judge in the 19th Circuit; and
 
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this event by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
 
WHEREAS, The Honorable Stephen C. Shannon graduated from Fairfax University and earned a Master's in Public Policy Degree from Georgetown University before receiving his law degree from the University of Virginia; and
 
WHEREAS, A former state prosecutor, the Honorable Stephen C. Shannon served as a member of the Virginia General Assembly from 2004 to 2010; and
 
WHEREAS, The Honorable Stephen C. Shannon specialized in private practice representing companies in commercial litigation involving contracts, business dissolutions, real estate and employment obligations; and
 
WHEREAS, The Honorable Stephen C. Shannon has been recognized for six years as a member of Virginia's "Legal Elite" by Virginia Business magazine; and
 
WHEREAS, The hard work, sacrifice and dedication of Stephen C. Shannon the Honorable Stephen C. Shannon 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 twentieth day of May, 2015, do hereby congratulate the Honorable Stephen C. Shannon on his election as Judge and do hereby express our best wishes for his continued success and achievement; and
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the Honorable Stephen C. Shannon.
 
 
 
 
Alderman - 14th Ward