Bill Text: IL HR0609 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates James B. Zagel on his Senior Status as a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-24 - Resolution Adopted [HR0609 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0609-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Honorable James B. | ||||||
4 | Zagel on
the occasion of his taking Senior Status as a United | ||||||
5 | States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois; | ||||||
6 | and
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7 | WHEREAS, Judge Zagel was appointed by President Ronald | ||||||
8 | Reagan and has over 30 years of service; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Previously, Judge Zagel was appointed by Governor | ||||||
10 | James R. Thompson to be the Executive Director of the Illinois | ||||||
11 | Law Enforcement Commission and then Director of the Department | ||||||
12 | of Revenue and Director of the Illinois State Police; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Judge Zagel has also served as an assistant | ||||||
14 | state's attorney for Cook County, chief
assistant attorney | ||||||
15 | general for Arizona, chief prosecuting attorney for the | ||||||
16 | Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board,
and an assistant attorney | ||||||
17 | general of Illinois; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Judge Zagel served as a member of the Codes of | ||||||
19 | Conduct Committee of the United States
Judicial Conference, a | ||||||
20 | member of the Committee on Criminal Discovery Rules of the | ||||||
21 | Supreme Court of
Illinois, and a member of the Task Force on |
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1 | Criminal Appeals Appellate Review of Sentences and Post | ||||||
2 | Conviction
Remedies of the American Bar Association; he | ||||||
3 | co-authored several editions of "Criminal Law
and Its | ||||||
4 | Administration" and "Cases and Comments on Criminal | ||||||
5 | Procedure"; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Judge Zagel received his Bachelor of Arts and | ||||||
7 | Master of Arts from the University of Chicago and his
Juris | ||||||
8 | Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1965; he has presided over | ||||||
9 | many notable cases including Lexecon, Inc., et
al. v. Milberg | ||||||
10 | Weiss, et al., U.S.A. v. Frank Calabrese, et al, and U.S.A. v. | ||||||
11 | Blagojevich; and
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12 | WHEREAS, In his spare time, Judge Zagel played substantial | ||||||
13 | roles in two feature films, "Music Box" with
Jessica Lange and | ||||||
14 | "Homicide" with Joe Mantegna; in 2002, he published his first | ||||||
15 | novel, "Money to Burn"; therefore, be it
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16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
17 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
18 | congratulate the Honorable James B. Zagel on his Senior Status | ||||||
19 | as a United States District Judge for the Northern District of | ||||||
20 | Illinois,
and we wish him the best in all his future endeavors; | ||||||
21 | and be it further
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22 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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1 | presented to Judge Zagel as an
expression of our esteem and | ||||||
2 | respect.
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