Bill Text: IL HR1149 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Kim Presbrey of Aurora.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-08-17 - Resolution Adopted [HR1149 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR1149-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Kim | ||||||
4 | Presbrey of Aurora, who passed away on May 26, 2012; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey graduated from West Aurora High | ||||||
6 | School in 1969, Northwestern University in 1973, and Vanderbilt | ||||||
7 | Law School in 1976; after graduation, he practiced law with his | ||||||
8 | father at Presbrey and Presbrey and became principal owner of | ||||||
9 | the firm after his father's retirement; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey was the managing partner of Presbrey & | ||||||
11 | Associates and practiced workers compensation law since 1977; | ||||||
12 | he also served for 10 years as president of Illinois Futures | ||||||
13 | Inc., a scholarship program for children of disabled workers, | ||||||
14 | and was a founding member of a medical malpractice insurance | ||||||
15 | company; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey was a past president of the Illinois | ||||||
17 | Trial Lawyers Association and a member of the Board of | ||||||
18 | Governors of the Illinois State Bar Association; he was also a | ||||||
19 | member of the Workers' Compensation Section of the Illinois | ||||||
20 | State Bar Association and the Larson's National Workers' | ||||||
21 | Compensation Advisory Board, Vice President of the Workplace | ||||||
22 | Injury Litigation Group, and a past secretary and section |
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1 | member of the Workers' Compensation Section of the Association | ||||||
2 | of Trial Lawyers of America; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey was the co-author of the LexisNexis | ||||||
4 | Illinois Workers' Compensation Guidebook; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey believed in supporting the community | ||||||
6 | he was born and raised in, and sponsored many youth football | ||||||
7 | and baseball teams; he also worked with the Illinois | ||||||
8 | Conservation Foundation for many years; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey enjoyed hunting, fishing, and | ||||||
10 | nature, watching the Chicago Cubs, flying, and walking fields | ||||||
11 | with his best friend and hunting dog, Hershey; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Kim Presbrey is survived by his wife, Colleen; his | ||||||
13 | sons, Kenton and Kevin; and his brother, Tom Presbrey; | ||||||
14 | therefore, be it
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15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
16 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
17 | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Kim | ||||||
18 | Presbrey; and be it further
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19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
20 | presented to the family of Kim Presbrey as an expression of our |
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1 | sympathy.
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