Bill Text: IL HR1331 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Judge Richard P. Goldenhersh on the occasion of his retirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR1331 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR1331-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 Judge Richard P. | ||||||
4 | Goldenhersh on the occasion of his retirement; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Judge Goldenhersh was elected to the Illinois | ||||||
6 | Appellate Court, Fifth District, in 1988
and assumed office in | ||||||
7 | December of that year; he has twice been Presiding Judge of the | ||||||
8 | District; prior to appellate service, he was a circuit judge, | ||||||
9 | St. Clair County, 20th Judicial Circuit, from
1982 to 1988, an | ||||||
10 | Associate Judge in St. Clair County from 1975 to 1982, and in | ||||||
11 | the private
practice of law; he attended Washington University, | ||||||
12 | receiving his A.B. degree in 1966, his J.D.
in 1969, and his | ||||||
13 | LL.Min in Judicial Process from the University of Virginia in | ||||||
14 | 2001; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Judge Goldenhersh is a past president of the | ||||||
16 | Illinois Judges Association and past co-chair
of the | ||||||
17 | Association's Judicial Selection and Retention Committee; he | ||||||
18 | is also a member of the
Illinois State Bar Association, a past | ||||||
19 | chair of the Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council,
on | ||||||
20 | which he currently serves, a past member and chair of the Board | ||||||
21 | of Regents, and also a
current member of the Bench and Bar | ||||||
22 | Section Council; he previously has been a member of the
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23 | Administrative Committee of the Appellate Court, chair of the |
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1 | Associate Judge's Coordinating
Committee, member of the | ||||||
2 | Supreme Court Committee on Complex Litigation, and member of
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3 | the St. Clair County Constitution Bicentennial Committee; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Judge Goldenhersh has also been a speaker and | ||||||
5 | instructor for the Illinois Judicial
Conference, the Illinois | ||||||
6 | Trial Lawyer's Association, the Association of Teacher | ||||||
7 | Educators, and
the National Association of Administrative Law | ||||||
8 | Judges; he has spoken at teacher's conferences
in Illinois and | ||||||
9 | Missouri and taught at McKendree College, Webster University, | ||||||
10 | and St. Louis
University School of Law; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Judge Goldenhersh's community activities, past | ||||||
12 | and present, include the boards of the
Washington University | ||||||
13 | Law School Alumni Association, the Jewish Federation of | ||||||
14 | Southern
Illinois, the St. Louis Committee on Foreign | ||||||
15 | Relations, the Jewish Judge's Association of Illinois,
the | ||||||
16 | Advisory Committee for the paralegal program at Southwestern | ||||||
17 | Illinois College, and the
Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation; | ||||||
18 | he has also spoken before numerous civic organizations
and | ||||||
19 | classes and participated in moot court competitions at Southern | ||||||
20 | Illinois University Law
School, Washington University Law | ||||||
21 | School, and John Marshall Law School; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Judge Goldenhersh was married to the late Barbara | ||||||
23 | Goldenhersh, Ph.D.; they have two children,
Andrew, a |
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1 | professional magician in Los Angeles, and Stephanie, a clinical | ||||||
2 | instructor and senior
attorney at Harvard's Legal Aid Bureau, | ||||||
3 | and two grandchildren, Jacy and Dylan; therefore, be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
5 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
6 | congratulate Judge Richard P. Goldenhersh on his retirement and | ||||||
7 | wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it | ||||||
8 | further
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9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
10 | presented to Judge Goldenhersh as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
11 | esteem.
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