Bill Text: IL SR0690 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Christopher R. McFadden of Frankfort.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR0690 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0690-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Christopher R. McFadden of Frankfort, who | ||||||
4 | passed away on June 29, 2017; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Christopher McFadden was born in Joliet to Susan | ||||||
6 | and Terry McFadden; he attended Joliet West High School and | ||||||
7 | graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1997, where he | ||||||
8 | was an editor of the Harvard Crimson newspaper; he earned his | ||||||
9 | law degree, cum laude, from the Northwestern University School | ||||||
10 | of Law in 2000, where he was on the law review and earned Order | ||||||
11 | of the Coif; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Christopher McFadden was a federal district law | ||||||
13 | clerk in Montgomery, Alabama; he also clerked on the United | ||||||
14 | States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit; he worked as an | ||||||
15 | Assistant United States Attorney in San Diego, California and | ||||||
16 | Chicago from 2005 to 2016 and never lost a case; while at the | ||||||
17 | U.S. Attorney's Office, he was awarded an FBI Commendation, a | ||||||
18 | National Crime Victims Certificate of Appreciation, and the | ||||||
19 | Chicago Crime Commission Star of Distinction Award; he | ||||||
20 | successfully prosecuted 28 cases, including a $600 million | ||||||
21 | fraud case and a joint case with the Illinois Department of | ||||||
22 | Securities involving $1 billion in funding; he worked at | ||||||
23 | Northwestern University School of Law as an adjust lecturer |
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1 | from 2007 to 2012; most recently, he was an associate at the | ||||||
2 | law firm of Mahoney, Silverman and Cross in Joliet; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Christopher McFadden served on the Frankfort | ||||||
4 | School Board and was president from 2013 to 2015; he was | ||||||
5 | re-elected to the Frankfort School Board in April of 2017; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Christopher McFadden was a Big 10 baseball umpire | ||||||
7 | and a college basketball official; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Christopher McFadden is survived by his parents; | ||||||
9 | his wife, Sarah Bay McFadden; his children, Brooke, Matthew, | ||||||
10 | and Erin; his brothers, James (Ginger) and Daniel (Ashley); two | ||||||
11 | nieces; and one nephew; therefore, be it
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12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
14 | Christopher R. McFadden, and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
15 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
16 | further
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17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to the family of Christopher McFadden as an | ||||||
19 | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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