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1		HOUSE RESOLUTION
2		WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3		Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Honorable Fred
4		L. Foreman on the occasion of his retirement as Chief Judge of
5		Lake County; and
6		WHEREAS, Judge Foreman has an extensive employment history
7		within the legal community; he served as Assistant Lake County
8		Public Defender from 1974 to 1976, Assistant Lake County States
9		Attorney from 1976-1979, solo practitioner in Lake County from
10		1979-1980, States Attorney for Lake County from 1980 to 1990,
11		United States Attorney of Lake County for the Northern District
12		of Illinois from 1990 to 1993, senior partner at Freeborn &
13		Peters from 1993 to 2004, Circuit Judge Lake County from 2004
14		to present, Deputy Chief Judge from 2007 to 2008, Presiding
15		Judge Felony Division from 2008 to 2010, Acting Chief Judge
16		from 2010 to 2011, Chief Judge Elect from 2011 to 2012, and
17		Chief Judge from 2012 to 2014; and
18		WHEREAS, Judge Foreman has been involved in numerous
19		professional associations; he has been involved with Leading
20		Lawyers of Illinois, the Illinois State Bar Association
21		(Assembly Member), the Chicago Bar Association, the Federal Bar
22		Association, the Lake County Bar Association (Board of
23		Directors), Jefferson Inn of Lake County (President, Board of

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1		Directors), the American Bar Association (Criminal Justice
2		Council), the Wisconsin State Bar Association, the National
3		District Attorney's Association (Treasurer, President,
4		Chairman of the Board), the National Association of Former U.S.
5		Attorneys (Board of Directors), the Distinguished Faculty
6		National College of District Attorneys Houston, Texas Bates
7		College of Law, the Illinois States Attorneys Association (past
8		President), the United States Attorney General's Appointee to
9		the Executive Working Group, the Supreme Court of Illinois
10		Appointment to the Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions in
11		Criminal Cases, the Governor's Appointment to the Illinois
12		Criminal Justice Information Authority, the House Speaker's
13		Appointment to the Illinois Sentencing Commission, the
14		Governor's Appointment as Chairman to the Department of
15		Corrections Committee on Detention Standards, the Near North
16		National Group (past Chairman of the Board), the Illinois
17		Judges Association (Board of Directors, the Illinois Judges
18		Foundation (Board of Directors), and the Illinois Supreme Court
19		Appointment to the 2010 Education Conference; and
20		WHEREAS, Judge Foreman has been a part of many community
21		organizations; he has been on the Board of Directors of the
22		National Commission on Correctional Healthcare, the United Way
23		of Lake County, the Boy Scouts of America, The Lambs Farm, the
24		YMCA, Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and the American
25		Prosecutors Research Institute; he has served as President of

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1		the Lake County Republican Federation and been an elected
2		delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1984 and
3		1988; and
4		WHEREAS, Judge Foreman has published legal writings
5		through the Distinguished Faculty National College of District
6		Attorney Bates College of Law, the University of Houston, and
7		the College of Lake County; he has lectured at the National
8		College of District Attorney's Advocacy on Management, Ethics,
9		and Administration; and
10		WHEREAS, Judge Foreman has been married for 42 years; he
11		has one son and 3 grandchildren and resides in Lake County and
12		Door County, Wisconsin; he was born in 1948 and received his
13		Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts in 1971 from Carroll
14		College in Waukesha, Wisconsin and his Juris Doctor from The
15		John Marshall Law School in 1974; he was admitted to the State
16		of Illinois Bar in 1974, the United States Court of
17		Appeals-Seventh Circuit in 1974, the United States Supreme
18		Court Bar in 1981, and the State of Wisconsin Bar in 1997;
19		therefore, be it
20		RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21		NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
22		we congratulate the Honorable Fred L. Foreman on his retirement
23		as Chief Judge of Lake County; and be it further

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1		RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2		presented to Judge Foreman as an expression of our esteem
3		respect.