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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORABLE JAMES PATRICK FLANNERY, JR., IN MEMORIAM
WHEREAS Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has called James Flannery Jr. from our midst, and
WHEREAS James Flannery Jr. was the beloved husband of Carol Zigulich, and
WHEREAS James Flannery Jr. was the loving father of Joanne Z. (Michael Alpert) Flannery, and
WHEREAS James Flannery Jr. was the cherished grandfather of Brooklyn and Becksley, and
WHEREAS James Flannery Jr. was the devoted son of the late James and late Maryann Flannery, and
WHEREAS James Flannery Jr. was the dear brother of Patrick (Lynda) Flannery and Maureen (late Dan) Pyne; kind uncle of many nieces and nephews, and
WHEREAS James Flannery Jr. was a long-time, devoted civil servant, and
WHEREAS James Flannery Jr. served as an assistant for the corporation counsel for the City of Chicago from 1976 to 1980 and later joined Murphy, Preston & Jaffe in 1980, and
WHEREAS James Flannery Jr. was an assistant Illinois attorney general and served as the chief deputy of the Land Acquisition Division from 1985 to 1988, and
WHEREAS James Flannery Jr. served on the bench for 35 years, beginning his judicial career in 1988, when he was appointed an associate judge of the Cook County Circuit Court and in 2014 was appointed presiding judge of the Law Division by Chief Judge Evans, and
WEHREAS James Flannery Jr. served as chairperson of the Legislative Committee of the Illinois Supreme Court, was a member of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Pretrial Practices, and served on the Judicial Education faculty for the New Judges Seminar, and
WHEREAS James Flannery Jr. was an adjunct professor at East-West University and at DePaul University College of Law while also a guest lecturer at IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, and
WHEREAS all who knew him will attest that James Flannery Jr. was a kind and compassionate man, virtuous of character and gentle in spirit, admired and respected by his many friends and neighbors, and dearly loved by his family, now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Cook County that the Board does hereby offer its deepest condolences and most heartfelt sympathy to the family and many friends of James Flannery Jr. and joins them in sorrow at this time of loss, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this text be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body, and a suitable copy of same be tendered to the family of James Flannery Jr. that his memory may be so honored and ever cherished.
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