File #: 23-5423    Version: 1 Name: JAMES PATRICK FLANNERY, JR., IN MEMORIAM
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 10/17/2023 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 10/19/2023 Final action: 10/19/2023
Title: 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 a...
Sponsors: JOHN P. DALEY, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), FRANK J. AGUILAR, ALMA E. ANAYA, SCOTT R. BRITTON, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, MONICA GORDON, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, JOSINA MORITA, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, ANTHONY J. QUEZADA, TARA S. STAMPS, MAGGIE TREVOR
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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 neighbo...

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