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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
IN MEMORY OF ROBERT ROY, JR.
WHEREAS, Robert Roy, Jr., longtime criminal defender and legal services provider, passed away on October 14, 2013; and
WHEREAS, Robert Roy, Jr. was a veteran who after law school devoted himself to the delivery legal services to low income individuals and families; and
WHEREAS, Robert Roy, Jr. was an innovator in the delivery of "integrated legal and social work services" for those facing criminal charges; and
WHEREAS, Robert Roy Jr. was initially, from 1976-1979, an attorney with the Criminal Defense Consortium of Cook County, a progressive legal service project that provided fully funded legal criminal defense services in a holistic manner; and
WHEREAS, Robert Roy, Jr. was hired by the city of Evanston in 1979 to create the Evanston Defender Project to provide legal defense services for Evanston Youth and their families; and
WHEREAS, Robert Roy, Jr. as the director of the Evanston Defender Project, he designed the national model for legal delivery services to clients; and
WHEREAS, Robert Roy, Jr. in 1981 incorporated the Evanston Defender Office as an Illinois not-for-profit corporation which became one of the first in the nation of independent defender offices that provided full range legal services to the youth of one city in coordination with other community resources; and
WHEREAS, Robert Roy, Jr. became an expert in not-for-profit management and trained many lawyers to provide legal assistance to not-for-profit corporations; and
WHEREAS, Robert Roy, Jr. retired in 2010 from the Evanston Community Defender Office, and went into private practice; and
WHEREAS, Robert Roy, Jr. was active in working with many not-for-profit organizations, including Peer Services, Open Books, Youth Outreach Umbrella and many juvenile justice organizations; and
WHEREAS, Robert Roy Jr. spent the last three years in private practice where he represented many individuals and not-for-profits; ...
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