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| 1 | 1 | <tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><p> </p> </td></tr></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><table class="xsl" width="100%"><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="30%"></colgroup><colgroup width="20%"></colgroup><colgroup width="40%"></colgroup><tr><td class="number"></td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" align="left">SR0240</td><td class="xsl" align="center"></td><td class="xsl" align="right">LRB104 13222 LAW 25389 r</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl"> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">1</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><center><code>SENATE RESOLUTION</code></center> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">2</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">3</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>congratulate the Honorable James A. "Jim" Knecht on the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">4</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>occasion of his serving on the bench for the past 50 years, </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">5</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>becoming the longest-serving judge in the State; and</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">6</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, Judge Knecht was born in Lincoln and educated at </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">7</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Illinois State University (ISU); he graduated from the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">8</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>University of Illinois College of Law in 1973, during which he </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">9</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>was an editor of the Law Review and a member of the Order of </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">10</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>the Coif; and</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">11</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, Judge Knecht served as a law clerk to Illinois </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">12</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Supreme Court Justice Robert C. Underwood from 1973 to 1974, </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">13</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>as an associate circuit judge from 1975 to 1978, and as a </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">14</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>circuit judge from 1978 to 1986 before being elected to the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">15</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Fourth District Appellate Court in 1986; he also served as an </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">16</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>adjunct professor at ISU from 1977 to 2004; and</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">17</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, Judge Knecht is a member of the Illinois State </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">18</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>and McLean County Bar Associations, a fellow of the Illinois </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">19</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Bar Foundation, a distinguished alumnus of ISU, and a member </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">20</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>of the ISU Foundation Board of Directors; he has served on the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">21</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>boards of the Institute for Collaborative Solutions and the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">22</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Council and as a member </code></td></tr></table><table class="xsl" width="650"><tr><td class="lineNum" colspan="3"><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><table class="xsl" width="100%"><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="30%"></colgroup><colgroup width="20%"></colgroup><colgroup width="40%"></colgroup><tr><td class="number"></td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" align="left">SR0240</td><td class="xsl" align="center">- 2 -</td><td class="xsl" align="right">LRB104 13222 LAW 25389 r</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl"> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">1</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>of the National Advisory Board of the Corporate Alliance to </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">2</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>End Partner Violence; he co-founded and served as the charter </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">3</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>president of the Robert C. Underwood Inn of Court; and</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">4</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, Judge Knecht and his wife, Ruth, reside in </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">5</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Normal, and they have one son and three grandchildren, the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">6</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>children of their late daughter; outside of his judicial </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">7</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>career, his most important roles have included serving as a </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">8</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>coach for two grandsons in football, basketball, and baseball </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">9</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>and as a bootblack and groom for his equestrian daughter, </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">10</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>wife, and granddaughter; therefore, be it</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">11</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">12</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">13</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Honorable James A. "Jim" Knecht on achieving his 50th </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">14</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>anniversary of serving on the bench, becoming the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">15</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>longest-serving judge in the State; and be it further</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">16</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">17</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>presented to Judge Knecht as an expression of our esteem and </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">18</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>respect.</code> |