Joe Vosicky

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Joseph F. Vosicky Jr. (born September 14, 1949) is a graduate of The John Marshall Law School with a general practice; estates, trusts, and wills; and civil litigation.

[edit] Campaigns for State Representative

Vosicky was the Democratic nominee for Illinois District 46 State Representative in 2004 against incumbent Rep. Lee Daniels receiving 37 percent of the vote to Rep. Daniels' 63 percent. Vosicky was again the Democratic nominee in 2006 for the open seat in 46th district after Lee Daniels retired, but lost to Republican Dennis Reboletti.[1]

[edit] Early life

Vosicky's mother, Ruth Besser Vosicky, married Joseph F. Vosicky Sr. who was a banker with Continental Bank in Chicago for fifty years. The Vosicky family moved to Hinsdale in 1959. Vosicky’s father passed away in 1984. Vosicky started school in Rogers Park at St. Margaret Mary where he remained through the beginning of the fourth grade. Then the family moved to Hinsdale and Vosicky attended Monroe Annex through the fifth grade and later Hinsdale Jr. High and Hinsdale Central High School.

[edit] College and Early Career

In 1968, Vosicky moved to Greencastle, Indiana to attend DePauw University where he graduated with a degree in History. While he was at college he joined the ROTC and was commissioned Second Lieutenant upon graduation in 1971. Vosicky was honorably discharged ten years later.

While Vosicky was waiting for assignment, he participated on the Illinois Commission on Children where he worked to get the voting age lowered from twenty-one to eighteen.

From 1974-1979, Vosicky worked as a Northern Trust Banker. After working at the Northern Trust Bank, Vosicky went to law school and graduated from The John Marshall Law School in 1981. His extensive legal experience includes general practice; estates, trusts, and wills; and civil litigation. With The John Marshall Law School-Masaryk University Law Faculty exchange, Joe has made 12 trips to the Czech Republic. As a Fulbright Professor, Vosicky taught Contracts and Introduction to U.S. Law at Masaryk in Brno during the spring 2002 semester.