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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Diana Pérez Gomez is commencing her term as |
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2023-2024 president of the Houston Bar Association on May 11, 2023; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The first Latina to lead the organization, |
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Mrs. Gomez was named to the board of directors in 2014; she has |
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served the HBA as chair of numerous committees, including the |
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judicial polls and employment and personnel committees; in |
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addition, she has held many other leadership roles, including |
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co-chair of District 4 of the Texas Bar Foundation and president of |
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the Hispanic Bar Association of Houston, and board member for the |
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Mexican-American Bar Association of Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Gomez is a shareholder in the Houston office of |
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the Chamberlain Hrdlicka firm and serves on its board of directors; |
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moreover, she is the national co-chair for the labor and employment |
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practice and both the pro bono and women in the law committees; |
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highly experienced in civil litigation in both state and federal |
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courts, she focuses on complex labor and employment disputes; her |
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career also includes government service for the City of Houston, |
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Harris County, and, by presidential appointment, the U.S. |
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Department of Education; she holds a bachelor's degree in political |
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science from Texas A&M University and a law degree from The |
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University of Texas at Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, The recipient of myriad accolades, Mrs. Gomez has |
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won two President's Awards from the HBA and four President's Awards |
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from HisBA, and she is a life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, |
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Texas Bar Foundation, and Houston Bar Foundation; every year since |
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2013, she has been named to the Texas Super Lawyers list; she has |
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received multiple Top Lawyer honors from Houstonia magazine, and |
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she was listed among Houston Business Journal's 2022 Women Who Mean |
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Business and Houston Woman Magazine's Houston's 50 Most Influential |
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Women of 2020-2021; recently, she and her husband, Judge Michael |
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Gomez, were featured in the "Profile in Professionalism: Law in the |
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Family" series by HBA's Houston Lawyer magazine for their |
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dedication to the bar and to the wider community; and |
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WHEREAS, Diana Gomez has greatly benefited the Houston Bar |
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Association through her skill and commitment to excellence, and her |
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new role as the organization's 153rd president will allow her to |
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make an even greater positive impact in her profession; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Diana Pérez Gomez on beginning her |
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term as 2023-2024 president of the Houston Bar Association and |
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extend to her sincere best wishes for a successful tenure; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Gomez as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Hernandez |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1318 was adopted by the House on May |
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12, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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