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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Hilda Gloria Tagle retired as senior |
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judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas |
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in 2021, drawing to a close a pioneering career in the law that |
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spanned more than four decades; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Manuel and Dolores Cipriano Tagle, |
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Hilda Tagle was born in Corpus Christi in 1946 and grew up in |
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Robstown; she earned her associate's degree from Del Mar College in |
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1967, her bachelor's degree from East Texas State University in |
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1969, and her master's degree in library science from North Texas |
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State University in 1971; and |
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WHEREAS, While working as a librarian at Strake Jesuit |
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College Preparatory School in Houston, Judge Tagle enrolled in The |
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University of Texas School of Law, and she graduated in 1977; she |
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began her legal career as an assistant city attorney in Corpus |
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Christi and as an assistant county attorney in Nueces County, and in |
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1980 she was recruited by the Nueces County district attorney to |
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prosecute felonies; she then entered private practice for a time, |
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while also teaching at Del Mar College; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1985, Judge Tagle was appointed to Nueces County |
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Court at Law No. 3, making her the first Hispanic woman to serve as |
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a judge in Nueces County, the first Hispanic woman to serve on a |
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county court at law in Texas, and the second Hispanic woman to serve |
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as judge of a court of record in the history of Texas; she was |
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elected judge of the 148th District Court in Corpus Christi in 1994, |
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and in 1997 she was nominated by President Bill Clinton to the U.S. |
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District Court; confirmed by the U.S. Senate the following year, |
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she became the first Hispanic woman to serve as a U.S. District |
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Court judge in Texas, and on December 31, 2012, she became the |
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court's senior judge; and |
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WHEREAS, Judge Tagle's dedication, expertise, and commitment |
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to the law have greatly benefited the citizens of Texas and earned |
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her the respect and admiration of her fellow jurists, and she may |
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indeed reflect with pride on a career well spent as she embarks on |
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the next exciting chapter of her life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Hilda Gloria Tagle on her |
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retirement as senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the |
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Southern District of Texas and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Judge Tagle as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Herrero |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2355 was adopted by the House on May |
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29, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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