By Hill                                               H.R. No. 1270
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                                 R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           WHEREAS, Sidney Naishtat is a long-standing member of the
 1-2     legal profession with over six decades as a practicing attorney,
 1-3     lending credence to the theory that practice does indeed make
 1-4     perfect; and
 1-5           WHEREAS, Mr. Naishtat was born January 1, 1910, in New York
 1-6     City, and grew up in "The Bronx"; in spite of that serious
 1-7     handicap, he excelled academically, earning degrees from St. John's
 1-8     University and St. John's Law School and attaining his license to
 1-9     practice law in 1937; and
1-10           WHEREAS, Possessed of an outstanding legal mind and shrewd
1-11     business acumen, Mr. Naishtat focused his practice on wills and
1-12     estate law, ensuring himself of a thriving business in the Big
1-13     Apple, and yet he still found time to be a doting parent to his
1-14     three sons, Elliott, Sandy, and Robert; and
1-15           WHEREAS, Always the concerned father, Sidney Naishtat has
1-16     intervened on behalf of his son Elliott on many an occasion when he
1-17     has "attempted to practice law," and the elder Mr. Naishtat has
1-18     long lobbied his son to return to New York to join him in business,
1-19     even going so far as to have a plaque designed that says "Naishtat
1-20     and Father, Attorneys-at-Law"; thus far, however, the younger
1-21     Naishtat has resisted his father's wishes as such a move would not
1-22     only require him to depart the great State of Texas but would also
1-23     find him living in perhaps the only city in the United States with
1-24     worse traffic problems than Austin; and
 2-1           WHEREAS, Since his son's election to public office in 1990,
 2-2     Sidney Naishtat has often threatened to move to Texas and take
 2-3     Elliott under his seasoned professional wing, and Texans would no
 2-4     doubt welcome the representative's learned father with open arms,
 2-5     provided he leave his Yankee ways behind and be willing to git down
 2-6     to bidness and learn to talk "Texan"; now, therefore, be it
 2-7           RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 77th Texas
 2-8     Legislature hereby officially recognize Sidney Naishtat as an
 2-9     Honorary Texas Lawyer with the understanding that, while this
2-10     measure does not actually give him license to practice law in the
2-11     Lone Star State, it is certain to make him the envy of his friends
2-12     and acquaintances in New York City; and, be it further
2-13           RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-14     prepared for Sidney Naishtat as an expression of high regard by the
2-15     Texas House of Representatives.