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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, DeMetris Sampson of Dallas has been awarded the |
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Honorary Order of the Coif by The University of Texas School of Law |
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Alumni Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Presented by the dean of UT Law School, the Honorary |
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Order of the Coif recognizes alumni of exceptional merit and |
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extraordinary professional achievement; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Sampson is a 1980 graduate of The University of |
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Texas at Austin School of Law; she earned a master of laws degree |
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from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and is |
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currently partner of the Dallas law firm of Linebarger Goggan Blair & |
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Sampson, LLP; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Sampson is also an active member of her |
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community, sharing her talents with the board of the Greater Dallas |
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Chamber, the Dallas Charter Review Commission, the City of Dallas |
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Domestic Violence Task Force, the Dallas Assembly, and the Dallas |
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Summit; in addition, she has served on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit |
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board and chaired the Task Force on Liquor-Related Businesses Near |
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Schools and the Political Congress of African American Women; and |
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WHEREAS, The accomplishments of DeMetris Sampson have |
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distinguished her among the members of her profession, and she is |
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indeed deserving of her most recent honor; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize DeMetris Sampson on her receipt of the |
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Honorary Order of the Coif from The University of Texas School of |
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Law Alumni Association and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Sampson as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |