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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, State District Court Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos has |
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been nominated for a seat on the United States District Court for |
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the Southern District of Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, Since 2001, Judge Ramos has served as judge of the |
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347th District Court of Nueces County; she presides over the |
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Domestic Violence Court, and she previously served as the local |
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administrative judge for the Nueces County District Courts; and |
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WHEREAS, This distinguished jurist has been regularly ranked |
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as the best district judge by members of the Corpus Christi Bar |
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Association; she is a member of the Texas Bar Foundation, the Nueces |
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County Council of Judges, and the Nueces County Juvenile Board, and |
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she serves as the Corpus Christi Bar Association's liaison to the |
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Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Port Lavaca, Judge Ramos earned her |
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bachelor's degree in education summa cum laude from Texas State |
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University; she graduated with honors from The University of Texas |
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School of Law in 1991 and also graduated from the Texas College for |
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Judicial Studies; after practicing for six years in the civil |
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litigation section of Meredith, Donnell & Abernethy, she entered |
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public service as a municipal court judge in Corpus Christi; and |
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WHEREAS, Judge Ramos has demonstrated a deep commitment to |
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her community and to social justice; she has chaired the National |
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Conference for Community and Justice, and she has served as vice |
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president of the Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse--Coastal Bend; |
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moreover, she has mentored students at Driscoll Middle School and |
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is a graduate of Leadership Corpus Christi, Class 27; and |
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WHEREAS, Highly regarded for her dedication, experience, and |
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brilliant legal mind, Judge Ramos has established herself as |
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eminently qualified to serve as a federal judge; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the Honorable Nelva Gonzales Ramos |
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on her nomination to the United States District Court for the |
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Southern District of Texas and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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continued success in her endeavors; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Judge Ramos as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |