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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Kirby Jerome Portley was awarded his juris doctor |
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degree from St. Mary's University School of Law on May 18, 2013, and |
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he has been admitted to the State Bar of Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, |
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Mr. Portley earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy and lettered |
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in football for four years; he went on to distinguish himself during |
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law school as a member of The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race |
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and Social Justice; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Portley has served as a law clerk for Lloyd |
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Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend in Austin, for the Lower Colorado |
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River Authority, and for the United States Attorney's Office for |
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the Eastern District of Texas; in addition, he has been a summer |
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legal intern for the United States Department of Justice and for the |
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Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C., and a summer |
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judicial intern for the Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals; his |
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experience further includes service as a committee clerk and as a |
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legislative intern for the Texas House of Representatives and as a |
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legal assistant for the firm of Clark, Thomas & Winters; and |
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WHEREAS, Preparing to embark on an exciting new chapter in |
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his life, Kirby Portley may reflect with pride on all he has |
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accomplished thus far and look with anticipation toward a bright |
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future; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Kirby Jerome |
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Portley on his graduation from St. Mary's University School of Law |
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and his admission to the State Bar of Texas and extend to him |
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sincere best wishes for 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 Mr. Portley as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |