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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1025
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In Memory |
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of |
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Elizabeth M. Garcia |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins citizens |
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across the state in mourning the loss of Elizabeth M. "Lisa" |
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Garcia, who died May 5, 2013, at the age of 48; and |
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WHEREAS, Lisa Garcia was known by her legions of loved ones |
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as a ray of sunshine, a force for the greater good, and an |
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ebullient soul who believed in working for the betterment of the |
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community; she was a highly regarded attorney and a deeply |
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appreciated advocate for the underserved; and |
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WHEREAS, Lisa Garcia graduated from The University of |
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Texas at Austin in 1987 and received her law degree from Texas |
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Southern University in 1992; she served as an assistant attorney |
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general for the State of Texas, an attorney with the Office of the |
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Comptroller of Public Accounts, and a prosecutor in the Hidalgo |
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County District Attorney's Office; and |
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WHEREAS, After amassing a stellar record in public |
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service, she entered private practice in 2004 in South Texas; |
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most recently, she was a partner in the firm of Vidaurri, Lyde, |
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Rodriguez and Haynes; and |
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WHEREAS, Among her peers, Lisa Garcia was particularly |
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admired for her advocacy work; she served as a Court Appointed |
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Special Advocate for children, provided pro bono assistance to |
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Volunteer Legal Services of Texas, and was a member of the Texas |
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Rio Grande Legal Aid Board of Directors; and |
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WHEREAS, She also helped to launch a nonprofit group of |
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Latina professionals known as Las Comadres, which grew into an |
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international network of 15,000 women, and she established an |
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endowment at The University of Texas benefiting bilingual |
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scholars from the Rio Grande Valley; and |
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WHEREAS, To all those who had the good fortune to know her, |
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Lisa Garcia was a rare and compassionate individual; she viewed |
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any dilemma as a puzzle that could be solved, not as an obstacle |
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that was insurmountable; her upbeat outlook was her trademark, |
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and her loss will be profoundly felt for years to come by her |
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loving family and her many friends; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, |
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83rd Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the |
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bereaved family of Elizabeth M. Garcia; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the |
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Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do |
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so in memory of Lisa Garcia. |
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Hinojosa |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 21, 2013, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |