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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Toni Wallace has been elected as the judge of Fort |
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Bend County Court at Law No. 4, and she is indeed deserving of |
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special recognition; and |
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WHEREAS, In fulfilling the duties of her office, Judge |
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Wallace will draw on a wealth of valuable experience; an attorney |
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with 13 years of experience, she specialized in criminal and civil |
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litigation, juvenile law, and real estate law while in private |
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practice, and as a Fort Bend County assistant district attorney, |
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she prosecuted felonies as well as cases involving drunk driving, |
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domestic violence, assault, theft, and juvenile offenders; she was |
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unanimously appointed to serve as the inaugural judge for County |
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Court at Law No. 5, making her the first female African American |
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county court at law judge in the county's history; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Fort Bend County, Judge Wallace earned |
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her bachelor's degree in journalism from The University of Texas at |
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Austin and her law degree from South Texas School of Law; she has |
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served as national recording secretary of the National Black Law |
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Students Association, and she has been active with Jack and Jill of |
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America, the Houston Food Bank, and Lunches of Love; she is a Youth |
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Ministry leader at Nazareth Baptist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Each day, public servants improve the quality of |
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life for their fellow citizens in innumerable ways, and the efforts |
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of Toni Wallace will help to make Fort Bend County an even better |
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place in which to live and work; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Toni Wallace on her election as |
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judge of Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 4 and extend to her |
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sincere best wishes for a successful tenure; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Judge Wallace as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 38 was adopted by the House on March |
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6, 2019, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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