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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Rebecca Lange concluded her service as Llano County |
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attorney on December 31, 2020, providing a fitting opportunity to |
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recognize her outstanding record of achievement; and |
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WHEREAS, The Llano County attorney is responsible for the |
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prosecution of misdemeanor, juvenile, truancy, and Department of |
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Family Services cases, and after taking office in March 2014, |
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Ms. Lange dedicated herself to protecting vulnerable children and |
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adults in her community; she oversaw the establishment of the |
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county's Community Resource Coordination Group and a mental health |
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coalition, and she led the effort to raise grant money for a Boys |
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and Girls Club and prosecutorial services for the victims of family |
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violence; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of White Oak High School, Ms. Lange holds |
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a bachelor's degree in adapted physical education summa cum laude |
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from St. Andrews Presbyterian College; she served in the U.S. Army |
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for 26 years on active duty and reserve status as a physical |
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therapist, rising to the rank of colonel, and for a time she was a |
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member of the presidential medical team assigned to President |
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George H. W. Bush; she is a graduate of the U.S. Army-Baylor |
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University graduate program in physical therapy and the Command and |
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General Staff College; her commendations include receipt of the |
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Legion of Merit and induction into the Order of Military Medical |
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Merit; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2004, Ms. Lange earned her law degree from Texas |
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Wesleyan University, and she worked in private practice in the |
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Dallas-Fort Worth area before moving to the Hill Country, where she |
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was an assistant district attorney with the 33rd & 424th Judicial |
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Districts before serving Llano County; she is looking forward to |
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the next stage of her career, as a member of the law firm of Brown, |
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Lacallade & Lange, P.C.; and |
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WHEREAS, Rebecca Lange's commitment, skill, and integrity |
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have greatly benefited the citizens of Llano County and earned her |
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the respect and admiration of her peers, and she may indeed reflect |
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with pride on her accomplishments as she takes on the challenges and |
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opportunities of her new position; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Rebecca Lange on her service as Llano |
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County attorney and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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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. Lange as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |