| |
|
|
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 364
|
|
|
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
|
|
recognize Chief Justice Bonnie Sudderth for her service as acting |
|
|
Governor of Texas on July 5 and 6, 2019, pursuant to Texas |
|
|
Government Code, Section 401.023; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Bonnie Sudderth is chief justice of the Second |
|
|
Court of Appeals; prior to her appointment as a justice to the |
|
|
Second Court of Appeals in 2015, she served for six years as a |
|
|
judge and chief judge of the Fort Worth municipal courts and |
|
|
almost 19 years as a state district judge in Tarrant County; in |
|
|
October of 2017, Governor Greg Abbott appointed her chief justice |
|
|
of the Second Court of Appeals; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, A graduate of The University of Texas School of |
|
|
Law, Chief Justice Sudderth has authored more than 500 published |
|
|
and unpublished opinions since her appointment to the Second |
|
|
Court of Appeals, and she has twice received Best Series of |
|
|
Articles awards from the State Bar of Texas; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, She is noted for her exceptional work as a mentor |
|
|
to law students and young attorneys, and she was the first |
|
|
recipient of the Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association's |
|
|
Outstanding Mentor Award; she has served for more than 20 years |
|
|
as an adjunct professor at Texas A&M University School of Law, |
|
|
formerly Texas Wesleyan School of Law; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Chief Justice Sudderth is respected for her |
|
|
fairness and impartiality, her thorough knowledge of the law, and |
|
|
her passion for public service; now, therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th |
|
|
Legislature, hereby commend Chief Justice Bonnie Sudderth on her |
|
|
distinguished career as a jurist and extend congratulations to |
|
|
her on her exemplary service as Governor of Texas; and, be it |
|
|
further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
|
|
her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. |
| |
|
|
Nelson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
________________________________ |
|
|
|
President of the Senate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I hereby certify that the |
|
|
|
above Resolution was adopted by |
|
|
|
the Senate on May 5, 2021. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
________________________________ |
|
|
|
Secretary of the Senate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
________________________________ |
|
|
|
Member, Texas Senate |