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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Chad Bridges has ably served the |
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people of Fort Bend County for 20 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Chad Bridges began his career with Fort Bend County |
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in 2003, when he joined the district attorney's office; in 2015, he |
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was appointed as judge of the 240th District Court by Governor Greg |
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Abbott, and after his term ended in 2018, he became the chief |
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prosecutor of the county's Family Violence Division; he was |
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recently elected as judge of the 458th District Court in Fort Bend |
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County, and he was sworn into office on January 1, 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in his professional community, Judge Bridges |
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served as the president and director of the county Crime Victim |
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Response Team (CVRT), and he also trains other judges for the Texas |
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Council on Family Violence; he has been a faculty advisor for the |
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Texas District and County Attorneys Association's Advanced Trial |
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Skills course, and in 2017, he was published in the Texas Center for |
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the Judiciary's In Chambers journal; he became board certified in |
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criminal law in 2020 and currently serves as an adjunct professor of |
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criminal justice at Houston Christian University; his honors |
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include the CVRT Carol Rees Award for outstanding service to crime |
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victims, and in January 2023, he received a 20-Year Service Award |
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from the Fort Bend County Commissioners Court in recognition of his |
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unwavering commitment to the county; and |
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WHEREAS, The dedication and integrity demonstrated by Chad |
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Bridges have greatly benefited area residents and earned him the |
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respect and admiration of his peers, and he may take justifiable |
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pride in his exemplary record of achievement; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Chad Bridges for his 20 years of service to |
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Fort Bend County and extend to him 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 Judge Bridges as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |