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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The retirement of James T. "Jim" Worthen as chief |
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justice of the Twelfth Court of Appeals in Tyler on December 31, |
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2026, will conclude his remarkable 27-year tenure as a jurist; and |
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WHEREAS, Chief Justice Worthen first joined the court in |
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1999, and he became chief justice in 2003; before taking the bench, |
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he practiced law in Tyler with the firms of Sammons and Parker and |
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Bain, Files, Worthen and Jarrett, P.C.; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in his professional community, Chief Justice |
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Worthen has held the office of chair for the Council of Chief |
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Justices, and he has served on the Texas Bar Journal Board of |
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Editors Committee and the Law Library Committee of the Smith County |
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Bar Association; he is also a member of the American Bar |
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Association, a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, and a |
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Charter Fellow of the Smith County Bar Foundation; and |
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WHEREAS, A seventh-generation Texan, Chief Justice Worthen |
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grew up in Big Sandy; he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees |
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from The University of Texas at Tyler, his juris doctor degree from |
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South Texas College of Law, and his master of laws degree from the |
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University of Virginia; he holds bar membership in the United |
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States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and the |
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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Chief Justice Worthen benefits |
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from the love and support of his wife, Laura; and |
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WHEREAS, Jim Worthen's dedication, integrity, and commitment |
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to the law have greatly benefited the work of the Twelfth Court of |
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Appeals, and he may indeed reflect with pride on his many years of |
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service as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of his life; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature, 2nd |
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Called Session, hereby congratulate James T. Worthen on his |
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retirement as chief justice of the Twelfth Court of Appeals and |
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extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Chief Justice Worthen as an expression of high regard |
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by the Texas Senate. |