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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Ken Molberg concluded his exemplary |
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service as senior associate justice of the Court of Appeals for the |
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Fifth District of Texas in Dallas on January 1, 2025; and |
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WHEREAS, Elected to Place 12 of the appellate court in 2018, |
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Justice Molberg brought to his role a wealth of experience on the |
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bench, including a decade as judge of the 95th Judicial District |
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Court; previously, he served as the local administrative district |
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judge of Dallas County, with responsibilities for the county's 39 |
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district courts, and as the presiding judge of all civil district |
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courts of the county; and |
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WHEREAS, Justice Molberg graduated from the Southern |
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Methodist University School of Law, and in 1981, he cofounded the |
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firm Wilson, Williams & Molberg; during his 33 years as a trial |
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attorney, he specialized in labor and employment law and handled |
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and tried hundreds of civil matters, among them cases before the |
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U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Texas, and |
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state appellate courts; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the years, Justice Molberg has advanced his |
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profession in numerous leadership roles; he co-chaired the Pattern |
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Jury Charges Business, Consumer, Insurance & Employment Committee |
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for the State Bar of Texas, and he served for many years on the U.S. |
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Fifth Circuit District Judges Association Advisory Committee on |
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Pattern Jury Charges for Labor and Employment Law; moreover, he was |
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a founder and president of the Texas Employment Lawyers |
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Association; he has further benefited his colleagues as a frequent |
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speaker for continuing legal education programs and as a |
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substantial annual contributor to the Dallas Bar Association's |
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Equal Access to Justice Campaign/Dallas Volunteer Attorney |
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Program; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition, Justice Molberg is an original member |
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of the Founders Board of the University of North Texas Dallas |
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College of Law, where a student scholarship is named in his honor; |
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the recipient of myriad accolades, he was recognized with the |
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Dallas Bar Association's prestigious Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn Jurist |
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of the Year Award in 2022, and he was selected as the 2017 Jurist of |
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the Year by the Texas chapters of the American Board of Trial |
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Advocates; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout his tenure as a judge, Ken Molberg |
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demonstrated wisdom, integrity, and a profound commitment to the |
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law, and his contributions have won him the high esteem of his |
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colleagues; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Ken Molberg for his service as a justice of |
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the Court of Appeals of the Fifth District of Texas and that he be |
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extended 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 Justice Molberg as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |