Bill Text: TX HR2052 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating U.S. district judge Leonard Davis on his retirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-22 - Reported enrolled [HR2052 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR2052-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2052 |
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Leonard Davis is retiring as chief | ||
judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District | ||
of Texas in May 2015, concluding an exemplary 15-year tenure on the | ||
bench; and | ||
WHEREAS, Appointed as a U.S. district judge in 2002, Judge | ||
Davis has gained recognition as one of the nation's top | ||
intellectual property law jurists; the patent docket in the Eastern | ||
District has grown on his watch from under 10 cases in 2002 to more | ||
than 1,100 in 2015, and he has personally handled more than 1,700 | ||
intellectual property cases, including as many as 11 patent jury | ||
trials in a single year; and | ||
WHEREAS, Many of his cases have become landmark decisions of | ||
the Federal Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court, and they have a high | ||
affirmance rate on appeal; Judge Davis has been invited to sit by | ||
designation on both the United States Federal Circuit Court of | ||
Appeals and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and he has served on | ||
the Judicial Council of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the | ||
Federal Circuit Advisory Council Committee on Case Management; | ||
moreover, he has served as co-chair of the Federal Judges Committee | ||
of the Federal Circuit Bar Association; and | ||
WHEREAS, Previously, Judge Davis served as chief justice of | ||
the Twelfth Court of Appeals of the State of Texas; before taking | ||
the bench, he distinguished himself as a trial lawyer in East Texas | ||
for more than two decades, and from 1983 to 1988, he was general | ||
counsel to the Republican Party of Texas; he served by | ||
gubernatorial appointment on the Judicial Districts Board and the | ||
State Ethics Advisory Commission, and he has served the State Bar of | ||
Texas on its Legal Publications Committee; and | ||
WHEREAS, A Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, Judge Davis | ||
was named 2013 Jurist of the Year by the Texas Chapter of the | ||
American Board of Trial Advocates; in 2012, he received the | ||
prestigious Baylor Lawyer of the Year Award from his alma mater, | ||
where he graduated first in his class in 1976; he also holds a | ||
bachelor's degree in mathematics from The University of Texas at | ||
Arlington and a master's degree in management science from Texas | ||
Christian University; and | ||
WHEREAS, Leonard Davis has set high standards of excellence | ||
throughout his career, and his contributions to his profession have | ||
earned the respect and admiration of the legal community in Texas | ||
and across the country; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Leonard Davis on the occasion of | ||
his retirement as chief judge of the United States District Court | ||
for the Eastern District of Texas and extend to him sincere best | ||
wishes as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of his life; and, | ||
be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Judge Davis as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Hughes | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2052 was adopted by the House on May | ||
21, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||