Bill Text: TX HR2093 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Gladys Goffney on her 50th anniversary as a lawyer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-24 - Reported enrolled [HR2093 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2093-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2093 |
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WHEREAS, Gladys Goffney celebrated her 50th anniversary as a | ||
lawyer in 2022; and | ||
WHEREAS, After enjoying success as a medical technologist, | ||
Ms. Goffney embarked on a career shift in 1966, when she began | ||
taking night courses at South Texas College of Law Houston; at that | ||
time, there were only a handful of female students attending the | ||
college, and Ms. Goffney was a founding member of the women's | ||
group; she earned her juris doctor in 1971, becoming the college's | ||
second Black female graduate; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Goffney passed the bar exam and became a | ||
licensed attorney in 1972; she opened a solo practice, originally | ||
specializing in family, juvenile, and criminal law, and she later | ||
expanded her practice to include probate law; through the years, | ||
she has served as a referee and attorney ad litem in hundreds of | ||
cases, and she further distinguished herself during her time as | ||
associate judge in the 246th Family District Court in Harris | ||
County; today, she focuses on nonlitigious probate cases; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of more than five decades, Gladys | ||
Goffney has demonstrated a deep commitment to the legal profession, | ||
and her skill, expertise, and dedication have earned her the | ||
admiration and appreciation of her colleagues as well as the many | ||
clients she has served; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Gladys Goffney on her 50th | ||
anniversary as a lawyer and extend to her sincere best wishes for | ||
the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Goffney as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Dutton | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2093 was adopted by the House on May | ||
24, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||