Bill Text: TX HR2168 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Kristina N. Kastl for her service as president of the Dallas Bar Association.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2168 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2168-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2168 |
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WHEREAS, Kristina N. Kastl served with distinction as | ||
president of the Dallas Bar Association during 2022; and | ||
WHEREAS, A leader in the city's legal community and a | ||
longtime champion of women in the profession, Krisi Kastl | ||
implemented a number of new initiatives during her tenure, | ||
including the Trailblazers Program, CLE Abroad to the Netherlands, | ||
and the Cannabis Law and Education Law Study Groups; the Dallas LGBT | ||
Bar Association became an official affinity bar with a voting | ||
director position for president and advisory director position for | ||
president-elect of the DBA; moreover, she expanded the Relaunch! | ||
Program; she also took the Dallas Bar Board and distinguished | ||
guests to El Paso for the DBA Board Retreat, and they visited The | ||
University of Texas at El Paso, L&J Cafe, Hotel Paso del Norte, and | ||
the State Line; the Law Day Luncheon included an interview with | ||
Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall, who presented all the award | ||
winners with tickets to a team game; and | ||
WHEREAS, Previously, Ms. Kastl served as president of the | ||
Dallas Women Lawyers Association and of Texas Women Lawyers; she is | ||
also a former chair of the American Association for Justice Women | ||
Trial Lawyers Caucus, and she has served on the boards of the Texas | ||
Trial Lawyers Association and the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association; | ||
she has further given of her time and expertise to many other | ||
professional organizations, among them the Dallas Hispanic Bar | ||
Association and the Dallas Asian American Bar Association; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Kastl is the founder of Kastl Law, P.C., a | ||
plaintiff's personal injury firm; with more than two decades of | ||
experience, she has advocated for over 6,000 clients and tried | ||
upwards of 75 cases that have gone to jury verdict; she holds | ||
degrees from The University of Texas at El Paso, Texas Tech | ||
University School of Law, and Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, | ||
and she is a certified mediator; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through her deep commitment to the legal profession, | ||
Krisi Kastl has earned the lasting respect and admiration of her | ||
peers, and she may indeed reflect with pride on her work in | ||
advancing the important mission of the Dallas Bar Association; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor Kristina N. Kastl for her service as | ||
president of the Dallas Bar Association 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. Kastl as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Neave Criado | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2168 was adopted by the House on May | ||
29, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||