Bill Text: TX HR664 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Congratulating Joe B. Allen on his retirement as senior partner with Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-14 - Reported enrolled [HR664 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR664-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Congratulating Joe B. Allen on his retirement as senior partner with Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-14 - Reported enrolled [HR664 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR664-Introduced.html
83R9546 LB-D | ||
By: Miller of Fort Bend | H.R. No. 664 |
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WHEREAS, Joe B. Allen retired on January 1, 2013, as a senior | ||
partner with Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP, drawing to a close | ||
a distinguished tenure as an attorney that spanned more than four | ||
and a half decades; and | ||
WHEREAS, A graduate of Baylor University, where he earned | ||
both his bachelor's and law degrees, Joe Allen began his career at | ||
Naman, Howell, Smith & Chase in Waco in 1967; he joined Vinson & | ||
Elkins in 1975 and went on to contribute to the firm's success for | ||
nearly three decades; at ABHR, which he went to work for in 2003, he | ||
focused on public finance and issues related to public | ||
infrastructure; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Allen's expertise also extends to legislative | ||
procedure, and he helped to draft and promote a number of critical | ||
laws over the years; he dedicated much of his effort to reorganizing | ||
and increasing the efficiency of special districts and to Texas | ||
water resources management, and he was an active member of the | ||
Association of Water Board Directors and the Utility District | ||
Advisory Corporation along the way; and | ||
WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan has further distinguished | ||
himself through his involvement in such groups as the Arc of Fort | ||
Bend County, the Boy Scouts of America, the Fort Bend Economic | ||
Development Council, and numerous chambers of commerce; during | ||
retirement, he looks forward to spending more time with his family, | ||
including his wife of almost 36 years, Helen, as well as their four | ||
children and nine grandchildren; in addition, he will enjoy having | ||
the leisure to work at his Trinity "A" Ranch in Madison and Leon | ||
Counties; and | ||
WHEREAS, Committed to his clients, his profession, and the | ||
betterment of the Lone Star State, Joe Allen has won the respect and | ||
admiration of his colleagues and fellow citizens, and he may indeed | ||
reflect with pride on his significant accomplishments; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Joe B. Allen on his retirement as | ||
senior partner with Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP and extend | ||
to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Allen as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. |