Bill Text: TX HR70 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Kali Morgan on her election as judge of the 505th District Court in Fort Bend County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-18 - Reported enrolled [HR70 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR70-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 70 |
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Kali Morgan won election as judge of | ||
the 505th District Court in Fort Bend County on November 3, 2020; | ||
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WHEREAS, Born and raised in Houston, Kali Morgan earned her | ||
undergraduate degree from the University of Houston and her law | ||
degree from Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of | ||
Law; she has devoted her career to being an advocate for the | ||
underserved and underrepresented, and immediately after becoming | ||
licensed, she opened a family law practice to provide low-cost and | ||
pro bono legal services to clients unable to afford private | ||
counsel; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2012, Judge Morgan was offered a position as an | ||
assistant disciplinary counsel for the State Bar of Texas, and she | ||
went on to further her professional reputation as a regional | ||
attorney for the State Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services; over the course of her tenure with the state, she provided | ||
training to more than 3,000 state employees; and | ||
WHEREAS, Judge Morgan has distinguished herself as a legal | ||
professional through her skill, expertise, and steadfast | ||
commitment to justice for all, and she is indeed deserving of | ||
recognition as she takes on the challenges and opportunities of her | ||
new office; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Kali Morgan on her election as | ||
judge of the 505th District Court in Fort Bend County and extend to | ||
her sincere best wishes for a successful tenure; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Judge Morgan as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Reynolds | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 70 was adopted by the House on March | ||
10, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||