Bill Text: TX HR247 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Kirby Jerome Portley on his graduation from St. Mary's University School of Law and his admission to the State Bar of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-25 - Reported enrolled [HR247 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR247-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 247 |
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WHEREAS, Kirby Jerome Portley was awarded his juris doctor | ||
degree from St. Mary's University School of Law on May 18, 2013, and | ||
he has been admitted to the State Bar of Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, | ||
Mr. Portley earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy and lettered | ||
in football for four years; he went on to distinguish himself during | ||
law school as a member of The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race | ||
and Social Justice; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Portley has served as a law clerk for Lloyd | ||
Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend in Austin, for the Lower Colorado | ||
River Authority, and for the United States Attorney's Office for | ||
the Eastern District of Texas; in addition, he has been a summer | ||
legal intern for the United States Department of Justice and for the | ||
Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C., and a summer | ||
judicial intern for the Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals; his | ||
experience further includes service as a committee clerk and as a | ||
legislative intern for the Texas House of Representatives and as a | ||
legal assistant for the firm of Clark, Thomas & Winters; and | ||
WHEREAS, Preparing to embark on an exciting new chapter in | ||
his life, Kirby Portley may reflect with pride on all he has | ||
accomplished thus far and look with anticipation toward a bright | ||
future; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Kirby Jerome | ||
Portley on his graduation from St. Mary's University School of Law | ||
and his admission to the State Bar of Texas and extend to him | ||
sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Portley as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Lewis | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 247 was adopted by the House on June | ||
25, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||