Bill Text: TX SCR39 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas Senate Concurrent Resolution 39 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: In memory of Clyde Moody Siebman.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-05-08 - Signed by the Governor [SCR39 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SCR39-Enrolled.html



	S.C.R. No. 39




	SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, The untimely death of noted attorney and admired
	civic leader Clyde Moody Siebman on March 4, 2021, at the age of 62,
	brought a great loss to his family, his friends, and the legal
	community in Texas and beyond; and
	WHEREAS, Born in Sherman on November 26, 1958, to Newell and
	Carol Siebman, Clyde Siebman grew up in Pottsboro and Plano with the
	companionship of his beloved sister, Annette, and numerous dear
	cousins; he received a dual bachelor's degree in business
	administration and psychology at Southern Methodist University,
	and while completing his juris doctor degree at SMU Dedman School of
	Law, he met his future wife, Carol Ann Mumm; they became the proud
	parents of a daughter, Elizabeth, and they were eventually blessed
	with a granddaughter, Kendall; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Siebman began his career as a law clerk for U.S.
	District Judge Paul Brown, inaugural judge of the Eastern District
	of Texas; in 1991, he became a founding partner of Siebman, Forrest,
	Burg, & Smith, known as Siebman & Siebman during the years he
	practiced with his wife, before she joined the judiciary; today,
	the firm has offices in Sherman and four other cities, and the legal
	team includes his daughter, Elizabeth Siebman Forrest, a named
	partner, and his niece, Becca Skupin, an associate; and
	WHEREAS, A national expert in intellectual property law,
	Mr. Siebman began handling such cases even before the Eastern
	District became a preferred venue for patent litigation; he was
	heavily involved in the New York Intellectual Property Law
	Association, the Leahy Institute of Advanced Patent Studies, and
	the Sedona Conference; moreover, he was frequently called upon to
	moderate judicial panels and appear at legal conferences across the
	country; he also visited Chinese universities with a delegation of
	attorneys and judges and lectured on U.S. trial practices; among
	myriad accolades, he was recognized by The Best Lawyers in America
	as 2018 Dallas/Fort Worth Lawyer of the Year for Patent Litigation
	and 2020 Dallas/Fort Worth Lawyer of the Year for Copyright
	Litigation; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Siebman regularly represented clients in
	complex commercial litigation in the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of
	Appeals, as well as other venues, and he served his profession in
	numerous leadership roles; committed to innovation, he chaired the
	advisory board of the Institute for Law and Technology and served as
	an ex officio member of the board; he worked tirelessly in behalf of
	his colleagues in East Texas, founding the district's bar
	association and serving as its president; moreover, he was the
	driving force behind the association's Bench-Bar Conference of the
	Eastern District of Texas, one of the nation's foremost legal
	programs, and served as chair for a quarter century; he made further
	contributions as a member of several Eastern District committees
	and the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors; and
	WHEREAS, Highly engaged in civic life, Mr. Siebman served as
	Republican Party chair in Grayson County and as a member of the
	State Republican Executive Committee; he energetically supported
	GOP candidates at all levels and was instrumental in the ascendance
	of the Republican Party in the county and the state; nevertheless,
	he was happy to reach across the aisle in the public interest, and
	he received plaudits in the Eastern District for his work with a
	prominent local Democrat to fill vacant federal judgeships; in
	2000, he was a member of the Presidential Electoral College; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Siebman served on the Red River Boundary
	Commission and played a key role in resolving a dispute between
	Texas and Oklahoma dating back to the Louisiana Purchase; as
	conservator of the Riverbend Water Resource District, he helped
	settle a decades-long legal battle over water issues in East Texas
	and Southwest Arkansas, and he was appointed in 2017 to the Red
	River Interstate Compact Commission; he also served as chair of the
	North Texas Regional Airport Board and of the Grayson County
	Regional Mobility Authority; and
	WHEREAS, Clyde Siebman made a tremendous positive impact
	through his professional and civic contributions, earning the high
	esteem of all who knew him, but he will be remembered equally for
	his warmth, integrity, and kindness; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas
	hereby pay tribute to the life of Clyde Moody Siebman and extend
	sincere condolences to his loved ones; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
	Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of
	Clyde Moody Siebman.





	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House

	I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 39 was adopted by the Senate
	on April 6, 2021, by a rising vote.


	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate

	I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 39 was adopted by the House
	on April 23, 2021, by a rising vote.


	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House



	Approved:

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	Date


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	Governor