Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

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4	4	HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 121
5	5	By Maberry
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8	8	HJR0121
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12	12	A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Sarah Lee Best.
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14	14	WHEREAS, it was with great sadness that the members of this General Assembly
15	15	learned of the untimely death of Sarah Lee Best; and
16	16	WHEREAS, a native of Clarksville, Ms. Best was an attorney with Wilkinson Stekloff Law
17	17	Firm in Washington, D.C.; and
18	18	WHEREAS, a gifted and dedicated student, Sarah Best graduated summa cum laude
19	19	with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Neuroscience and Classical Languages from Vanderbilt
20	20	University in 2013; and
21	21	WHEREAS, she then taught high school math and worked as an instructional coach in
22	22	her native Tennessee before entering law school; and
23	23	WHEREAS, Ms. Best graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania
24	24	Law School, where her former professors praise her as a brilliant student and a beloved
25	25	member of the school's community; and
26	26	WHEREAS, during her tenure in law school, Sarah Best was a senior editor of the
27	27	University of Pennsylvania Law Review, served on the board of Penn's Asian Pacific American
28	28	Law Student Association, interned for the U.S. Department of Education's Office of the General
29	29	Counsel, completed an externship with the Education Law Center, and worked in the
30	30	Transnational Legal Clinic, where she represented clients seeking asylum; and
31	31	WHEREAS, she also was inducted into the Order of the Coif, received the David Werner
32	32	Amram Prize and the Exceptional Pro Bono Service Award, and was named the Edwin R.
33	33	Keedy Cup Moot Court Winner and Best Oralist; and
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38	38	WHEREAS, through her school's Federal Appellate Litigation Externship, Ms. Best
39	39	argued a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in which the district court's
40	40	judgment was vacated, resulting in a positive result for her client; and
41	41	WHEREAS, Ms. Best will be fondly remembered as "a brilliant, kind, and compassionate
42	42	soul who touched the lives of so many," and her memory will be treasured by the loved ones
43	43	and colleagues she has left behind; and
44	44	WHEREAS, Sarah Best brought light into many lives during her all-too-brief time on
45	45	earth, and her passing gives credence to the adage that only the best are taken from us at an
46	46	early age; now, therefore,
47	47	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED
48	48	FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY O F THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE
49	49	CONCURRING, that we honor the memory of Sarah Lee Best, reflecting upon her legacy of
50	50	acumen as an attorney, dedication as a scholar, and excellence as a human being.
51	51	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we express our sympathy and extend our
52	52	condolences to Ms. Best's family and many friends.
53	53	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
54	54	for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to
55	55	the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear
56	56	without House or Senate designation.
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