SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 127
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
recognize San Antonio attorney Sylvia A. Cardona, president of
the Texas Young Lawyers Association; and
WHEREAS, Sylvia Cardona is a shareholder in the San Antonio
office of Langley and Banack, Incorporated, and her practice
focuses on litigation and international law; she earned a
bachelor's degree from The University of Texas at San Antonio and
a law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law; she
was admitted to practice in Texas in 2001 and received her master
of laws degree in international and comparative law from
Georgetown University Law Center in 2002; and
WHEREAS, She is an active leader in numerous professional
associations, including the Texas State Bar Association, the
Bexar County Women's Bar Association, the American Bar
Association, and the William S. Sessions American Inn of Court;
and
WHEREAS, She serves on the board of directors of the Texas
State Bar Association, the Texas Bar Foundation, and the San
Antonio Young Lawyers Association; she was recognized by the San
Antonio Business Journal as a rising star in 2004, and her peers
recognized her as one of San Antonio's best lawyers in Scene in
San Antonio Monthly magazine; and
WHEREAS, An active volunteer in the San Antonio community,
she speaks to students about the importance of education, and in
an effort to increase pro bono representation, she helped train
more than 100 lawyers statewide to represent children detained at
the border; she is indeed a rising star in the field of law, and
she deserves recognition for her many accomplishments; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st
Legislature, hereby commend Sylvia A. Cardona for her
outstanding work in the legal profession and extend to her best
wishes in all her future endeavors; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.
Van de Putte
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on February 4, 2009.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate