SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 158
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to pay
tribute to H. Ron White on the grand occasion of his 70th
birthday, which is being celebrated in Dallas on February 11,
2011; and
WHEREAS, Ron White is the partner-in-charge of the Dallas
office of Yoss White and Wiggins law firm and serves on numerous
boards of directors; he graduated from Hampton University in
Virginia in 1962 and served as an officer in the United States
Army in Germany and Vietnam for six years before earning a law
degree from Howard University in 1971; and
WHEREAS, He has more than 30 years of experience as a
litigator and has also served as a mediator since 1989; he has
served as lead counsel in complex litigation on behalf of Fortune
500 corporations as well as governmental entities, and he is
general counsel for a number of businesses and for the
Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Association of Trial Lawyers of
America; and
WHEREAS, He is a former district court judge, a
long-standing member of the Texas Bar College, and a Life Fellow
in the Texas Bar Foundation and the National Bar Association; he
is a founding member of the Texas General Counsel Forum; and
WHEREAS, The many accolades Mr. White has earned include
being selected as Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2004 by the Dallas
Bar Association and receiving the Dallas Bar Foundation Fellows
Award in 2006; Ron White is indeed an exemplary role model and a
highly respected leader in the Dallas community; now, therefore,
be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas hereby
recognize H. Ron White as a treasured citizen of the State of Texas
and congratulate him on his 70th birthday; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
him as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.
West
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on January 31, 2011.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate