| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2355 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The Honorable Hilda Gloria Tagle retired as senior |
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| 6 | 6 | | judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas |
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| 7 | 7 | | in 2021, drawing to a close a pioneering career in the law that |
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| 8 | 8 | | spanned more than four decades; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The daughter of Manuel and Dolores Cipriano Tagle, |
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| 10 | 10 | | Hilda Tagle was born in Corpus Christi in 1946 and grew up in |
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| 11 | 11 | | Robstown; she earned her associate's degree from Del Mar College in |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1967, her bachelor's degree from East Texas State University in |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1969, and her master's degree in library science from North Texas |
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| 14 | 14 | | State University in 1971; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, While working as a librarian at Strake Jesuit |
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| 16 | 16 | | College Preparatory School in Houston, Judge Tagle enrolled in The |
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| 17 | 17 | | University of Texas School of Law, and she graduated in 1977; she |
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| 18 | 18 | | began her legal career as an assistant city attorney in Corpus |
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| 19 | 19 | | Christi and as an assistant county attorney in Nueces County, and in |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1980 she was recruited by the Nueces County district attorney to |
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| 21 | 21 | | prosecute felonies; she then entered private practice for a time, |
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| 22 | 22 | | while also teaching at Del Mar College; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, In 1985, Judge Tagle was appointed to Nueces County |
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| 24 | 24 | | Court at Law No. 3, making her the first Hispanic woman to serve as |
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| 25 | 25 | | a judge in Nueces County, the first Hispanic woman to serve on a |
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| 26 | 26 | | county court at law in Texas, and the second Hispanic woman to serve |
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| 27 | 27 | | as judge of a court of record in the history of Texas; she was |
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| 28 | 28 | | elected judge of the 148th District Court in Corpus Christi in 1994, |
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| 29 | 29 | | and in 1997 she was nominated by President Bill Clinton to the U.S. |
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| 30 | 30 | | District Court; confirmed by the U.S. Senate the following year, |
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| 31 | 31 | | she became the first Hispanic woman to serve as a U.S. District |
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| 32 | 32 | | Court judge in Texas, and on December 31, 2012, she became the |
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| 33 | 33 | | court's senior judge; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, Judge Tagle's dedication, expertise, and commitment |
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| 35 | 35 | | to the law have greatly benefited the citizens of Texas and earned |
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| 36 | 36 | | her the respect and admiration of her fellow jurists, and she may |
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| 37 | 37 | | indeed reflect with pride on a career well spent as she embarks on |
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| 38 | 38 | | the next exciting chapter of her life; now, therefore, be it |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 40 | 40 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Hilda Gloria Tagle on her |
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| 41 | 41 | | retirement as senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the |
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| 42 | 42 | | Southern District of Texas and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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| 43 | 43 | | the future; and, be it further |
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| 44 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 45 | 45 | | prepared for Judge Tagle as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 46 | 46 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 47 | 47 | | Herrero |
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| 48 | 48 | | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 50 | 50 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2355 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 51 | 51 | | 29, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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| 52 | 52 | | ______________________________ |
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| 53 | 53 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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