88S40575 CW-D
By: Ortega H.R. No. 68
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, For more than five decades, Albert Armendariz
Jr. has rendered exceptional service to the city of El Paso in his
capacity as an immigration and naturalization attorney; and
WHEREAS, A 1970 graduate of The University of Texas at Austin
School of Law, Mr. Armendariz is a principal of Albert Armendariz,
Jr., Attorney at Law, PC, which is a partner in the Law Offices of
Armendariz & Holguin; through the years, he has practiced
extensively in the area of federal immigration law, with an
emphasis on immigration through family relationships, deportation
defense, acquired and derivative U.S. citizenship, and federal
court litigation; he has further distinguished himself by speaking
at the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting and the Conference on
Immigration and Nationality Law, held by UT Law Continuing Legal
Education; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Armendariz has been honored as the Outstanding
Senior Lawyer by the El Paso Young Lawyers Association, and in 2009,
he received the inaugural Albert Armendariz Jr. Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Mexican American Bar Association of El
Paso; he is a member and a past president of both that entity and the
El Paso Association of Immigration Practitioners; moreover, he
belongs to the American Immigration Lawyers and El Paso Bar
Associations, is involved with the National Lawyers Guild National
Immigration Project, and is a former board chair for the Immigrant
and Refugee Rights Project of the Texas Lawyers' Committee for
Civil Rights Under Law; and
WHEREAS, Through his steadfast commitment to the immigrant
community, Albert Armendariz has benefited the lives of countless
individuals and families in El Paso and beyond, and it is a pleasure
to join in recognizing him for his myriad contributions; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby commend Albert Armendariz
Jr. for his many years of dedicated service as an immigration and
naturalization lawyer and extend to him sincere best wishes for the
future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Armendariz as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.