H.R. No. 230
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Honorable Ken Molberg concluded his exemplary
service as senior associate justice of the Court of Appeals for the
Fifth District of Texas in Dallas on January 1, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Elected to Place 12 of the appellate court in 2018,
Justice Molberg brought to his role a wealth of experience on the
bench, including a decade as judge of the 95th Judicial District
Court; previously, he served as the local administrative district
judge of Dallas County, with responsibilities for the county's 39
district courts, and as the presiding judge of all civil district
courts of the county; and
WHEREAS, Justice Molberg graduated from the Southern
Methodist University School of Law, and in 1981, he cofounded the
firm Wilson, Williams & Molberg; during his 33 years as a trial
attorney, he specialized in labor and employment law and handled
and tried hundreds of civil matters, among them cases before the
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Texas, and
state appellate courts; and
WHEREAS, Over the years, Justice Molberg has advanced his
profession in numerous leadership roles; he co-chaired the Pattern
Jury Charges Business, Consumer, Insurance & Employment Committee
for the State Bar of Texas, and he served for many years on the U.S.
Fifth Circuit District Judges Association Advisory Committee on
Pattern Jury Charges for Labor and Employment Law; moreover, he was
a founder and president of the Texas Employment Lawyers
Association; he has further benefited his colleagues as a frequent
speaker for continuing legal education programs and as a
substantial annual contributor to the Dallas Bar Association's
Equal Access to Justice Campaign/Dallas Volunteer Attorney
Program; and
WHEREAS, In addition, Justice Molberg is an original member
of the Founders Board of the University of North Texas Dallas
College of Law, where a student scholarship is named in his honor;
the recipient of myriad accolades, he was recognized with the
Dallas Bar Association's prestigious Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn Jurist
of the Year Award in 2022, and he was selected as the 2017 Jurist of
the Year by the Texas chapters of the American Board of Trial
Advocates; and
WHEREAS, Throughout his tenure as a judge, Ken Molberg
demonstrated wisdom, integrity, and a profound commitment to the
law, and his contributions have won him the high esteem of his
colleagues; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas
Legislature hereby honor Ken Molberg for his service as a justice of
the Court of Appeals of the Fifth District of Texas and that he be
extended sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Justice Molberg as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Jones of Dallas
Y. Davis of Dallas
Rose
Bryant
Garcia Hernandez
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 230 was adopted by the House on April
9, 2025, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House