TITLE: Congratulating Chief Justice Ann Crawford McClure of the Eighth Court of Appeals on her receipt of the 2013 BRAVO Award from the League of Women Voters of El Paso.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Chief Justice Ann Crawford McClure of the Eighth Court of Appeals on her receipt of the 2013 BRAVO Award from the League of Women Voters of El Paso.

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WHEREAS, Ann Crawford McClure, chief justice of the Eighth Court of Appeals, has been named the recipient of the 2013 BRAVO Award by the League of Women Voters of El Paso; and WHEREAS, In selecting Chief Justice McClure, the league cited her unwavering dedication to justice, her support for humanitarian efforts, and her allegiance to the principles of charity and goodwill that define the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, of which she is a commissioned member; and WHEREAS, Ann McClure graduated magna cum laude from Texas Christian University and went on to complete her law degree at the University of Houston Law Center in 1979; she joined a prominent family firm in Houston and in 1983 opened a solo practice in appellate law in El Paso; gaining board certification in family law and civil appellate law, she eventually merged practices with her husband, David, into the partnership of McClure & McClure; she maintained her statewide appellate practice until 1994, when she was elected to the Eighth Court of Appeals, and in October 2011, she became the first female chief justice in the court's 100-year history; and WHEREAS, Deeply committed to continuing legal education, Chief Justice McClure lectures frequently in the areas of appellate practice, family law, evidence, ethics, and women's issues, and she has authored numerous articles; she was appointed to the Texas Board of Law Examiners by the Supreme Court of Texas in 1991, and she was one of the original members of the Texas Board of Disciplinary Appeals; she has also served on the Texas Family Law Specialization Exam Commission and the Texas Civil Appellate Law Advisory Commission and has chaired the State Bar of Texas Appellate Section, the Family Law Section, and the Appellate Division of the Judicial Section; and WHEREAS, This distinguished jurist serves as an editorial consultant to Matthew Bender's Texas Family Law Practice and Procedure,and she has been a contributing editor of The Family Law Forum,The Family Law Section Report,and other publications; in addition, she has been the president of both the El Paso and Trans-Pecos Bar Associations, and she has served on the Governor's Task Force on Indigent Defense; and WHEREAS, Over the years, Chief Justice McClure has received a host of accolades, among them the Civil Rights Award from the El Paso Branch of the NAACP, the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Texas Christian University, and the Presidential Certificate of Merit from the directors and past presidents of the State Bar of Texas; she was named 2006 Judge of the Year by the El Paso Chapter of the Mexican American Bar Association, 2005 Samuel Pessarra Outstanding Jurist by the Texas Bar Foundation, and 2004 Jurist of the Year by the Texas Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; and WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Chief Justice McClure is supported by the love and encouragement of her husband and their two children, Kinsey and Scott; and WHEREAS, Chief Justice McClure exemplifies the highest standards of her profession, and she has contributed significantly to jurisprudence in the Lone Star State, earning the respect and appreciation of her colleagues and her fellow citizens alike; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Chief Justice Ann Crawford McClure on her receipt of the 2013 BRAVO Award from the League of Women Voters of El Paso and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success in her important work; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Chief Justice McClure as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Moody Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1631 was adopted by the House on April 25, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House