Bill Text: TX HR230 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Resolution 230

Introduced

Bill Title: Honoring Ken Molberg for his service as a justice of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-19 - Referred to Local & Consent Calendars [HR230 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HR230-Introduced.html

	89R13525 BPG-D

	By: Jones of Dallas	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.