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                         HOUSE   JOINT RESOLUTION   NO. 1

By Representatives Moore, Naifeh, Gilmore, Gotto, Jones, Odom, Pruitt, Sontany, Mike
Turner, Armstrong, Bass, Harry Brooks, Kevin Brooks, Brown, Butt, Campbell, Camper,
Carr, Casada, Cobb, Coley, Cooper, Curtiss, Dean, John DeBerry, Lois DeBerry, Dennis,
Dunn,  Elam, Eldridge, Faison, Favors, Fitzhugh, Floyd, Ford, Forgety, Halford, Hall,
Hardaway,  Harmon, Harrison, Hawk, Haynes, Hensley, Hill, Holt, Hurley, Curtis Johnson,
Phillip Johnson, Keisling, Kernell, Lollar, Lundberg, Maggart, Marsh, Matheny, Matlock,
McCormick,   McDaniel, McDonald,  McManus,   Don  Miller, Larry Miller, Montgomery,
Niceley, Pitts, Pody, Powers, Ragan, Ramsey,  Rich, Richardson,  Roach, Sanderson,
Sargent, Sexton, Shaw, Shepard, Shipley, Sparks, Stewart, Swann, Tidwell, Tindell, Todd,
Towns,  Johnnie Turner, Watson, Weaver, White, Kent Williams, Ryan Williams, Windle,
Wirgau, Womick  and Madam  Speaker Harwell

                                        and

Senators Haynes, Herron, Barnes, Beavers, Bell, Berke, Burks, Campfield, Crowe, Faulk,
Finney, Ford, Gresham,  Haile, Harper, Henry, Johnson, Kelsey, Ketron, Kyle, Marrero,
McNally,  Norris, Overbey, Southerland, Stewart, Summerville, Tate, Tracy, Watson,
Woodson,  Yager and Mr. Speaker Ramsey

       A RESOLUTION   to honor Jane Branstetter Stranch of Nashville upon her confirmation to
the Sixth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals.

       WHEREAS,   Jane Branstetter Stranch of Nashville was nominated on August 7, 2009, by
the President of the United States of America to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for
the Sixth Circuit which hears appeals from federal courts in Tennessee, Kentucky, Michigan,
and Ohio; and

       WHEREAS,   on September 13, 2010, the United States Senate confirmed the nomination
of Jane Branstetter Stranch to the federal bench, and she was subsequently sworn in on
September 24, 2010; and

       WHEREAS,   a summa  cum  laude graduate of Vanderbilt University, Jane Branstetter
Stranch received her Juris Doctorate from Vanderbilt School of Law in 1978 and would
eventually join the law firm of Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings, originally founded by her father,
Cecil D. Branstetter, Sr. in 1952; and

       WHEREAS,   beginning her legal career as a law clerk with the firm during the summers
while she was still at Vanderbilt School of Law, Jane Branstetter Stranch joined as an associate
in 1978 and was named a partner in the firm in 1986; and

       WHEREAS,   as an attorney, Jane Branstetter Stranch developed a national practice in
 labor and employment law, specializing in complex ERISA litigation; her extensive experience
 allowed her to gain a voluminous and comprehensive knowledge of the evolving issue; and

       WHEREAS,   serving as Managing Member of Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings at the time
 of her nomination, Judge Stranch has also previously taught labor law at Belmont University and
 served on the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee; and

       WHEREAS,   a distinguished member of her profession, Judge Stranch is a member of
 the Nashville Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the National Bar Association, the
 Lawyers' Association for Women,  and a  Fellow of the Nashville and Tennessee   Bar
 Foundations; and

       WHEREAS,   an active member of her community, Judge Jane Branstetter Stranch has
 given of her time and talents to numerous charitable and civic organizations, including the
 Bellevue YMCA, St. Luke's Community House, and the Parent Teacher Association of Metro
 Nashville Public Schools; and

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