* UPDATED AS OF THE 78th LEGISLATIVE SESSION *

2003 - HOUSE SPEAKER APPOINTS REP. SOLOMONS:

• CHAIRMAN, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS COMMITTEE - Overseeing the state's lending industry.
• HOUSE BUSINESS & INDUSTRY COMMITTEE - Serving his 5th term.
• CHAIRMAN, SUNSET ADVISORY COMMITTEE - Reviewing 30 agencies including: Public Utilities Commission, Texas Workers Compensation Commission, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, and Texas Board of Medical Examiners.

REPRESENTATIVE SOLOMONS SERVES ON THE:

• HOUSE BUSINESS & INDUSTRY COMMITTEE (5 SESSIONS)
  
• CHAIR, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS COMMITTEE
  
• CHAIR, SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION

IN 2002, REP. SOLOMONS TOOK OVER THE RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLETE
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INTERIM CHARGES WHEN CHAIRMAN REP. KIP AVERITT WAS ELECTED TO THE TEXAS SENATE, AND ALSO APPOINTED AS
THE BUSINESS & INDUSTRY SUBCOMMITTEE INTERIM CHAIR ON BINDING ARBITRATION ISSUES AFFECTING BUSINESS AND CONSUMERS.

EDUCATION:

• BACHELOR OF ARTS FROM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
  
• MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FROM SMU
  
• LAW DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA

REP. SOLOMONS HAS PRACTICED LAW IN DENTON COUNTY SINCE 1978, STARTING OUT AS AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF DENTON, AND SERVED AS ACTING CITY ATTORNEY BEFORE GOING TO WORK AS GENERAL COUNSEL FOR LAWYERS TITLE OF DENTON AND ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL FOR HEXTER FAIR TITLE COMPANY IN DALLAS.

AFTER GOING INTO PRIVATE PRACTICE IN 1986 WORKING PRIMARILY ON REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS LAW MATTERS, REP. SOLOMONS ALSO SERVED AS THE PRESIDING MUNICIPAL JUDGE IN THE CITY OF CARROLLTON FROM 1987
TO 1993, ALTERNATE MUNICIPAL JUDGE FOR THE CITIES OF LEWISVILLE AND FLOWER MOUND (1993-1994), AS PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS MUNCIPAL COURT ASSOCIATION (1993-94), MEMBER OF THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT'S JUDICIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (1993), DENTON COUNTY CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE (1993-94), CHARTER DIRECTOR OF THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF DENTON COUNTY, INC., SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE METROCREST DIVISION OF THE HOME & APARTMENT BUILDERS ASSOCIATION (1989-92).

AS A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, REP. SOLOMONS HAS AUTHORED AND PASSED A VARIETY OF BUSINESS, REAL ESTATE, TAX, JUDICIAL, AND CRIME LEGISLATION. HE IS ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS AND THE TEXAS CONSERVATIVE COALITION.

IN THE 77TH LEGISLATURE (2001), REP. SOLOMONS WAS THE AUTHOR OF THE LEGISLATION CREATING THE TEXAS TELEMARKETING "NO-CALL LIST" AND THE DENTON COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.