Dallas Bar Foundation's (DBF) Fellows Program
Dallas Bar Foundation (DBF) Fellows are the sustaining force behind the Dallas Bar Association's philanthropic efforts. The Fellows are perpetual sponsors for scholarships, clinics, special events, issue advocacy, and other charitable grants of the DBF.
When someone is designated a DBF Fellow, his or her name is forever associated with the tenets of our mission: law-related education; legal services for the poor; historical preservation; and furtherance of justice.
About the DBF Fellows Program
Fellowships are awarded only to Dallas Bar Association members who embody DBF virtues. Election to the Fellows is evidence of professional distinction and constitutes a professional honor. Fellows are attorneys who have demonstrated a high ethical standard and a commitment to the cause of justice and the welfare of the community.
Fellows Designations
Life Benefactor Fellow
achieved when the total contribution has reached $5000
Life Fellow
achieved when the total contribution has reached $1500
Life Patron Fellow
achieved when the total contribution has reached $2500
Fellow
makes a commitment to contribute $150 per year / 10 years
Sustaining Life Fellow
achieved when the total contribution has reached $1650 and continues to contribute $150 or more per year after
Life Senior Fellow
60 years or older and makes a one time contribution of $750 or $150 per year over 5 years
At the beginning of each year, current DBF Fellows may nominate attorneys to be elected as Fellows. The nomination form is available online (Fellows Nomination Form). The nominee receives an invitation to submit a Fellows Application Form and Fellows Pledge Form to the DBF. The DBF Fellows Chair submits the name for approval to the DBF Board of Trustees. Each new DBF Fellow is introduced each year at the Annual Fellows Luncheon and is recognized in the luncheon program.
Annual Fellows Justinian Award
The Fellows Justinian Award is the most prestigious honor of the Dallas Bar Foundation and is presented each year at the Annual Fellows Luncheon in honor of an attorney who has achieved and consistently demonstrated the highest levels of professional excellence in a substantive area of the law.
Our Fellows
*Deceased
Life Benefactor Fellow
Steven L. Russell
Life Benefactor Fellow
Ross W. Stoddard, Iii
Life Benefactor Fellow
Martha Crandall Coleman
Life Benefactor Fellow
Victor N. Corpuz
In Memory of Isabel N. Corpuz
Life Benefactor Fellow
Karen Gren Scholer
Life Benefactor Fellow
Jeffrey A. Carter
Life Benefactor Fellow
Suzy Fulton
Life Benefactor Fellow
Deborah G. Hankinson
Life Benefactor Fellow
Robb L. Voyles
Life Benefactor Fellow
Isreal James Miller
Life Benefactor Fellow
O. Rey Rodriguez
Life Benefactor Fellow
E. Leon Carter
Life Benefactor Fellow
Peter Kraus
Life Benefactor Fellow
Karolyne H. C. Garner
Life Benefactor Fellow
Russell F. Coleman
Life Patron Fellow
Jerry Lastelick
Life Patron Fellow
Jamil N. Alibhai
Life Patron Fellow
Rex J. Spivey*
Life Patron Fellow
William A. (Tony) Stewart
Life Patron Fellow
Al Ellis
Life Patron Fellow
Hon. Aaron Kaufman
Life Patron Fellow
Michael J. Quilling
Life Patron Fellow
Hon. Barbara Lynn
Life Patron Fellow
Daniel Branch
Life Patron Fellow
Debbie Dudley Branson
Life Patron Fellow
Rust E. Reid
Life Patron Fellow
Kenneth Mighell
Life Patron Fellow
Timothy W. Mountz
Life Patron Fellow
Kim J. Askew
Life Patron Fellow
J. Robert Arnett Ii
Life Patron Fellow
Roland Love
Life Patron Fellow
Peter S. Vogel
Life Patron Fellow
Jennifer Richie
Life Patron Fellow
G. Luke Ashley
Life Patron Fellow
Susan E. Powley
Life Patron Fellow
Robert A. Gwinn*
Life Patron Fellow
David N. Reed*
Life Patron Fellow
Bruce Anton
Life Patron Fellow
William A. Brewer Iii
Life Patron Fellow
Hon. Wm. E. Sanderson, Jr.
Life Patron Fellow
Hon. Mary L. Murphy
Life Patron Fellow
Clint Cox
Life Patron Fellow
Ann Marie Painter
Life Patron Fellow
Joel Crouch
Life Patron Fellow
R. Whit Roberts
Life Patron Fellow
Lewis R. Sifford
Life Patron Fellow
Frank L. Branson
Life Patron Fellow
Kirby Drake
Life Patron Fellow
Michael Lowenberg
Life Patron Fellow
Bruce Turner
Life Patron Fellow
J. Scott Chase
Life Patron Fellow
Robert T. Mowrey
Life Patron Fellow
Hon. Carolyn Wright
Life Patron Fellow
Isreal Miller
Life Patron Fellow
Cecilia H. Morgan
Life Patron Fellow
Norma Lea Beasley *
Life Patron Fellow
Thomas P. Goranson
Life Patron Fellow
Donald P. Wiley
Life Patron Fellow
David R. Latchford
Life Patron Fellow
Shirley Baccus-Lobel
Life Patron Fellow
Rebecca L. Greenan
Life Patron Fellow
Franklin Harris Hytken
Life Patron Fellow
Barney Young
Life Patron Fellow
Tom Leatherbury
Life Patron Fellow
Richard G. Stewart, Jr.
Life Patron Fellow
Erle Nye
Life Patron Fellow
Samara L. Kline
Life Patron Fellow
Deidre B Ruckman
Life Patron Fellow
Greg Noschese
Life Patron Fellow
Robert L. Tobey
Life Patron Fellow
Curtis L. Frisbie, Jr.
Life Patron Fellow
Marian Spitzberg
Life Patron Fellow
Michael A. O'Neil*
Life Patron Fellow
Les Weisbrod
Life Patron Fellow
Robert F. Ruckman
Life Patron Fellow
Sean T. Hamada
Life Patron Fellow
Alison Courtwright Boren
Life Patron Fellow
R.W. Calloway
Life Patron Fellow
Norman R. Rogers
Life Patron Fellow
Sam P. Burford, Jr. *
Sustaining Life Fellow
Joe H. Staley, Jr.*
Sustaining Life Fellow
Harlan A. Martin
Sustaining Life Fellow
Suzan Kedron
Sustaining Life Fellow
Jerry N. Jordan
Sustaining Life Fellow
Jim Burnham
Sustaining Life Fellow
Mark A. Shank
Sustaining Life Fellow
Robert W. Coleman
Sustaining Life Fellow
Raymond C. Jordan, Jr.
Sustaining Life Fellow
Michael D. Mckinley
Sustaining Life Fellow
John J. Little
Sustaining Life Fellow
Chauncey Lane
Sustaining Life Fellow
Marc R. Stanley
Sustaining Life Fellow
E. Thomas Bishop
Sustaining Life Fellow
Richard A. Massman
Sustaining Life Fellow
William L. Wallander
Sustaining Life Fellow
John B. Holden, Jr.
Sustaining Life Fellow
Edward A. Copley
Sustaining Life Fellow
Marcellene Malouf
Sustaining Life Fellow
Chris Wilmoth
Sustaining Life Fellow
Jane Politz Brandt