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
Sustaining Life Fellow
Hershell L. Barnes, Jr. *
Sustaining Life Fellow
Hon. Elizabeth Lang-Miers
Sustaining Life Fellow
Curtis W. Meadows, Jr.
Sustaining Life Fellow
Robert R. Roby
Sustaining Life Fellow
Harriet Miers
Sustaining Life Fellow
Jonathan Vickery
Sustaining Life Fellow
Robert F. Middleton
Sustaining Life Fellow
Daniel Knott
Sustaining Life Fellow
Ted Lyon
Sustaining Life Fellow
Michael C. Wright
Sustaining Life Fellow
Paige Lueking
Sustaining Life Fellow
W. Michael Bonesio
Sustaining Life Fellow
Paula Larsen
Sustaining Life Fellow
Alfonso Garcia Chan
Sustaining Life Fellow
R. Michael Farquhar*
Sustaining Life Fellow
James A. Ellis, Jr.
Sustaining Life Fellow
Greg W. Curry
Sustaining Life Fellow
Justice Tom James
Sustaining Life Fellow
David M. Walsh Iv
Sustaining Life Fellow
Will S. Snyder
Sustaining Life Fellow
Lorraine A. Raggio
Sustaining Life Fellow
Andrew L. Payne
Sustaining Life Fellow
Joe F. Canterbury, Jr.
Sustaining Life Fellow
Ronald M. Mankoff
Sustaining Life Fellow
Ray Ladriere
Sustaining Life Fellow
Jill Adler Naylor
Sustaining Life Fellow
Mark Stradley
Sustaining Life Fellow
Michael Stacy
Sustaining Life Fellow
Gerald T. Welch
Sustaining Life Fellow
Dawn Estes
Sustaining Life Fellow
Anne Johnson
Sustaining Life Fellow
Ladd A. Hirsch
Sustaining Life Fellow
W. Ross Forbes, Jr.
Sustaining Life Fellow
Dr. Charles O. Galvin*
Sustaining Life Fellow
John W. Bickel Ii
Sustaining Life Fellow
Joette Furlough
Sustaining Life Fellow
Richard C. Levin
Sustaining Life Fellow
David Carlock
Sustaining Life Fellow
T. Randall Matthews
Sustaining Life Fellow
Shannon L.K. Welch
Sustaining Life Fellow
Patricia J. Villareal
Sustaining Life Fellow
Stephen C. Rasch
Sustaining Life Fellow
Brian S. Rawson
Sustaining Life Fellow
Christina Melton Crain
Sustaining Life Fellow
Steve Wesley Gwinn
Sustaining Life Fellow
Brent M. Rosenthal
Sustaining Life Fellow
John Mcshane
Sustaining Life Fellow
Laura M. Franze
Sustaining Life Fellow
Charles W. Blau
Sustaining Life Fellow
Robert L. Meyers, Iii
Sustaining Life Fellow
Ken Carroll
Sustaining Life Fellow
Roderick A. Goyne
Sustaining Life Fellow
Charles Pulman
Sustaining Life Fellow
William M. Katz, Jr.
Sustaining Life Fellow
Trudy Fountain-James
Sustaining Life Fellow
Walter H. Dunlap, Jr.
Sustaining Life Fellow
Kevin R. Fuller
Sustaining Life Fellow
Jeff Cash
Sustaining Life Fellow
Gary S. Kessler
Sustaining Life Fellow
Linda A. Wilkins
Sustaining Life Fellow
Robert H. Bliss
Sustaining Life Fellow
George C. Johnson
Sustaining Life Fellow
W. Mike Baggett
Sustaining Life Fellow
Bruce A. Cheatham
Sustaining Life Fellow
Robert Cohan
Sustaining Life Fellow
Michael K. Hurst
Sustaining Life Fellow
William D. Elliott
Sustaining Life Fellow
Frederick B. Wulff
Sustaining Life Fellow
Michael F. Albers
Sustaining Life Fellow
Jim L. Flegle
Sustaining Life Fellow
Frank E. Stevenson, Ii
Sustaining Life Fellow
Brian D. Melton
Sustaining Life Fellow
Mary Burdin
Sustaining Life Fellow
Cullen M. Godfrey
Sustaining Life Fellow
William B. Mateja
Sustaining Life Fellow
Ophelia S. Camina
Sustaining Life Fellow
David G. Luther, Jr.
Sustaining Life Fellow
F. Franklin Honea
Sustaining Life Fellow
Lori A. Leu
Sustaining Life Fellow
Guy Kerr
Sustaining Life Fellow
Mark Johansen
Sustaining Life Fellow
Cheryl Camin Murray
Sustaining Life Fellow
C. Paul Rogers Iii
Sustaining Life Fellow
Bruce K. Packard
Sustaining Life Fellow
Alan S. Loewinsohn
Sustaining Life Fellow
Robert R. Ries
Sustaining Life Fellow
Robert Crotty
Sustaining Life Fellow
Edwin E. Wright, Iii*
Sustaining Life Fellow
Timothy G. Ackermann
Sustaining Life Fellow
Charles W. Matthews
Sustaining Life Fellow
Joel W. Reese
Sustaining Life Fellow
Charles L. Babcock
Sustaining Life Fellow
Toby Gerber
Sustaining Life Fellow
Charla Aldous
Sustaining Life Fellow
Carl E. Glaze
Sustaining Life Fellow
Beth Maultsby
Sustaining Life Fellow
William M. Ravkind*
Sustaining Life Fellow
Joseph (Joe) A. Hoffman
Sustaining Life Fellow
Nina Cortell
Sustaining Life Fellow
Noah Henry Simpson, Iii