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
John Slavich
Sustaining Life Fellow
Jerry R. Selinger
Sustaining Life Fellow
Michael A. Mccabe
Sustaining Life Fellow
James E. O'Bannon
Sustaining Life Fellow
James S. Meyer
Sustaining Life Fellow
Arch C. Mccoll, Iii
Sustaining Life Fellow
Thomas Lillard
Sustaining Life Fellow
Carol E. Farquhar
Sustaining Life Fellow
Gregory Huffman
Sustaining Life Fellow
Barbara Clay
Sustaining Life Fellow
Marilea W. Lewis
Sustaining Life Fellow
John V. Jansonius
Sustaining Life Fellow
Jeffrey S. Levinger
Life Fellow
John Mcnair
Life Fellow
G. Ward Beaudry*
Life Fellow
Alan D. Feld
Life Fellow
Glen M. Ashworth
Life Fellow
George R. Milner, Iii*
Life Fellow
David W. Shuford
Life Fellow
Randal G. Ray
Life Fellow
Donald E. Godwin
Life Fellow
Rwan Hardesty
Life Fellow
Barry Sorrels
Life Fellow
Dan L. Nicewander
Life Fellow
R. Matthew Molash
Life Fellow
Thomas E. Shaw
Life Fellow
Anjel Avant
Life Fellow
Brenk Johnson
Life Fellow
Lea F. Courington*
Life Fellow
Greta E. Cowart
Life Fellow
Barry M. Golden
Life Fellow
Arthur Anderson
Life Fellow
Michael Threet
Life Fellow
John W. Clark, Jr.
Life Fellow
Kelly R. Harrington
Life Fellow
Sarah Mitchell Montgomery
Life Fellow
Matthew S. Beard
Life Fellow
John G. Browning
Life Fellow
Floyd R. Hartley, Jr.
Life Fellow
Judith Ross
Life Fellow
Ann Marie Arcadi
Life Fellow
Suzanne R. Westerheim
Life Fellow
E. Eldridge Goins, Jr.
Life Fellow
David M. Ellis
Life Fellow
Herbert J. Hammond
Life Fellow
Weston C. Loegering
Life Fellow
Tamra Williams
Life Fellow
Frances Phillips
Life Fellow
W. Scott Hastings
Life Fellow
Clement Osimetha
Life Fellow
Beth Petronio
Life Fellow
Tim Gavin
Life Fellow
T. David Cowart
Life Fellow
Allen Stewart
Life Fellow
Raymond J. Termini
Life Fellow
Michael P. Lynn
Life Fellow
William A. Munck
Life Fellow
Jane Rose Hurst
Life Fellow
Aubrey "Nick" Pittman
Life Fellow
Geoffrey Osborn*
Life Fellow
L. Kyle Furgeson
Life Fellow
David L. Emmons
Life Fellow
James Kennedy
Life Fellow
Kristina Voorhies Legan
Life Fellow
J. Durrell Padgitt
Life Fellow
Earl B. Austin, Iii
Life Fellow
Bina Palnitkar
Life Fellow
Sherri Alexander
Life Fellow
Josephine Dye
Life Fellow
C. Scott Jones
Life Fellow
Will Pryor
Life Fellow
Donald H. Flanary, Jr.
Life Fellow
Cleveland G. Clinton
Life Fellow
Alan Wright
Life Fellow
Barbara Geddis Van Duyne
Life Fellow
Martha Wise
Life Fellow
Susan Wetzel
Life Fellow
A. Erin Dwyer
Life Fellow
Courtney L. Sauer
Life Fellow
C. Clinton Davis, Jr.
Life Fellow
Dan Davison
Life Fellow
David M. Bennett
Life Fellow
Terri Hagan
Life Fellow
Don D. Martinson
Life Fellow
B. Prater Monning, Iii
Life Fellow
L. Kyle Ferguson
Life Fellow
Robert Kantner
Life Fellow
Jasmine M. Tobias
Life Fellow
Jerry C. Alexander
Life Fellow
Monty Ross
Life Fellow
Gabriel V. Vazquez
Life Fellow
John C. Wander
Life Fellow
Sarah Oliai
Life Fellow
Elizabeth Hosch
Life Fellow
Grier Patterson Jones*
Life Fellow
Shannon Smitherman
Life Fellow
Theodore J. Riney
Life Fellow
Carl Lee
Life Fellow
Michael P. Carnes
Life Fellow
Aaron Zachary Tobin