Outstanding 50 Year Lawyer Award
The Outstanding 50 Year Lawyer Award was the first award established by the Texas Bar Foundation, in 1974. The award recognizes attorneys whose practice spanned fifty years, as of January 1st of the year of the award, or more, and who adhere to the highest principles and traditions of the legal profession and service to the public.
Criteria
Must be an attorney who has been actively engaged in the practice of law for a period of more than fifty years as of January 1st of the year of the award, during all of which time he or she manifested adherence to the highest principles and traditions of the legal professional and service to the public in the community in which he or she lives.
Recipients of the Outstanding
50 Year Lawyer Award
1974 Judge St. John Garwood, Austin
1975 Wiliford W. Namon, Waco
1976 A. W. Walker, Austin
1977 Paul Carrington, Dallas
1978 Gordon Simpson, Dallas
1979 Leon Jaworski, Houston
1980 W. Pat Camp, San Antonio
1981 J. A. “Tiny” Gooch, Fort Worth
1982 Dean Page Keeton, Austin
1983 Preston Shirley, Galveston
1984 Newton Gresham, Houston
1985 Thomas R. Sealy, Jr., Midland
1986 Judge Robert W. Calvert, Austin
1987 Mark Martin, Dallas
1988 Henry D. Akin, Dallas
1989 Chief Justice Joe R. Greenhill, Sr., Austin
1990 W.O. Shafer, Odessa
1991 Carl Illig, Houston
1992 J. Chrys Dougherty, Austin
1993 Spurgeon Bell, Houston
Joyce Burg, Houston
Franklin Jones, Sr., Marshall
1994 Maurice R. Bullock, Midland
John H. Crooker, Houston
Governor Bill Daniel, Liberty
Chief Justice Jack Pope, Austin
Senator Ralph W. Yarborough, Austin
1995 Judge Curtiss Brown, Houston
R. Matt Dawson, Corsicana
Morris Harrell, Dallas
John F. Sutton, Austin
1996 Jim Bowmer, Temple
Robert S. Strauss, Dallas
Judge Ruel C. Walker, Austin
1997 Newell H. Blakely, Houston
William O. Huie, Austin
Lloyd P. Lochridge, Austin
Clint C. Small, Jr., Austin
1998 Charles W. Barrow, San Antonio
Warlick Carr, Lubbock
Orrin W. Johnson, Harlingen
Charles A. Saunders, Houston
J. Burleson Smith, San Antonio
1999 Carlos C. Cadena, San Antonio
Solomon Casseb, San Antonio
Judge Reynaldo Garza, Brownsville
John L. Hill, Jr., Houston
2000 Judge Lucius D. Bunton, Midland
Gibson Gayle Jr., Houston
William B. Hilgers, Austin
Judge Thomas M. Reavley
Cullen Smith, Waco
2001 Morris Atlas, McAllen
Angus S. McSwain Jr., Waco
J. Harris Morgan, Greenville
Joe H. Reynolds, Houston
Judge Mary Pearl Williams, Austin
2002 Louis A. Bedford, Jr., Dallas
Joseph W. McKnight, Dallas
George R. Pletcher, Houston
Judge Mary Lou Robinson, Amarillo
Judge Barefoot Sanders, Dallas
Travis D. Shelton, Lubbock
2003 Vester Hughes, Dallas
Joe Jamail, Houston
Wales Madden, Jr., Amarillo
Eldon Brooks Mahon, Fort Worth
Louise B. Raggio, Dallas
2004 Daniel C. Arnold, Houston
Judge Barbara Culver Clack, Midland
Charlye O. Farris, Wichita Falls
Charles O. Galvin, Dallas
Franklin Jones, Jr., Marshall
2005 Judge Albert Armendariz, Sr., El Paso
James E. Coleman, Jr., Dallas
Klebert C. Miller, Fort Worth
S. Tom Morris, Amarillo
Beverly J. Tarpley, Abilene
James W. Wray, Jr., Corpus Christi
2006 Finis E. Cowan, Jr., Dickinson
Justice Jack E. Hightower, Austin
Edgar H. Keltner, Jr., Fort Worth
Neal P. King, Mission
Edward E. Lindsay, Houston
J. Mark McLaughlin, San Angelo
2007 Howard P. Coghlan , Longview
J. Thomas Eubank, Houston
Judge Frank J. Maloney, Jr., Austin
Charles L. Smith, San Antonio
Robert H. Thomas, Dallas
2008 Robert C. Bledsoe, Midland
Harold F. Kleinman, Dallas
Judge Tom B. Ramey, Jr., Tyler
Carol S. Vance, Houston
2009 Roy R. Barrera, Sr., San Antonio
James E. Brill, Houston
Richard “Racehorse” Haynes, Houston
Judge William S. Sessions, Washington, DC
Judge Bob Shannon, Austin
2010 Joe B. Cannon, Groesbeck
Henry Gilchrist, Dallas
Blake Tartt, Houston
2011 Donald M. Hunt, Lubbock
James B. Sales, Houston
Larry Temple, Austin
2012 E. William Barnett, Houston
John L. Estes, Dallas
Harry M. Reasoner, Houston
George H. Spencer, Sr., San Antonio
Judge Ewing Werlein, Jr., Houston
2013 Joseph (Sib) Abraham, Jr., El Paso
George C. Chapman, Dallas
John Eckel, Galveston
Alan D. Feld, Dallas
Wayne Fisher, Houston
Jerome W. (Jerry) Johnson, Amarillo
2014 Jim Branton, San Antonio
Jack Hebdon, San Antonio
Judge Sam Sparks, Austin
Broadus A. Spivey, Austin
Sid Stahl, Dallas
2015 David J. Beck, Houston
Buck Files, Tyler
Phil Hardberger, San Antonio
Judge David Hittner, Houston
Darrell E. Jordan, Dallas
Dee J. Kelly, Fort Worth
2016 J. Cary Barton, San Antonio
Donn C. Fullenweider, Houston
Tom Hanna, Nederland
Dudley D. McCalla, Austin
Thomas H. Watkins, Austin
2017 George E. Chandler, Lufkin
Julius Glickman, Houston
Howard L. Nations, Houston
Sam Saleh, Lamesa
Edward V. Smith lll, Dallas
2018 James M. Alsup, Midland
Frank Griffith Jones, Houston
David Ray McAtee, Dallas
Dan A. Naranjo, San Antonio
2019 Thomas L. Ausley, Austin
Gerry Goldstein, San Antonio
Tom Henson, Tyler
Lonny D. Morrison, Wichita Falls
Judge Jim Parsons, Palestine
2020 George W. Coleman, Dallas
John T. Montford, San Antonio
Dudley Oldham, Houston
Lee Yeakel, U.S. District Judge, Austin
2021 Allan DuBois, San Antonio
Kelly Frels, Houston
Harriet Ellan Miers, Dallas
Terry O. Tottenham, Austin
2022 Beryl P. Crowley, Austin
David T. López, Houston
Jane H. Macon, San Antonio
Hon. T. John Ward, Longview
William O. Whitehurst, Jr. Austin
2023 Roy L. Barrett, Waco
Hon. Alice Bonner, Houston
Al Ellis, Dallas
Fred Hagans, Houston
Frederick F. "Rick" Rogers, Jr., Corpus Christi
David H. Segrest, Dallas
2024 Donald W. Allee, Boerne
Justice (Fmr.) Douglas S. Lang, Dallas
Henry B. “Hank” Paup, Fort Worth
Hon. Alvin Zimmerman, Houston