ABF Fellows
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September 3, 2024
ABF Fellows are a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession.
The ABF Fellows is an honorary society for:
Distinction
Fellows membership is by
invitation only and limited to
1% of licensed attorneys.
invitation only and limited to
1% of licensed attorneys.
Networking
Fellows disseminate the ABF's
research and gain access to
exclusive social and educational events.
research and gain access to
exclusive social and educational events.
Support
Fellows contribute to help
support ABF's research.
support ABF's research.
Featured Fellows Event
July 17, 2025
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ABF Fellows to Gather for Special Events During the ABA Annual Meeting
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Fellows Spotlight
Stephen "Steve" R. Miller
Visionary Fellow
Steve R. Miller is an equity partner at McCarthy, Leonard & Kaemmerer out of their Kansas City office. His practice focuses on the construction industry, but he is first and…
Fellows in the News
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Sharon L. Brown, Fellow, Named Recipient of the New York State Bar Association’s Attorney Professionalism Award
June 5, 2025
Sharon L. Brown, Fellow, was named as this year’s recipient of the New York State Bar Association’s Attorney Professionalism Award. The Attorney Professionalism Award is presented by the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Attorney Professionalism each year on Law Day. Sharon L. Brown, photo courtesy of Barclay Damon… Read More
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C. William “Bill” Ossmann, Life Fellow, Receives Awards from the Kansas District Judges Association and the Washburn University School of Law
June 4, 2025
Judge C. William Ossmann, photo courtesy of the Third Judicial District, Shawnee County Kansas C. William “Bill” Ossmann, Life Fellow, was named the recipient of two awards late last year. The Kansas District Judges Association presented its annual Award for Judicial Excellence to Judge Ossmann and he was also honored… Read More
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Patrick “Pat” Goetzinger, Life Fellow, Published Follow Up Article on South Dakota’s Rural Practice Journey
June 3, 2025
Patrick Goetzinger, Life Fellow, and his co-author Robert Morris published a follow up to the article they’d written in 2014, on the journey of rural practice in South Dakota. The first addition was Project Rural Practice: Its People & Its Purpose, published in 2014, and the follow-up is titled Project… Read More
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