Texas Life Fellow Thomas Leatherbury has been appointed to the Texas Access to Justice Commission to serve a three year term. Based in Dallas, Mr. Leatherbury co-leads the Appellate practice…
Stacy Broman, Minnesota Sustaining Life Fellow, Appointed Managing Partner at Meagher & Geer
Nearly a century after hanging their shingle, top insurance law firm Meagher & Geer has appointed Minnesota Sustaining Life Fellow Stacy Broman as their first woman Managing Partner. Ms. Broman…
David J. Steele II, Montana Fellow, Elected 2022 State Bar of Montana President
Montana ABF Fellow and Geiszler Steele Managing Partner David Steele is the new President-Elect for the State Bar of Montana. Mr. Steele, who has previously worked with the Montana Bar…
Professor Emeritus Norman Otto Stockmeyer, Michigan Life Fellow, Receives Scribes Lifetime Achievement Award
Norman Otto Stockmeyer, Michigan Life Fellow and Professor Emeritus at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, has received the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award from Scribes – The American Society of…
ABF Director and Five ABF Fellows Among Newly Elected American Law Institute Members
ABF Executive Director and Research Professor Ajay K. Mehrotra and five ABF Fellows have been elected as new members of the American Law Institute. The ALI has been the leading…
David Yellen, Illinois Life Fellow, Named IAALS Chief Executive Officer
David Yellen, Illinois Life Fellow, has started a new role as the Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System as of June 2021.…
Michelle Behnke, Wisconsin Sustaining Life Fellow, Receives State Bar of Wisconsin’s Leonard L. Loeb Award
Michelle Behnke, Wisconsin Sustaining Life Fellow and former Board Member for the American Bar Foundation, has won the Leonard L. Loeb Award from the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Senior Lawyers…
Lousene M. Hoppe, Minnesota Fellow, Named Board President of the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association
Lousene M. Hoppe, Minnesota Fellow and attorney at Fredrikson & Byron, has started her term as the new 2021-2023 Board President of the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association. This appointment marks…
J. Logan Murphy, Florida Fellow, Appointed Judge for the Hillsborough County Court
J. Logan Murphy, Florida Fellow and Board Member of the American Bar Foundation, has been appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis to become a judge for the Hillsborough County Court. Murphy…
Watch: Suites, Streets, and States Conference and Symposium Celebrating the Research of John Hagan
On May 31, 2021, the American Bar Foundation (ABF) hosted the event “Suites, Streets, and States: Conference and Symposium Celebrating the Research of John Hagan“. The ABF sponsored the event…
Hari M. Osofsky, California Fellow, Named Dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Hari M. Osofsky, California Fellow and dean of Penn State Law and the Penn State School of International Affairs, has been appointed dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, effective…
The ABF Welcomes the 2021 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has chosen five exceptional undergraduate students to take part in the 2021 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (SURF). The students were selected among a highly competitive group…