Reginald Turner, Michigan Leadership Fellow and Past 2018-2019 National ABF Fellows Chair, has started his one-year term as the President of the American Bar Association. This new appointment, which began…
Professor Catherine J. Ross, New York Life Fellow, Named George Washington University’s Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law
Noted constitutional and family law expert and New York Life Fellow Catherine J. Ross was recently named George Washington University Law School’s new Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law. Professor…
John Wester, North Carolina Life Fellow, Wins North Carolina Bar’s Citizen Lawyer Award
ABF Life Fellow and Robinson Bradshaw litigator John R. Wester is a 2021 recipient of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Citizen Lawyer Award. The NCBA established the award to recognize…
Former ABF Fellows Chair, California Life Fellow Among Honorees at 31st Annual Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Ceremony
On Thursday, August 5, 2021, Oregon Benefactor Fellow Madam Attorney General Ellen F. Rosenblum and California Life Fellow Joan M. Haratani joined three other influential women as the 2021 Margaret…
Thomas Leatherbury, Texas Life Fellow, Appointed to Texas Access to Justice Commission
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…