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WILLIAM J. MURPHY
2023-2024
Zuckerman Spaeder LLC
Washington, D.C.
SUSAN J. HARRIMAN
2022-2023
Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
North Kingstown, Rhode Island
MICHAEL L. O'DONNELL
2021-2022
Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP
Denver, Colorado
RODNEY ACKER
2020-2021
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Dallas, Texas
DOUGLAS R. YOUNG
2019-2020
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
San Francisco, California
JEFFREY S. LEON, LSM
2018-2019
Bennett Jones LLP
Toronto, Ontario
SAMUEL H. FRANKLIN
2017-2018
Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C.
Birmingham, Alabama
BARTHOLOMEW J. DALTON
2016-2017
Dalton & Associates, P.A.
Wilmington, Delaware
MICHAEL W. SMITH
2015-2016
Christian & Barton, L.L.P.
Richmond, Virginia
FRANCIS M. WIKSTROM
2014-2015
Parsons Behle & Latimer
Salt Lake City, Utah
ROBERT L. BYMAN
2013-2014
Jenner & Block LLP
Chicago, Illinois
CHILTON DAVIS VARNER
2012-2013
King & Spalding LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
THOMAS H. TONGUE
2011-2012
Dunn, Carney, Allen, Higgins & Tongue
Portland, Oregon
GREGORY P. JOSEPH
2010-2011
Joseph Hage Aaronson LLC
New York, New York
JOAN A. LUKEY
2009-2010
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
JOHN J. (JACK) DALTON
2008-2009
Troutman Sanders LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
MIKEL L. STOUT
2007-2008
Foulston Siefkin LLP
Wichita, Kansas
DAVID J. BECK
2006-2007
Beck Redden LLP
Houston, Texas
MICHAEL A. COOPER *
2005-2006
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
New York, New York
JAMES W. MORRIS III *
2004-2005
Morris and Morris, P.C.
Richmond, Virginia
DAVID W. SCOTT, O.C., Q.C. *
2003-2004
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Ottawa, Ontario
WARREN B. LIGHTFOOT
2002-2003
Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C.
Birmingham, Alabama
STUART D. SHANOR *
2001-2002
Hinkle Shanor LLP
Roswell, New Mexico
EARL J. SILBERT *
2000-2001
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Washington, DC
MICHAEL E. MONE *
1999-2000
Esdaile, Barrett, Jacobs & Mone
Boston, Massachusetts
E. OSBORNE AYSCUE, JR.
1998-1999
McGuireWoods LLP
Charlotte, North Carolina
EDWARD BRODSKY
*
1997-1998
Proskauer Rose LLP
New York, New York
ANDREW M. COATS
1996-1997
Crowe & Dunlevy, P.C.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
CHARLES B. RENFREW *
1995-1996
Law Office of Charles B. Renfrew
San Francisco, California
LIVELY M. WILSON
*
1994-1995
Stites & Harbison PLLC
Louisville, Kentucky
FRANK C. JONES
*
1993-1994
Jones, Cork & Miller, LLP
Macon, Georgia
FULTON HAIGHT
*
1992-1993
Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, L.L.P.
Los Angeles, California
ROBERT B. FISKE, JR.
1991-1992
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
New York, New York
CHARLES E. HANGER
*
1990-1991
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
San Francisco, California
RALPH I. LANCASTER, JR. *
1989-1990
Pierce Atwood LLP
Portland, Maine
PHILIP W. TONE
*
1988-1989
Jenner & Block LLP
Chicago, Illinois
MORRIS HARRELL
*
1987-1988
Locke Lord LLP
Dallas, Texas
R. HARVEY CHAPPELL, JR.
*
1986-1987
Christian & Barton, L.L.P.
Richmond, Virginia
GRIFFIN B. BELL
*
1985-1986
King & Spalding LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
GENE W. LAFITTE *
1984-1985
Liskow & Lewis
New Orleans, Louisiana
GAEL MAHONY
*
1983-1984
Boston, Massachusetts
LEON SILVERMAN
*
1982-1983
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
New York, New York
ALSTON JENNINGS
*
1981-1982
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP
Little Rock, Arkansas
JOHN C. ELAM
*
1980-1981
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Columbus, Ohio
JAMES E. S. BAKER
*
1979-1980
Chicago, Illinois
MARCUS MATTSON
*
1978-1979
Los Angeles, California
KRAFT W. EIDMAN
*
1977-1978
Houston, Texas
SIMON H. RIFKIND
*
1976-1977
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
New York, New York
THOMAS E. DEACY, JR.
*
1975-1976
Deacy & Deacy, LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
AUSTIN W. LEWIS
*
1974-1975
New Orleans, Louisiana
ROBERT L. CLARE, JR.
*
1973-1974
Shearman & Sterling LLP
New York, New York
WILLIAM H. MORRISON
*
1972-1973
Portland, Oregon
HICKS EPTON
*
1971-1972
Wewoka, Oklahoma
BARNABAS F. SEARS
*
1970-1971
Chicago, Illinois
LEWIS F. POWELL, JR.
*
1969-1970
Richmond. Virginia
ROBERT W. MESERVE
*
1968-1969
Boston, Massachusetts
JOSEPH A. BALL
*
1967-1968
Los Angeles, California
FRANK G. RAICHLE
*
1966-1967
Buffalo, New York
EDWARD L. WRIGHT
*
1965-1966
Little Rock, Arkansas
BERNARD G. SEGAL
*
1964-1965
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
WHITNEY NORTH SEYMOUR
*
1963-1964
New York, New York
GRANT B. COOPER
*
1962-1963
Studio City, California
LEON JAWORSKI
*
1961-1962
Houston, Texas
LON HOCKER
*
1960-1961
St. Louis, Missouri
SAMUEL P. SEARS
*
1959-1960
Boston, Massachusetts
ALBERT E. JENNER, JR.
*
1958-1959
Jenner & Block LLP
Chicago, Illinois
LEWIS C. RYAN
*
1957-1958
Syracuse, New York
JESSE E. NICHOLS
*
1956-1957
Oakland, California
WAYNE E. STICHTER
*
1955-1956
Toledo, Ohio
CODY FOWLER
*
1954-1955
Tampa, Florida
E. D. BRONSON
*
1953-1954
San Francisco, California
CODY FOWLER
*
1952-1953
Tampa, Florida
C. RAY ROBINSON
*
1951-1952
Merced, California
EMIL GUMPERT
*
1950-1951
Stockton, California
Past Presidents' Reports
2023-2024 President's Report Bill Murphy
2022-2023 Susan J. Harriman
2021-2022 Michael L. O'Donnell
2020-2021 Rodney Acker
2019-2020 Douglas R. Young
2018-2019 Jeffrey S. Leon, LSM
2017-2018 Samuel H. Franklin
2016-2017 Bartholomew J. Dalton
2015-2016 Michael W. Smith
2014-2015 Francis M. Wikstrom
2013-2014 Robert L. Byman
* Deceased