2023-2024
WILLIAM J. MURPHY
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
Washington, D.C.

2022-2023
SUSAN J. HARRIMAN
Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
San Francisco, California

2021-2022
MICHAEL L. O'DONNELL
Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP
Denver, Colorado

2020-2021
RODNEY ACKER
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Dallas, Texas

2019-2020
DOUGLAS R. YOUNG
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
San Francisco, California

2018-2019
JEFFREY S. LEON, LSM
Bennett Jones LLP
Toronto, Ontario

2017-2018
SAMUEL H. FRANKLIN
Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C.
Birmingham, Alabama

2016-2017
BARTHOLOMEW J. DALTON
Dalton & Associates, P.A.
Wilmington, Delaware

2015-2016
MICHAEL W. SMITH
Christian & Barton, L.L.P.
Richmond, Virginia

2014-2015
FRANCIS M. WIKSTROM
Parsons Behle & Latimer
Salt Lake City, Utah

2013-2014
ROBERT L. BYMAN
Jenner & Block LLP
Chicago, Illinois

2012-2013
CHILTON DAVIS VARNER
King & Spalding LLP
Atlanta, Georgia

2011-2012
THOMAS H. TONGUE
Dunn, Carney, Allen, Higgins & Tongue
Portland, Oregon

2010-2011
GREGORY P. JOSEPH
Joseph Hage Aaronson LLC
New York, New York

2009-2010
JOAN A. LUKEY
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Boston, Massachusetts

2008-2009
JOHN J. (JACK) DALTON
Troutman Sanders LLP
Atlanta, Georgia

2007-2008
MIKEL L. STOUT
Foulston Siefkin LLP
Wichita, Kansas

2006-2007
DAVID J. BECK
Beck Redden LLP
Houston, Texas

2005-2006
MICHAEL A. COOPER *
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
New York, New York

2004-2005
JAMES W. MORRIS III *
Morris and Morris, P.C.
Richmond, Virginia

2003-2004
DAVID W. SCOTT, O.C., Q.C. *
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Ottawa, Ontario

2002-2003
WARREN B. LIGHTFOOT
Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C.
Birmingham, Alabama

2001-2002
STUART D. SHANOR *
Hinkle Shanor LLP
Roswell, New Mexico

2000-2001
EARL J. SILBERT *
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Washington, DC

1999-2000
MICHAEL E. MONE *
Esdaile, Barrett, Jacobs & Mone
Boston, Massachusetts

1998-1999
E. OSBORNE AYSCUE, JR.
McGuireWoods LLP
Charlotte, North Carolina

1997-1998
EDWARD BRODSKY *
Proskauer Rose LLP
New York, New York

1996-1997
ANDREW M. COATS
Crowe & Dunlevy, P.C.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1995-1996
CHARLES B. RENFREW *
Law Office of Charles B. Renfrew
San Francisco, California

1994-1995
LIVELY M. WILSON *
Stites & Harbison PLLC
Louisville, Kentucky

1993-1994
FRANK C. JONES *
Jones, Cork & Miller, LLP
Macon, Georgia

1992-1993
FULTON HAIGHT *
Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, L.L.P.
Los Angeles, California

1991-1992
ROBERT B. FISKE, JR.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
New York, New York

1990-1991
CHARLES E. HANGER *
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
San Francisco, California

1989-1990
RALPH I. LANCASTER, JR. *
Pierce Atwood LLP
Portland, Maine

1988-1989
PHILIP W. TONE *
Jenner & Block LLP
Chicago, Illinois

1987-1988
MORRIS HARRELL *
Locke Lord LLP
Dallas, Texas

1986-1987
R. HARVEY CHAPPELL, JR. *
Christian & Barton, L.L.P.
Richmond, Virginia

1985-1986
GRIFFIN B. BELL *
King & Spalding LLP
Atlanta, Georgia

1984-1985
GENE W. LAFITTE *
Liskow & Lewis
New Orleans, Louisiana

1983-1984
GAEL MAHONY *
Boston, Massachusetts

1982-1983
LEON SILVERMAN *
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
New York, New York

1981-1982
ALSTON JENNINGS *
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP
Little Rock, Arkansas

1980-1981
JOHN C. ELAM *
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Columbus, Ohio

1979-1980
JAMES E. S. BAKER *
Chicago, Illinois

1978-1979
MARCUS MATTSON *
Los Angeles, California

1977-1978
KRAFT W. EIDMAN *
Houston, Texas

1976-1977
SIMON H. RIFKIND *
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
New York, New York

1975-1976
THOMAS E. DEACY, JR. *
Deacy & Deacy, LLP
Kansas City, Missouri

1974-1975
AUSTIN W. LEWIS *
New Orleans, Louisiana

1973-1974
ROBERT L. CLARE, JR. *
Shearman & Sterling LLP
New York, New York

1972-1973
WILLIAM H. MORRISON *
Portland, Oregon

1971-1972
HICKS EPTON *
Wewoka, Oklahoma

1970-1971
BARNABAS F. SEARS *
Chicago, Illinois

1969-1970
LEWIS F. POWELL, JR. *
Richmond. Virginia

1968-1969
ROBERT W. MESERVE *
Boston, Massachusetts

1967-1968
JOSEPH A. BALL *
Los Angeles, California

1966-1967
FRANK G. RAICHLE *
Buffalo, New York

1965-1966
EDWARD L. WRIGHT *
Little Rock, Arkansas

1964-1965
BERNARD G. SEGAL *
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1963-1964
WHITNEY NORTH SEYMOUR *
New York, New York

1962-1963
GRANT B. COOPER *
Studio City, California

1961-1962
LEON JAWORSKI *
Houston, Texas

1960-1961
LON HOCKER *
St. Louis, Missouri

1959-1960
SAMUEL P. SEARS *
Boston, Massachusetts

1958-1959
ALBERT E. JENNER, JR. *
Jenner & Block LLP
Chicago, Illinois

1957-1958
LEWIS C. RYAN *
Syracuse, New York

1956-1957
JESSE E. NICHOLS *
Oakland, California

1955-1956
WAYNE E. STICHTER *
Toledo, Ohio

1954-1955
CODY FOWLER *
Tampa, Florida

1953-1954
E. D. BRONSON *
San Francisco, California

1952-1953
CODY FOWLER *
Tampa, Florida

1951-1952
C. RAY ROBINSON *
Merced, California

1950-1951
EMIL GUMPERT *
Stockton, California

*Deceased