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Fellows

The Alabama Law Foundation begins each year acknowledging service and commitment by announcing both the names of the lawyers selected to join the foundation’s Fellows Program and those elevated to “Life Fellows” status. Fellows provide leadership and support for the Alabama Foundation’s programs that promote access to the justice system.

No more than 1% of bar members may become Fellows; therefore, the selection committee invites into fellowship an exceptional group of lawyers who have demonstrated their dedication to improving the world around them

The Alabama Law Foundation established the Fellows program in 1995 to honor bar members who have made a significant contribution to their profession and their community. The Charter Fellows were past presidents of the Alabama State Bar and the Alabama Law Foundation.

Currently, the foundation recognizes 217 Fellows. Fellows pay a $2000 initiation fee and dues of $100 a year for ten years, at which point they become Life Fellows; there are 137 Life and Charter Members. Funds from the Fellows program are used for law-related charitable purposes with input from the Fellows. For example, a new student loan repayment program helps law students who want to work in public interest law.

FELLOWS ACCEPTED INTO MEMBERSHIP FOR 2006:

Helen J. Alford, Mobile—Partner in Alford, Clausen & McDonald

Walter M. Beale, Jr., Birmingham—Partner in Balch & Bingham

Pamela H. Bucy, Tuscaloosa—Professor of Law, University of Alabama Law School

U. W. Clemon, Birmingham—Chief United States District Judge, Northern District of Alabama

Russell J. Drake, Birmingham—Partner in Whatley, Drake & Kallas

Harry I. Frohsin, Birmingham—Shareholder in Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

Mark E. Fuller, Montgomery—Chief United States District Judge, Middle District of Alabama

A. Henry (Nick) Gaede, Jr., Birmingham—Partner in Bradley, Arant, Rose & White

Wyman O. Gilmore, Jr., Grove Hill—Partner in Gilmore Law Firm

Robert L. Gonce, Florence—Partner in Gonce, Young & Collum-Butler

Merceria L. Ludgood, Mobile—In-house counsel for Mobile County Commission

Vanzetta P. McPherson, Montgomery—Sole practitioner, Vanzetta Penn McPherson

Thomas J. Methvin, Montgomery—Partner in Beasley, Allen Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles

Anne W. Mitchell, Birmingham—Member of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

Martha Jane Patton, Birmingham—Executive director, Legal Aid Society of Birmingham

Gerald R. Paulk, Scottsboro—President of Paulk Law Firm

Samuel C. Pointer, Birmingham—Member of Lightfoot, Franklin & White

James. R. Pratt, Birmingham—Partner in Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton

Robert F. Prince, Tuscaloosa—Partner in The Prince-Glover Law Group

L. Drayton Pruitt, Jr., Livingston—Partner in Pruitt & Pruitt

Bruce F. Rogers, Birmingham—Partner in Bainbridge, Mims, Rogers & Smith

Irving Silver, Mobile—Partner in Silver, Voit & Thompson

E. Ted Taylor, Prattville—Partner in Taylor & Taylor

2006 Life Fellows:

Helen Johnson Alford

J. Mason Davis, Jr.

John V. Denson

R. Jackson Drake

Mark E. Fuller

Frederick G. Helmsing

Champ Lyons, Jr.

A. Hugh Maddox

Frank H. McFadden

Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr.

Vanzetta Penn McPherson

Tyrone C. Means

Thomas J. Methvin

Tabor R. Novak, Jr.

Gerald R. Paulk

James R. Pratt, III

Sam C. Pointer

S. Dagnal Rowe

Robert H. Rutherford, Jr.

Irving Silver

Carol Ann Smith

Sydney S. Smith

Harold L. Speake

E. Ted Taylor

H. Thomas Wells, Jr.

Jere F. White, Jr.

Thomas A. Woodall

Cathy S. Wright

L-R Bob Meadows, Ruth Meadows, Martha Houston and Gorman Houston enjoy the 2007 Fellows dinner.

L-R Irving Silver, Judge Carol Privett and Sam Crosby.

Fellows Dinner Photo Gallery