50-Year Members
Each year, the Alabama State Bar celebrates those members of the bar who have been admitted to practice law for fifty (50) years with recognition and a presentation of a special fifty-year certificate and pin. In years past, the presentation of the certificates and pins occurred at the annual meeting of the Alabama State Bar. Over the years, we witnessed a trend of fewer and fewer members appearing for this recognition. We also recognized that the event didn’t offer enough time for our honorees to visit with their friends and colleagues. We decided to expand the celebration to better honor this achievement.
Starting in the Fall of 2024, we now honor these individuals at a Milestone Luncheon in lieu of the presentation at the annual meeting.
2025 Milestone Luncheon Details
The 2025 Milestone Luncheon will be held at the Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. All 50-year members will be notified by email with further details beginning in June 2025. Formal invitations will be mailed at a later date. Please email Amy Fawcett at amy.fawcett@alabar.org with questions.
>>Click here to register for the 2025 Milestone Luncheon.<<
- Class of 1975
-
2025 50-Year Honorees:
Richard Goodman Alexander
John Henry Alsbrooks, Jr.
Jay Pollock Altmayer, II
David Randall Arendall
Grover Ernst Asmus, II
Bruce Lynn Aune
John Albert Bales
Lowell Harrison Becraft, Jr.
Travis Massey Bedsole, Jr.
John Travis Black
Douglas Marcel Black
Clyde Alan Blankenship
Delores Rosetta Boyd
Jane LeCroy Brannan
William Curtis Brewer, III
Michael Burton Brown
Thomas Harold Brown
Eric Gerard Bruggink
Frank Stephen Buck
Robert Wellington Bunch
Peter Francis Burns
Jackson Parker Burwell
Richard Patrick Carmody
Jimmy Frank Carnes
Edward E. Carnes
Gregory Allan Carr
Allan James Chappelle
Richard Earl Chesnut
John Foster Clark
John David Coggin
Emanuel Alvin Coleman, Jr.
James Hilton Crosby
Robert Thomson Cunningham, Jr.
John Alexander Dana
Edward Earl Davis
Milton Carver Davis
Jim Lee DeBardelaben
Thomas Michael Di Giulian
Joel Evan Dillard
John Watson Donald, Jr.
Patrick Edward Dunagan
David Clyde Emery
Stephen Talmadge Etheredge
David Jackson Evans, Jr.
George Daniel Evans
Elizabeth Ann Evans
Frank Ribe Farish, Jr.
Jimmy Hinson Fernandez
Charles Howard Ford, Jr.
Aubrey Ford, Jr.
Randolph Mott Fowler
Stanley Weyman Foy
Mark Harris Friedman
Barry Allen Friedman
Benjamin Pratt Gasque, Jr.
Mitchell Edgar Gavin
Terry Demond Gillis
Walter Austin Griess
Charles Davis Gunter, Jr.
John Wade Haley
William Melvin Hammond
Ellis David Hanan
Furman Michael Haney
Frank Oscar Hanson, Jr.
Larry William Harper
David Shield Hassinger
James Earl Hedgspeth, Jr.
Kenneth Heller
Jule Rembert Herbert, Jr.
William Greene Hightower
James Edward Hill, Jr.
Dean Lee Hodges
Charles Hooper
David Kirby Howard
Henry Hamilton Hutchinson, III
John Richard Hynds
Billy Wayne Jackson
Kenneth George Jackson
Francis Marion James, III
John (Jack) Franklin Janecky
John Litheu Jernigan, III
Charles Richard Johanson, III
Dennis Kyle Johnson
Robert Winthrop Johnson, II
Shirley Mahan Justice
Harold Beryl Kushner
Charles Robert Land
Stephen McDowell Langham
Richard Alfred Lawrence
George Alexander LeMaistre, Jr.
Joseph William Letzer
Edwin Burks Livingston, Jr.
Victor Heintz Lott, Jr.
Alan Edward Lubel
Jonathan Eric Lyerly
Samuel Maples
Courtney Hodges Mason, Jr.
Willie Troy Massey
Byron B. Mathews, Jr.
Rodney Andrew Max
Gary Ray Maxwell
Gregory Bruce McAtee
Alice Schaffer Mitchell
Herman Mixon
Samuel Holt Monk, II
Stanley Jay Murphy
Andrew Jackson Noble, III
Henry Moore Nowlin, III
Harold Lee Odom
David Marshall Olive
Caine O’Rear, III
Frank Lawrence Packard
Wilmer Parker, III
Beverly Barnard Parker
Joe Milford Patterson, Jr.
Edward Milton Patterson
Billy Max Paul
Charles Adam Perry
James Albert Philips
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Jerry Wayne Powell
John Hobson Presley, Jr.
Thomas Benjamin Prickett, II
Michael Clay Quillen
Charles Michael Quinn
Frank Grey Redditt, Jr.
William Henry Rhea, III
Michael Edward Riddle
Ray Frank Robbins II
Joseph Douglas Rogers
Finis Alonza Royal
Patricia Boyd Rumore
John Archibald Russell, III
Don Pedro Scurlock, III
Robert Lloyd Shields, III
Peter William Shields
William Stanley Shulman
Ronald Louis Sims
James Johnson Sledge
Carol Ann Smith
Anthony Dean Snable
Stephen Finley Springfield
Gregory Brent Stein
Donald Joseph Stewart
Thomas Leon Stewart
Richard Augustin Storm, III
Murray Propst Stovall, III
Robert Howlett Stropp, Jr.
Fred Wilson Suggs, Jr.
Frank Garrison Taylor
Frank Selman Teel
Frank Lenore Thiemonge, III
Steven Douglas Tipler
Jones Glynn Tubb
Robert Frank Vargo
Byron Nelson Waldrop
John William White, II
Robert Lee Wiggins, Jr.
Donald Finnis Wiginton, Sr.
Jimmy Dale Williams
Thomas Albert Woodall
David Mace Wooldridge
Cathy Suzanne Wright
Kevin Lee Yocum
Alan Karl Zeigler
- Class of 1974
-
Read more about the 2024 Milestone Luncheon here.
To view photos from the Milestone Luncheon, click here.
2024 50-Year Honorees:
James Roy Accardi
Thomas Reed Alexander
Margaret Searcy Alford
Joseph Hodge Alves, III
Hon. John E. Amari
Michael Duane Anderson
Anita Leslie Bagby
David Ashley Bagwell
Wilford Edward Bailey
Harry Edwin Barr
John Clarke Bell
Michael Christopher Berndt
Jack Allen Blumenfeld
Walter Lee Blocker, III
James Walter Bodiford, Jr.
Ronnie Michael Booker
James Garland Brazil
Stephen Edward Brown
Hon. Quentin Quarels Brown, Jr.
William Joseph Bryant
James Brice Callaway
John Harold Camp, Jr.
William Taylor Campbell, Jr.
James Walter Cameron
Buford Clark Carpenter, Jr.
John Richard Carrigan
Cada M. Carter
Hon. Joel Ring Chandler
John Charles Clarke
James Richard Clifton
Donald Frederick Coats
Hon. James Ivan Cohn
John Sydney Cook, III
John Milton Coxwell, Jr.
Martha Stewart Crosland
John Edward Cunningham
William Mitchell Cunningham, Jr.
William Anthony Davis, III
Kermit McClendon Downs
Hon. John Carroll Dowling
Hon. George Karl Elbrecht
Thomas Eugene Ellis
Hon. John Henry England, Jr.
Joel Selig Erdberg
James Dansby Evans
Francis John Faraci
Hon. Ralph Alton Ferguson, Jr.
Hon. Jerry Leonard Fielding
William Snipes Fishburne, III
Michael Fraser Ford
Samuel Hugh Frazier
John Bonner Gamble, Jr.
Thomas Fearn Garth
Johnson Russell Gibson, III
Kenneth John Gomany
Charles Richard Godwin
Karl Leonard Gorday
Garland Kendall Grace, Jr.
John William Green, III
William Stanley Gregory
Stephen Van Hammond
Hon. Herschel Towles Hamner
George Woodruff Harris
Edward Gordon Hawkins
Jerry Edwin Held
Horace Nation Hendrix
Miles Marcus Huffstutler
James Clarence Inzer, III
Lynn Wilson Jinks, III
Earl Verner Johnson
Hon. Orson Lucius Johnson
Nancy Skipper Jones
Hon. John Maxwell Karrh
Thomas Howard Keene
Richard Craig Kneisel
Larry Paul Knopf
Randolph Houston Lanier
Timothy Dean Littrell
Herbert James Lewis, III
George Gambrill Lynn
Frank Madonia
Frank DeCalve Marsh
Marion Dale Marsh
Guy Vernon Martin, Jr.
James LaFayette Martin
Joel Colley Martin
Mary Little Mattair
Hon. Gary Lex McAliley
Edmon Howard McKinley
Robert Turner Meadows, III
Von George Memory
Randall C. Morgan
Michael Hall Mobbs
Hon. Horace Hendric Nation, III
John Twohey Natter
Hon. Michael Anthony Nix
Rodney Earl Nolen
Robert William O’Neill
Alton Blackwell Parker, Jr.
Grant Allen Paris
Richard Floyd Pate
Benton Howard Persons, Jr.
Dow McMillan Perry, Jr.
Marcus Bernard Polson
James Wallace Porter, II
Hon. Jimmy Bryan Pool
Edward Martin Price, Jr.
Hon. Charles Price
Robert Franklin Prince
Marion Albert Quina, Jr.
William Larry Ray
David Alfred Reid
Hon. James Harvey Reid, Jr.
Hon. Adolph Philip Reich
Hon. Bert Wayne Rice
Maxey Jerome Roberts
Hon. James Jack Robinson
William Anthony Robinson
Robert Bryan Roden
Ernest Mabry Rogers
Perry Crawford Roquemore
George Samuel Rosenfeld
Thomas Sidney Rue
Samuel Anthony Rumore, Jr.
Daniel Geary Sayers
Albert Joseph Schibani
Hon. Jerry Kern Selman
Robert Ratliff Sexton
Richard David Shinbaum
Gordon Griffin Sikes, Jr.
Sheldon Lee Simmons
Patrick Hanlon Sims
Hon. George Campbell Simpson
Sarah Skipper
Hon. James Scott Sledge
Rodney Britton Slusher
Cary Franklin Smith
Charles Michael Smith
Edward Martin Smith
George Earl Smith
Marshall Ernest Smith, III
Michael Edward Smith
Thomas Michael Smith
Hon. Claude Kendall Snow
Michel Edward Sparkman
Henry Bascom Steagall, III
Charles Raymond Stephens
Hon. Charles Michael Stilson
Bert Pittman Taylor
William Lee Taylor
Sarah Thompson
John Brent Thornley
William Lee Thuston
Alvis Earl Tidwell
John Alvin Tinney
James Donald Turner
James Steven Ward
Raymond Edward Ward
Raymond Larry Ward
Manning Gilbert Warren, III
Hon. Sheldon Lee Watkins
Joel Colley Watson
Winfred Nance Watson
David Harold Webster
John Mark White
John Richard Wible
Gary Palin Wilkinson
Hon. Bruce Edward Williams
Cary James Williams
Sheldon Lee Williams
Robert Alan Wills
Stephen Ralph Windom
Charles Ned Wright
John Francis Wymer, III
Lee Howard Zell