2026 50-Year Honorees

Mr. Oscar William Adams III
Mr. Joseph Marion Allen, Jr.
Mr. David Lamar Allred
Mr. David Bruce Anderson
Mr. Roger Charles Appell
Mr. Glenn Edward Ashworth
Hon. Robert Edward Austin
Mr. Harald Estes Bailey
Mr. James Tutt Barrett
Hon. Joe Edward Basenberg
Mr. Donald Guy Beebe
Mr. Gregory Thomas Bittner
Mrs. Martha Bowman Blackmon-Milligan
Mr. Paul Hundley Blackwell, Jr.
Mr. Jeffrey Warren Blitz
Mr. Bruce Patrick Bower
Mr. David Randall Boyd
Mr. Julian Byron Brackin, Jr.
Mr. Donald Hoadley Brockway, Jr.
Mr. Michael Edward Brodowski
Ms. Eleanor Idelle Brooks
Hon. Jonathan Alexander Brown
Mr. Michael Boyd Bryan
Hon. Albert Clarence Bulls III
Mr. Johnnie Bryars Byrd, Jr.
Mr. Michael Leonard Chambers
Mr. Allan Richard Chason
Mr. Samuel Alex Cherry, Jr.
Mr. Donald Rowan Cleveland
Hon. Benjamin G. Cohen
Mr. Donald Lee Colee, Jr.
Hon. Virginia Mae Combs
Mr. Joseph Thomas Conwell, Jr.
Mr. Walter McQueen Cook, Jr.
Mr. Tracy Thomas Cottingham III
Mr. Ronald Lee Davis
Mr. Ronald Paul Davis
Mr. William Dowsing Davis III
Mr. Joseph Lowrie Dean, Jr.
Mr. William Brent Dodd
Mr. William James Donald III
Mr. Bernard Boozer Downs, Jr.
Mr. David Earl Dunnavant
Mr. Thomas Edward Dutton
Mr. Steven Countiss Emens
Mr. Collier Hollan Espy, Jr.
Mr. Joe James Estep
Ms. Judy Whalen Evans
Mr. Douglas Ian Friedman
Ms. Linda Anne Friedman
Hon. Chris Nicholas Galanos
Mr. Robert Michael Galloway
Mr. Lloyd Weaver Gathings II
Mr. Henry Lewis Gillis
Mr. Robert Merrill Girardeau
Mr. Joseph Pope Givhan, Jr.
Ms. Emily Anderson Golden
Hon. William Aloysius Golden
Mr. Carl Robert Gottlieb, Jr.
Mr. Mac Bell Greaves
Mr. James Hillman Griggs
Mr. Fulton Sherwood Hamilton
Hon. Laura Wilbourn Hamilton
Mr. Ronald M. Hand
Mr. Thomas B. Hanes
Mr. Hugh Clifford Harris
Mr. John Wyly Harrison
Mr. Ronald Stephen Held
Mr. James Guy Henderson
Mr. Robert David Hendrickson
Mr. Franklin Alvin Hickman
Mr. Edward Thomas Hines
Mr. Elam Parrish Holley, Jr.
Hon. Denny Louis Holloway
Mr. Kenneth W. Hooks
Mr. David Clifford Howland
Mr. Craig Randall Izard
Mr. Edward Reed Jackson
Mr. Richard Stephen Jaffe
Mr. Gary Lamar Jester
Mr. James Crowell Johnston
Mr. Alexander Williamson Jones, Jr.
Mr. John Ben Jones III
Mr. Thomas Robert Jones
Mr. Gary Richard Kessler
Ms. Betsy Spalding Kimball
Mr. Charles Edwin King
Mr. James Coleman King
Hon. John Thomas King, Jr.
Mr. Roger Wayne Kirby
Mrs. Linda Whitlow Knight
Mr. Thomas James Knight
Mr. Paul Fletcher Laning
Mr. Barrown Douglas Lankster
Mr. Tom Larry Larkin
Mr. Danny Carl Lockhart
Mr. William Maury Lyon, Jr.
Mr. Michael Brooks Maddox
Mr. Herman Hudson Marks, Jr.
Mr. Louis Anthony Marsal
Mr. John Edmond Mays
Mr. Shellie Grier McCain, Jr.
Mr. Samuel Robert McCord
Mr. John Mark McDaniel
Mr. Edward Bailey McDonough, Jr.
Mr. Joseph William McDowell
Mr. Donald Moore McLeod
Hon. Vanzetta Penn McPherson
Mr. George Andrew Monk
Mr. James Nelms Montgomery, Jr.
Mr. Charles Richard Moore, Jr.
Mr. Robert Timothy Morrison
Mr. Wayne Morse, Jr.
Mr. Joshua Sanford Mullins III
Mr. Michael Lynn Murphy
Mr. William Ralph Myers
Hon. Cecil Tommy Nail
Mr. James Blair Newman
Mr. Michael Anthony O’Brien
Hon. Dennis Eugene O’Dell
Mr. Dennis Neal Odem
Mr. James Patrick O’Neal
Mr. William Gordon Overton, Jr.
Mr. David Feinefeld Ovson
Mr. Clyde Craddock Owen, Jr.
Ms. Jo Karen Parr
Mr. Philip Holland Partridge
Hon. James Gary Pate
Mr. Gary Coultas Pears
Mr. Sheldon Carl Perhacs
Mr. Larry Edwin Perry
Mr. Walter Miller Peterson
Mr. Walter Graves Pettey III
Mr. Mark Alan Peycke
Mr. Gary Alford Phillips
Mr. William Henry Pickering
Ms. Cynthia Castle Pickett
Mr. James Campbell Pino
Mr. Walter Lee Pittman
Mr. Donald Council Radcliff
Mr. Michael Vail Rasmussen
Mr. Eugene Alston Ray
Mr. Dennis Gerard Riley
Mr. Joe Hale Ritch
Mr. James Otis Roberts
Mr. Richard Young Roberts
Mr. Robert Isaac Rogers, Jr.
Mr. Elmond Thurman Rolison, Jr.
Mr. Herman Joseph Russomanno
Mr. Frank Marion Salter, Jr.
Mr. John Singleton Pitts Samford
Mr. Stephen Shay Samples
Mr. Joseph Earl Sawyer, Jr.
Mr. William Parvin Sawyer
Mr. Walter James Sears III
Mr. Thomas Enoch Sharp III
Mr. Leon Merrill Shirley
Mr. Andrew Lovgren Smith
Mr. James Myron Smith
Hon. James Peyton Smith
Mr. Charles Larry Sparks
Mr. David Wayne Spurlock
Mr. Roderic Giles Steakley
Mr. Thomas Jeffers Stein
Ms. Pamela Smiley Stewart
Mr. James Laudie Sumner, Jr.
Mr. William Henry Traeger III
Mr. Owen Stanley Trappe, Jr.
Mr. Gary Rickey Trawick
Mr. Michael Gordon Trucks
Mrs. Mary Eleanor Grigg Vachon
Mr. Pete James Vallas
Mr. Lawrence Bank Voit
Mr. Don Allen Wade
Mr. Charlie David Waldrep
Mr. James Dee Walker
Ms. Marion Francis Walker
Mr. James Franklin Walsh
Hon. William Keith Watkins
Mr. Carl Anthony Watts
Mr. Michael Levoy Weathers
Hon. Samuel Henry Welch, Jr.
Mr. Lawrence McCown Wettermark
Hon. Alvin Holmes Whiddon, Jr.
Mr. Joseph Earl Whittington
Mr. James David Wilson III
Mr. Marion Everett Wynne, Jr.
Mr. Thad Yancey, Jr.

On September 4, 2025, the Alabama State Bar hosted its second annual Milestone Luncheon at Ross Bridge Resort in Birmingham, honoring attorneys who have dedicated 50 years to the practice of law. This year, 164 members of the Class of 1975 were recognized for their remarkable careers and contributions to the profession. Of those, 60 attorneys attended in person, representing an extraordinary 3,000 years of combined legal service.

The celebration included a keynote address from Judge Gaines C. McCorquodale, who encouraged honorees to continue mentoring and giving back to the profession.

Read more about the 2025 Milestone Luncheon here.

To view photos from the 2025 Milestone Luncheon, click this gallery.

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

Read more about the 2024 Milestone Luncheon here.

To view photos from the 2024 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