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Baylor Lawyers of the Year

Baylor Lawyers of the Year

The Baylor Lawyer of the Year Award is given annually to an outstanding alumnus or alumna who has brought honor and distinction to the Law School and to the legal profession.  The Baylor Lawyer of the Year Award Committee is chaired by the President of the Baylor Law Alumni Association and consists of members of the Executive Committee of the Association.  The Committee reviews nominations submitted by Baylor Law School alumni and selects the Baylor Lawyer of the Year based upon the following criteria:

 

1) The nominee's legal ability and achievements as a lawyer;

2) The nominee's contributions to the legal profession;

3) The nominee's standing in the profession;

4) The nominee's Christian character;

5) The nominee's civic, religious and other attainments; and

6) The nominee's active interest in Baylor Law School.

 

The Baylor Lawyer of the Year Award is presented by the President of the Baylor Law Alumni Association at the annual Law Day Banquet.  The following is a list of recipients of the award:

 

Year Recipient
2007 Hon. Sam R. Cummings
2006 Noley Bice
2005 Hon. Wyatt H. Heard
2004 T. John Ward
2003 Turner W. Branch
2002 John Eddie Williams
2001 Harold Nix
2000 Louis Muldrow
1999 Walter Umphrey
1998 Gordon L. Hollon
1997 James M. "Jim" Farris
1996 Jack Hightower
1995 John T. Boyd
1994 Bob Bullock
1993 Bill Logue
1992 Rex Houston
1991 Sam B. Hall Jr.
1990 Edwin P. Horner
1989 George M Cowden
1988 William S. Sessions
1987 R. Matt Dawson
1986 Robert Maurice Campbell
1985 Bill D. Daniel
1984 Angus S. McSwain Jr.
1983 Wayne Fisher
1982 Clarence A. Guittard
1981 John H. Minton Jr.
1980 Cullen Smith
1979 Howard F. Saunders
1978 Connally McKay
1977 William J. Boswell
1976 Claude Williams
1975 Gibson Gayle Jr.
1974 Jim D. Bowmer
1973 Truman E. Roberts
1972 Charles W. Barrow
1971 W.R. (Bob) Poage
1970 Morris Harrell
1969 Thomas C. Mann
1968 Frank M. Wilson
1967 W. Victor Bouldin
1966 Abner V. McCall
1965 M. Price Daniel
1964 Leon Jaworski
1963 A.J. Folley