Baylor Lawyer of the Year
The Baylor Lawyer of the Year Award honors an outstanding alumnus or alumna who has brought distinction to Baylor Law School and the legal profession. Honorees are selected based on their sustained and meaningful engagement with Baylor Law School, significant contributions to the legal field, and a demonstrated commitment to integrity, legal excellence, Christian values, and civic and social responsibility.
Submit Baylor Lawyer of the Year nominations by November 1 for consideration in the upcoming calendar year. Nominations received after November 1 will be considered the following year. Questions? Contact Baylor Law Alumni Relations at law_alumni@baylor.edu or (254) 710-2266.
Baylor Lawyer of the Year Award Honorees:
2026 - Stephen C. “Steve” Dillard
2025 - Hon. Ignacio Torteya, III
2024 - Hon. Amos L. Mazzant, III
2023 - Dean Brad Toben
2022 - Michael Heiskell
2021 - Professor Jerry Powell
2020 - Ike Vanden Eykel
2019 - Lewis R. Sifford
Previous Honorees
2018 - Hon. J. Rodney Gilstrap
2017 - Murray Watson Jr.
2016 - T. Albert Witcher
2015 - Jerry K. Clements
2014 - Bill Brian
2013 - David M. Guinn
2012 - Leonard E. Davis
2011 - Steve McConnico
2010 - Ed Kinkeade
2009 - George Chandler
2008 - Joe E. Coleman
2007 - Sam R. Cummings
2006 - Noley R. Bice, Jr.
2005 - 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. Bowner
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 - Victor W. Bouldin
1966 - Abner V. McCall
1965 - M. Price Daniel
1964 - Leon Jaworski
1963 - A.J. Folley
