Founding FELLOWS of the Chattanooga Bar Foundation

Chattanooga Bar Foundation

The Chattanooga Bar Foundation, a Tennessee NonProfit Corporation, is the charitable and educational arm of the Chattanooga Bar Association through which the Bar supports worthwhile charities and participates in community service, outreach programs, and educational projects.  The Foundation was incorporated in 1989 and is a qualified charitable organization under the Internal Revenue Service.  

        The funding of this Foundation comes from the Fellows.  The Chattanooga Bar Foundation's Fellows Program is patterned after similar programs of the American Bar Association and the Tennessee Bar Association.  The number of lawyers eligible to be elected as fellows is limited.  

To be honored as a Fellow, a lawyer must be a member of the Chattanooga Bar Association, must be at least 35 years of age and must be licensed and practicing law for at least 10 years.  Only lawyers who are judged to have outstanding records of service to the bar and to the community are so honored. 

In 1989, nine original Fellows were selected.  They are:  

                               T. Maxfield Bahner

                   Charles J. Gearhiser
                               Paul R. Leitner 

Chattanooga Bar Foundation Fellows 

                                                    Gerald (Jerry) summers, Chairman

S. Lee Akers
William P. Aiken, Jr.

Michael K. Alston

Fielding Atchley
T. Maxfield Bahner
Bruce C. Bailey
Josiah Baker
The Honorable William Muecke Barker
The Honorable Stephen M. Bevil*

The Honorable Jacqueline M. Schulten Bolton

Arthur P. Brock
Scott N. Brown
William G. Brown
The Honorable William L. Brown
The Honorable W. Frank Brown, III
Rosemarie L. Bryan
Harry F. Burnette
Thomas A. Caldwell
Paul Campbell, III
Paul Campbell, Jr.
William C. Carriger
The Honorable William B. M. Carter
Alan L. Cates
Jac Chambliss

The Honorable Curtis L. Collier
William H. Cox, III
William Crutchfield, Jr.
Roger W. Dickson
Richard Dietzen
J. William Dietzen
Charles W. Dooley
Whitney Durand
Marcia J. Eason
Sam D. Elliott
The Honorable Hershel P. Franks
John P. Gaither *
Charles J. Gearhiser
Gary D. Gerbitz

William E. Godbold, III
Arthur C. Grisham, Jr.
Shelby Grubbs
James M. Haley, IV
Thomas A. Harris
Thomas O. Helton
H. James Hitching*
The Honorable W. Jeffrey Hollingsworth
Nelson Irvine
E. Stephen Jett
Thomas S. Kale
The Honorable Ralph H. Kelley*
Hugh F. Kendall
Richard C. Kennedy
David B. Kesler
Lowry F. Kline
The Honorable Susan K. Lee
Paul R. Leitner

Robert L. Lockaby, Jr.
G. Michael Luhowiak
The Honorable Harry S. Mattice, Jr.
John W. McClarty

Robin L. Miller
Hugh J. Moore
Fred Moore
John R. Morgan
Raymond R. Murphey, Jr.

Gary S. Napolitan

Harold L. North, Jr.
Selma Cash Paty
The Honorable Samuel H. Payne
The Honorable Howell N. Peoples
R. Wayne Peters
John B. Phillips
William H. Pickering
Donna Pierce

Frank P. Pinchak
The Honorable Don W. Poole
Dudley Porter, Jr.*
Glenna Ramer
Fred Rebman *

Susan E. Rich
James D. Robinson
Shelley Rucker
Harold A. Schwartz, Jr.

Albert W. Secor

Virginia Anne Sharber
The Honorable Clarence Shattuck
Ralph Shumacker *
Carlos C. Smith
W. Lloyd Stanley
Michael N. St. Charles
The Honorable Rebecca J. Stern
Glenn C. Stophel
John C. Stophel*

Arnold A. Stulce
Gerald Summers
The Honorable Robert M. Summitt
Rheubin M. Taylor
William M. Taylor, Jr.*
The Honorable W. Neil Thomas, III
W. Ferber Tracy
Robert Kirk Walker*
Philip B. Whitaker

Joseph R. White
The Honorable L. Marie Williams
Silas Williams, Jr.
Thomas A. Williams
W. Randall Wilson
Raymond B. Witt, Jr.*
Carol Lynch Worthington

* Deceased