The Chattanooga Bar Foundation, a Tennessee non-profit 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 

                                                                                    Raymond R. Murphy, Jr. 
                                                                                    Selma Cash Paty

                                                                                    John C. Stophel*

                                                                                    Gerald Summers

                                                                                    Robert Kirk Walker*

                                                                                    Raymond B. Witt, Jr. *
                                                                       

Chattanooga Bar Foundation Fellows 

Michael N. St. Charles, Foundation Fellows Chairman

S. Lee Akers

William P. Aiken, Jr.

Michael K. Alston

Fielding Atchley

T. Maxfield Bahner

Bruce C. Bailey

Josiah Baker

Honorable William Muecke Barker

Honorable Stephen M. Bevil*

Honorable Jacqueline M. Schulten Bolton

Arthur P. Brock

Scott N. Brown

William G. Brown*

Honorable William L. Brown

Honorable W. Frank Brown, III

Rosemarie L. Bryan

Harry F. Burnette

Thomas A. Caldwell

Douglas M. Campbell, Sr.

Paul Campbell, III

Paul Campbell, Jr.

William L. Carriger

Honorable William B.M. Carter

Alan L. Cates

Jac Chambliss*

Honorable Curtis L. Collier
William H. Cox, III
William Crutchfield, Jr.
Roger W. Dickson
Richard Dietzen*
J. William Dietzen
Charles W. Dooley
C. Douglas Dooley 
Whitney Durand
Marcia J. Eason
Sam D. Elliott
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

Cynthia D. Hall

Thomas A. Harris

Thomas O. Helton

Honorable John M. Higgason, Jr

H. James Hitching*

Honorable W. Jeffrey Hollingsworth

J. Nelson Irvine

E. Stephen Jett

Thomas S. Kale

Honorable Ralph H. Kelley*
Hugh F. Kendall
Richard C. Kennedy
David B. Kesler

Lowry F. Kline 
Phillip C. Lawrence

Honorable Susan K. Lee

Paul R. Leitner

Andy D. Lewis

Robert L. Lockaby, Jr.

G. Michael Luhowiak

H. Richard Marcus

Honorable Harry S. Mattice, Jr.

Allen L. McCallie

Honorable John W. McClarty

William S. McGinness, Jr.

Robin L. Miller

Hugh J. Moore

Fred Moore

John R. Morgan

Raymond R. Murphey, Jr.

Gary S. Napolitan

Phillip A. Noblett

David W. Noblit

Harold L. North, Jr.

Tom H. O'Neal

Selma Cash Paty

Honorable Samuel H. Payne

Honorable Howell N. Peoples

R. Wayne Peters

John B. Phillips

William H. Pickering

Donna Pierce

Frank P. Pinchak

Honorable Don W. Poole

Dudley Porter, Jr.*

Glenna Ramer

Fred Rebman*

Susan E. Rich

James D. Robinson*

Honorable Shelley Rucker

Harold A. Schwartz, Jr.

Albert W. Secor

Virginia Anne Sharber

Honorable Clarence Shattuck

Ralph Shumacker*

Carlos C. Smith

W. Lloyd Stanley

Michael N. St.Charles

Honorable Barry A. Steelman

Honorable Rebecca J. Stern

Glenn C. Stophel

John C. Stophel*

Arnold A. Stulce

Gerald Summers

Honorable Robert M. Summitt

Rheubin M. Taylor

William L. Taylor, Jr.*

Honorable W. Neil Thomas III

Herbert A. Thornbury

W. Ferber Tracy

Robert Kirk Walker*

Flossie Weill

Philip B. Whitaker

Joseph R. White

Honorable L. Marie Williams

Silas Williams, Jr.

Thomas A. Williams

W. Randall Wilson

Raymond B. Witt, Jr.*

Carol Lynch Worthingon

* Deceased