Previous Commission Chairs

Each bar year runs from September through August.


Jerome J. Shestack* (1973 – 1976)

• ABA Medal Recipient (2006)
• ABA President (1997 – 1998)
• ABA Board of Governors (1992 – 1995)
• United States Ambassador to the United Nations –Carter Administration (1977 – 1981)

John H. Lashly* (1976 – 1979)

• ABA Board of Governors (1970 - 1973)
• Missouri State Bar Association, President (1966 – 1967)
• Bar Association of Metropolitan Saint Louis, MO, President (1960 – 1961) 

John McNeill Smith, Jr.* (1979 – 1982)

• State of North Carolina Senate, Senator (1972 – 1978)
• State of North Carolina House of Representatives, Representative (1970 – 1972)

Bruce J. Ennis* (1982 – 1985)

David B. Wexler (1985 – 1989)

Ruth A. Luckasson (1989 – 1992)

H. Rutherford Turnbull, III (1992 – 1995)

The Honorable Judge Richard S. Brown (1995 – 1998)

• State of Wisconsin Court of Appeals – District II, Chief Judge (2006 – 2015)
• State of Wisconsin Court of Appeals – District II, Appellate Judge (1978 – 2006)
  
  

James F. Carr (1998 – 2001)

• ABA Board of Governors (2010 - 2013)
  
  

The Honorable Judge Richard B. Teitelman* (2001 – 2004)

• State of Missouri Supreme Court, Judge (2002 – 2016)
• State of Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Appellate Judge (1998 – 2002)
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, MO, President (1989 – 1990)

Scott C. LaBarre (2004 – 2007)

• ABA Board of Governors (2016 – )

Alex J. Hurder (2007 – 2010)

Katherine H. O'Neil (2010 - 2013)

• ABA Board of Governors (2007 - 2010)

Mark D. Agrast (2013 – 2016)

• ABA Board of Governors (2004 - 2007)

Robert T. Gonzales (2016 – 2019)

• ABA Board of Governors (2013 – 2016)
  
• National Conference of Bar Presidents, President (2001 – 2002)
  
• Maryland State Bar Association, President (1995 – 1996)
  
• Bar Association of Baltimore City, MD, President (1992 – 1993)