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Past Chairs of
The Judicial Council of
The National Bar Association

Term

1971-1972

1972-1973

1973-1974

1974-1975

1975-1976

1976-1977

1977-1978

1978-1979

1979-1980

1980-1981

1981-1982

1982-1983

1983-1984

1984-1985

1985-1986

1986-1987

1987-1988

1988-1989

1989-1990

1990-1991

1991-1992

1992-1993

1993-1994

1994-1995

1995-1996

1996-1997

1997-1998

1998-1999

1999-2000

2000-2001

2001-2002

2002-2003

2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

2017-2018

2018-2019

2019-2020

2020-2021

2021-2022

2022-2023

2023-2024

2024-2025

2025-2026

Title

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Hon.

Hon.

Name

George W. Crockett

Joseph C. Howard

Lloyd O. Brown

Robert N.C. Nix, Jr.

Sara J. Harper

Glenn T. Johnson Theodore R. Newman, Jr. Horace T. Ward

Russell R. DeBow

Eugene W. Sharpe

Alice A. Bonner

H.T. Lockhard

Revius O. Ortique, Jr.

Jack Tanner

Charles W. Fleming Thelma Wyatt Moore

Joyce London Alexander Howard E. Bell

Williams Thompson Veronica Simmons-McBeth

Webster L. Brewer

John L. Braxton

Richard Scott

Benjamin H. Logan

William Cousins, Jr.

Renee Jones Weeks Bernette Johnson

Shelvin Louise Marie Hall

Morris L. Overstreet

Sylvia A. James

Cecil Patterson

Patricia Banks

Earnestine Hunt Dorse

Craig S. Strong

M. Lynn Sherrod

Michael G. Bagneris

Jon Gray

Peggy A. Quince

Robert Rucker

Marcella Holland

Yvette Alexander

Patrice Hinnant

Denise Langford Morris Randa Trapp

Leonard Murray

Johnny Hardwick

Anne-Marie Clarke

Luke LaVergne

Shauna Graves-Robertson

Cenceria Edwards

Monte Watkins

Kimberly Esmond Adams

Harry Cantrell

Brendette Brown Green Freddrenna Lyle

         Location

Detroit, Michigan

Baltimore, Maryland

Cleveland, Ohio

Chicago, Illinois

Cleveland, Ohio

Chicago, Illinois

Washington D.C.

Atlanta, Georgia

Chicago, Illinois

New York, New York

Houston, Texas

Memphis, Tennessee

New Orleans, Louisiana

Tacoma, Washington

Cleveland, Ohio

Atlanta, Georgia

Boston, Massachusetts

New York, New York

Washington D.C.

Los Angeles, California

Indianapolis, Indiana

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Austin, Texas

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Chicago, Illinois

Newark, New Jersey

New Orleans, Louisiana

Chicago, Illinois

Austin, Texas

Inkster, Michigan

Phoenix, Arizona

Chicago, Illinois

Memphis, Tennessee

Detroit, Michigan

Huntsville, Alabama

New Orleans, Louisiana

Kansas City, Missouri

Tallahassee, Florida

Indianapolis, Indiana

Baltimore, Maryland

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Greensboro, North Carolina

Pontiac, Michigan

San Diego, California

Chicago, Illinois

Montgomery, Alabama

St. Louis, Missouri

New Orleans, Louisiana

Salt Lake City, Utah

New York

Nashville, Tennessee

Atlanta, Georgia

New Orleans, Louisiana

Birmingham, Alabama

Chicago, Illinois

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