Emison Award Winners

The Sam Emison Award is bestowed upon a person who has demonstrated a significant commitment and made significant contributions to the practice of family law in the State of Texas

The recipient of The Sam Emison Award shall receive a suitable plaqu or other indication of the award, and may at the election of the Board of Directors receive a monetary honorarium in an amount to be set by the Board of Directors. The award shall ordinarily be made at the annual membership meeting held at the State Bar of Texas' Advanced Family Law Course.

Notice of the award to a recipient will be given in the Academy's Newsletter and in other appropriate fashions. The Board of Directors shall decide when the Award will be given, and to whom, and whether or not a cash honorarium will be given, and in what amount.

The most recent recipient of The Sam Emison Award shall be entitled to attend the Academy's next trial institute without paying a course registration fee. This waiver does not extend to transportation, food or lodging. No person who is an Officer or Director of the Academy at the time decision is made to choose the recipient of The Sam Emison Award shall be eligible to recieve the Award.

[Art. X, § 1, Academy Bylaws 1997]


Past recipients of The Sam Emison Award are:

2007 Jack W. Marr Victoria 2004 Cheryl L. Wilson San Antonio  2001 Michael McCurley Dallas 1998 J. Lindsey Short Houston 1995 William C. Koons Dallas  1992 Scott T. Cook Corpus Christi 1989 Larry H. Schwartz El Paso 1986 Everett Lord Beaumont

2006 Gary L. Nickelson Fort Worth 2003 Richard Orsinger San Antonio   2000 Thomas J. Purdom Lubbock 1997 Brian L. Webb Dallas 1994 Oliver S. Heard, Jr. San Antonio    1991 Donald R. Royall Houston 1988 Reba Rasor Dallas 1985 Kenneth D. Fuller Dallas

2005 James D. Stewart San Antonio 2002 Justice Ann Crawford McClure El Paso   1999 John Compere San Antonio  1996 Burta R. Raborn Houston 1993 Donn C. Fullenweider Houston 1990 Justice Linda B. Thomas Dallas 1987 Harry L. Tindall Houston 1984 Justice Barbara Culver Midland

 

 

Honorary Members

In its twenty-two year history, the Academy has bestowed five honorary memberships upon individuals who have made significant contributions to Texas Family Law. Those honorary members are:

Justice Barbara Culver Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Midland, Texas Professor Joseph McKnight Southern Methodist University School of Law Dallas, Texas	Professor John J. Sampson University of Texas School of Law Austin, Texas Professor Eugene Smith (deceased) University of Houston Law Center Houston, Texas
David Gray "Interesting Cases" Houston, Texas