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Sally Crawford Elected Dallas Bar Association President-Elect

11-11-2011 03:47 AM CET | Politics, Law & Society

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Sally Crawford

Sally Crawford

The Dallas Bar Association, a voluntary organization comprised of more than 10,000 lawyers, recently held its Annual Meeting, where the membership elected Sally Crawford, of Jones Day, the President-Elect. Ms. Crawford will serve as the association’s 104th President in 2013.

Ms. Crawford was elected to the DBA Board in 2004 and elected Chair of the Board of Directors in 2009. Ms. Crawford has served as Chair of numerous DBA Committees, including the Admissions & Membership Committee, Pro Bono Activities Committee and Peer Assistance Committee. She has also served as President of the Community Service Fund and Co-Chair of the Campaign for Equal Access to Justice.

She was named Pro Bono Attorney of the Year by the Dallas Bar Association in 2005 and has been recognized by the State Bar of Texas with the Frank J. Scurlock Award for outstanding pro bono service. In 2010 she was honored by D Magazine in its list of the Best Women Lawyers in Dallas in 2010. And, this year, Ms. Crawford received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Texas at Dallas.

In addition, Ms. Crawford’s civic activities include service on the boards of the Richardson Symphony, Dallas Entrepreneurship Institute, Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Greater Dallas and Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas. She is a Fellow of the Dallas Bar Foundation, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation and a member of Texas Bar Foundation.

Ms. Crawford received her B.G.S. summa cum laude from the University of Texas at Dallas in 1983 and she received her J.D. (Order of the Coif) from Southern Methodist University in 1986. Ms. Crawford practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and general corporate law.

Other officers who were elected are: Scott McElhaney, of Jackson Walker LLP, elected first vice-president; Brad Weber, of Locke Lord LLP, elected second vice-president; and Shonn Brown, of Locke Lord LLP, elected secretary-treasurer. Barry Sorrels, of Sorrels Udashen & Anton will serve as immediate past president and Paul K. Stafford, of The Stafford Law Firm will serve as president in 2012.

The Dallas Bar Association is a professional, voluntary organization of more than 10,000 Dallas-area attorneys. Find out more at www.dallasbar.org.

Dallas Bar Association
2101 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75201
Jessica D. Smith, Communications/Media Director
jsmith@dallasbar.org
214-220-7477

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