The Texas Bar Foundation (TBF) announced the recipients of its 2025 slate of awards. Each year, the foundation honors those who exemplify the highest standards of the legal profession and are nominated and selected based on their outstanding contributions to the legal field and dedication to justice.
This year’s recipients will be recognized at the 2025 Annual TBF Dinner on Friday, June 20, at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort, during the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting. The recipients are as follows:
Outstanding 50-Year Lawyer Award
Hon. Diane DeVasto, Tyler; Andrew L. Kerr, San Antonio; Barbara K. Runge, Houston; Hon. Ruby Kless Sondock, Houston; Luther H. ‘Luke’ Soules III, San Antonio
Dan Rugeley Price Memorial Award
Georganna L. Simpson, Dallas
Lola Wright Foundation Award
Andrew S. Murr, Junction
Outstanding Law Review Article Award
Gus G. Tamborello, Houston
Ronald D. Secrest Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award
William H. Ford, San Antonio
Samuel Pessarra Outstanding Jurist Award
Senior Justice Debra Lehrmann, Supreme Court of Texas, Austin
Gregory S. Coleman Outstanding Appellate Lawyer Award
Jeffrey S. Levinger, Dallas
Terry Lee Grantham Memorial Award
Amy M. Stewart, Dallas
For more information about the TBF, go to txbf.org.