Former State Bar of Texas President Terry O. Tottenham received the Austin Bar Foundation’s (ABF) Lifetime Achievement Award during the ABF’s “Teams for Tot” celebration on November 5 in Austin. Tottenham, of counsel to Norton Rose Fulbright in Austin, was honored for his career-long achievements and legal contributions, specifically his focus on improving the lives of and providing legal access for veterans. Funds from the event were dedicated to the ABF and its Veterans Legal Assistance Program.
The ABF started the Veterans Legal Assistance Program in 2010, following in the footsteps of Tottenham, who helped initiate the Texas Lawyers for Texas Veterans program that is modeled after a program started by the Houston Bar Association in 2008. For more information about the ABF, go to austinbar.org.
Photo: From left to right: Texas Access to Justice Foundation Treasurer and former State Bar of Texas President Roland Johnson, former State Bar of Texas President Richard Pena, State Bar of Texas President Santos Vargas, former State Bar of Texas President Terry O. Tottenham, former State Bar of Texas President Martha Dickie, former State Bar of Texas President Bill Whitehurst, State Bar of Texas Executive Director and former State Bar of Texas President Trey Apffel, and State Bar of Texas Immediate Past President Steve Benesh, during the “Teams for Tot” celebration on November 5 at the Austin office of Norton Rose Fulbright. Photo courtesy of the Austin Bar Foundation