About the DeKalb Bar Association

Founded in 1964, the DeKalb Bar Association (DBA) comprises lawyers, judges, paralegals, elected officials, students and others in the legal profession. Our association has a strong tradition of service to the legal community and the residents of DeKalb County. When it comes to joining the DeKalb Bar Association, membership is well worth the price of the dues. If you ask your colleagues in the legal profession why they belong to the DBA, you'll discover the reason is simple. Membership in the local bar provides the power of connections: connections that help you individually in your practice and personal growth, and connections that enhance the image of the profession as a whole in our community.

Past Presidents

2025-Present Michael E. Perez
2023--2025 LeeAnne Lynch
2020-2023 - Joseph White
2019-2020 - Mike Rafi
2018-2019 - Andrew Lynch
2017-2018 - Darren Summerville
2016-2017 - Arman Deganian
2015-2016 - Dan DeWoskin
2014-2015 - Scott Bonder
2013-2014 - Rebecca Crumrine
2012-2013 - Denise VanLanduyt
2011/2012 - Matthew McCoyd
2010/2011 - Jennifer L. Little
2009/2010 - Denise Warner
2008/2009 - Terry Phillips
2007/2008 - Katie Wood
2006/2007 - Michael Hawkins
2005/2006 - Honorable Mark Anthony Scott
2004/2005 - Tom Stubbs
2003/2004 - Javyone Hicks White
2002/2003 - Gregory Lohmeier
2001/2002 - Honorable Elliott Shoenthal
1999/2000 - Clay Reese
1998/1999 - Gary Freed
1997/1998 - Robert Katz
1996/1997 - Ralph E. Merck
1995/1996 - Michael M. Sheffield
1994/1995 - Hon. Gregory A. Adams
1993/1994 - Alan C. Harvey
1992/1993 - Mark J. Siskin
1991/1992 - Frank E. Jenkins, III
1990/1991 - Williiam R. Lester
1989/1990 - Stanley M. Baum
1988/1989 - Kathryn M. Zickert
1987/1988 - E. Hank Elliott
1986/1987 - Anthony M. DeMarlo
1985/1986 - Robert P. Mallis
1984/1985 - Adrienne Black
1983/1984 - Whitfield C. Smith
1982/1983 - Bryan M. Cavan
1981/1982 - John J. Tarleton
1980/1981 - Dennis J. Mock
1979/1980 - Marvin H. Zion
1978/1979 - Steven J. Kyle
1977/1978 - Chandler R. Bridges
1976/1977 - Randall Peek
1975/1976 - William P. Smith III
1974/1975 - M.T. Simmons
1973/1974 - J. Ed Segraves
1971/1972 - R. Hopkins Kidd
1970/1971 - John C. Joyner
1968* - Charles H. Hyatt
1967 - Edward D. Wheeler
1961/1962 - Dan E. McConaughey

* Deceased