Lewis R. Sifford
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BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:
  • Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
  • Civil Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy
  • Civil Practice Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy

HONORS AND AWARDS:
  • DBA Home Project – Merrill Hartman Support Award, 2021
  • The Morris Harrell Professionalism Award, 2020
  • Baylor Lawyer of the Year, 2019
  • ABOTA Blackie Holmes Award, 2018
  • Texas Trial Legend Award, Dallas Bar Association, 2018
  • ABOTA Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018
  • Mark P. Robinson Lifetime Achievement Award, 2012
  • Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly, 2003-2022
  • The Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine
  • Texas Trial Lawyer of the Year, ABOTA, 2000
  • Certificate of Excellence in Law Focused Education, State Bar of Texas, 1998
  • National Masters in Trial Award, ABOTA, 1997
  • Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
  • Barrister, Order of Centurions
  • Barrister, Order of Certus
  • Member, The Trial Law Institute

PROFESSIONAL OFFICES ELECTED TO OR HELD:
  • National President, ABOTA, 2022
  • National President, ABOTA, 2007
  • National President-Elect, ABOTA, 2006
  • National Vice-President, ABOTA, 2005
  • National Treasurer, ABOTA, 2002 to 2005
  • Trustee, American Board of Trial Advocates, 1999-2001
  • President, ABOTA, Texas Chapter, 1999
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors, ABOTA, Texas Chapter, 1999
  • Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee, National Board of Directors, ABOTA, 1999
  • National Board Member, ABOTA, 1995 to Present
  • President, ABOTA, Dallas Chapter, 1994


ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
  • Faculty, ABOTA National Trial College, Yale Law School, 2018
  • Faculty, ABOTA National Trial College, Harvard Law School, 2012 to 2016
  • Faculty, Academy of the Advocate, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 2014
  • Leon Jaworski Fellow, Baylor Law School 2012-Present
  • Faculty, ABOTA Trial College at Princeton University, 2010
  • Faculty, American Bar Association/Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section; National Trial Academy, National Judicial College; 2004, 2005 and 2007
  • Legal Ethics Committee, Dallas Bar Association, 1991-1992
  • Arbitrator, New York Stock Exchange, Approved List of Arbitrators, 1988 - 2006
  • Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy, Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law, 1986 - 2006
  • Instructor, Dallas Bar Association Trial Skills Course, 1985 to 1990
  • Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Southern Regional Trial Program, Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law, 1985-2000
  • Prosecutor, Dallas Bar Subcommittee of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, State Bar of Texas, 1982-1991

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
  • State Bar of Texas
  • American Bar Association
  • American Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • American College of Trial Lawyers 
  • International Academy of Trial Lawyers
  • Texas Association of Defense Counsel
  • College of the State Bar of Texas
  • Dallas Bar Association
  • Texas Bar Foundation
  • Fifth Circuit Bar Association

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE:
  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • United States District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas
  • United States Tax Court
  • Supreme Court, State of Texas

EDUCATION:
  • Baylor University, Waco, Texas, B.A., 1971
  • Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas, J.D., 1972