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Articles of Incorporation
Dallas Bar Association
(as amended to May 13, 1994)

THE STATE OF TEXAS Know All Men
COUNTY OF DALLAS By These Presents:

That we, the undersigned, being residents and citizens of the County of Dallas and State of Texas, and being licensed to practice law before the Supreme Court, as well as all intermediate courts of Texas, do hereby voluntarily associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a non-profit corporation as provided by Article 1302, Subdivision 105, and as more fully provided by Senate Bill No. 51 enacted by the 50th legislature of Texas, under the terms and conditions set out as follows:

1.
The name of this Corporation is DALLAS BAR ASSOCIATION.

2.
The purpose for which this Corporation is formed is for the protection and advancement of the professional interests of persons licensed to practice law, the advancement of cordial intercourse among lawyers, and the improvement of the relations between the Bench and the Bar and the public, and when so formed it shall have power to provide and maintain suitable buildings for the conduct of its activities; to acquire, preserve and maintain law libraries and periodicals of interest to lawyers; to adopt codes of ethics and standards of conduct governing the members of such association; and to adopt and prescribe rules and regulations governing membership in such Association.

3.
The place where the principal business of this Corporation is to be transacted is Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.

4.
The period of the Corporation's duration shall be perpetual.

5.
This Corporation shall be managed and controlled by fifteen (15) Directors. The names and residences of those selected to serve for the first year and until their successors have been elected and qualified are as follows:

Name	Residence
C.C. Renfro	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
W.M. Holland	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Wm. H. Duls	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
J.J. Fagan	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
W.C. Gowan	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
W. Autry Norton	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Bascom Thomas	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Harold A. Bateman	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Robert L. Dillard, Jr.	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Fran Cain	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Irion Worsham	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Ara S. Hyde	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
C.K. Bullard	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Hattie L. Henenberg	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
J. Cleo Thompson	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

6.
This Corporation shall have no capitol stock; and shall admit persons who are licensed to practice law as members into the Association upon the payment of such membership fees and other uniform conditions as may be provided in the Bylaws. This Corporation owns no property at this time but may acquire and own such property as may be necessary for the successful operation of its affairs, and to that end create and establish appropriate reserves for working capital in the manner to be provided by the Bylaws. The voting power of the members of this association shall be in accordance with the Bylaws and no member shall be entitled to more than one vote.

7.
To the fullest extent permitted by Texas law no director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its members for monetary damages for an act or omission in such director's capacity as a director of the Corporation except for liability arising out of (i) any breach of such director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its members; (ii) acts by or omissions of such director which are not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; (iii) a transaction from which such director received an improper benefit, whether or not the benefit resulted from an action taken within the scope of such director's office; or (iv) an act by or omission of such director for which the liability of a director is expressly provided for by statute. The foregoing elimination of the liability to the Corporation or its members for monetary damages should not be deemed exclusive of any other rights or limitations of liability or indemnity to which a director may be entitled under any other provision of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Corporation, contract or agreement, vote of members and/or disinterested directors, or otherwise.

8.
Actions may be taken by the Corporation, including actions of its Members, Board of Directors, Committees, and Sections, without a formal meeting, by consent of less than all the parties entitled to vote on any such action, provided that the requisite consent to any such action is obtained by meeting the following requirements: (i) all the signed consents must be dated and the earliest and latest date may not be more than 60 days apart; (ii) prompt notice of the action taken must be given to those who did not consent in writing to the action; and (iii) any documents filed with the Secretary of State as a result of the action must contain a statement that written consent to the action has been obtained in accordance with the aforestated provisions as set forth under Article 9.10.C of the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act and notice was given to the members, directors or committee members who did not consent. A signed written consent made by telegram, telex, cablegram, facsimile, or similar means is effective for purposes of giving effective notice pursuant to this requirement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto subscribed our names, this first day of November, A.D., 1947.

BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for Dallas County, Texas, on this day personally appeared:

Harold A. Bateman	Rufus N. McKnight
Hattie L. Henenberg	Robert W. Finklea, Jr.
J.J. Fagan	Spencer Carver
W. Autry Norton	Douglas E. Bergman
Robert L. Dillard, Jr.	Wm. M. Cramer
Wm. H. Duls	Paul Carrington
D.A. Frank	Grover Hartt, Jr.
Roy C. Coffee	Henry Smith
J. Cleo Thompson	G.W. Schmucker
Ara S. Hyde	Frank G. Newman
Alex F. Weisberg	D.M. Oldham
H. Bascom Thomas, Jr.	W. Gregory Hatcher
W.M. Holland	C.S. Potts
Clarence A. Guittard	Neal C. DeShazo
Rosser J. Coke	Alexander D. McNabb
C.K. Bullard	Alto B. Cervin
C.C. Renfro	Edward C. Fritz
John C. Robertson	Donald G. Gay
Gene Bailey	Neth L. Leachman
Jas. Irion Worsham	Fred H. Alexander
Frank Cain	M.R. Irion
O.O. Touchstone	Roy C. Ledbetter
John Butera	E. Taylor Armstrong
Royal H. Brin, Jr.	Robert A. Hall
Stanley M. Kaufman	Byrd E. White
J.E. McLemore, Jr.	Albert B. Morris
Ewing Jones	Sol Gordon
Clinton Foshee	Regina Urbish
J.W. Hassell	Thomas C. Unis
Allen Melton	Opal Urbish
A.J. Marshall	R.W. Mayo
O.D. Brundidge	Edgar P. Haney
A.J. Thuss, Jr.	Thomas B. Love
Ed C. Stearns	R.L. Dixon
Jarrell Garonzik	Carl B. Calloway
Dick P. Wood	W.H. Cathey
Elizabeth Carp	Dee Brown Walker
Herbert S. Bonney, Jr.	J. Glen Turner
Curtis Hancock	Beverly B. Neal
Nathanial Jacks	Gilbert P. Howard
Marshall Thomas	Edward L. Francis
Samuel Donosky	Hart Willis
William R. McDowell	Eric Eades, Jr.
William P. Fonville	Maurice E. Purnell
W.H. Jack	Sam P. Burford

known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that they each executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the first day of November, 1947.

EULA CATES, Notary Public, Dallas County, Texas

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Articles of Incorporation Dallas Bar Association (as amended to May 13, 1994)

Articles of Incorporation
Dallas Bar Association
(as amended to May 13, 1994)