Locke Lord

Frank Stevenson has substantial experience in representing financial institutions, owners, developers and other clients in workout matters, construction lending, permanent financing, equity financings and bond financing. Frank also represents financial institutions in lending transactions backed by governmental leases and other contracts, as well as sellers and purchasers of improved and unimproved property. His experience also includes extensive work in the transportation field, general counsel representation of government agencies, drafting and negotiating interlocal and interagency agreements, acquisition of right-of-way, drafting legislation and administrative rules, Open Meetings and Open Records representation, drafting procurement contracts, and related work.

Frank was the 2016-2017 President of the State Bar of Texas. Additionally, he is the former Chair of the Dallas Bar Foundation, a former Chair of the State Bar Board of Directors, and a former President of the Dallas Bar Association.

Professional Affiliations and Recognitions

• President, State Bar of Texas (2016-2017)
• Board of Directors, State Bar of Texas (2010-2014; 2015-Present)
  • Chair (2012-2013)
• Trustee, Texas Bar Foundation (2018-Present)
• Vice President, Western States Bar Conference (2018-Present)
• President, Dallas Bar Association (2008)
  • Board of Directors (1999-2013)
  • Secretary/Treasurer (1999)
  • Chair, (2004)
  • DBA Committee to Finalize Statement on Minority Hiring, Retention, and Advancement (1993)
• Chair, Board of Trustees, Dallas Bar Foundation (2017)
  • Board of Trustees (2007-2017)
• Member, American Bar Association House of Delegates (2015-Present)
• Member, ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services (2017-Present)
• Co-Founder, Texas Opportunity & Justice Incubator (TOJI), a nationally recognized legal incubator training lawyers for modest-means practices (2015-2018)
• Board of Directors, Dallas Bar Association, Community Service Fund (2002-2006)
  • President, (2006)
• Member, Commission to Expand Civil Legal Services (appointed by Texas Supreme Court) (2016-2017)
• Steering Committee, Campaign for Equal Access to Justice, Dallas Bar Association/Legal Services of NorthWest Texas Legal Aid Campaign (2002-2005); Division Chair (2013-2015)
  • Chair (set record for amount of legal aid funds raised) (2003-2004)
• Recipient, Presidential Citation, State Bar of Texas (2013)
• Recipient, Presidential Citations, Dallas Bar Association (2004, 2007)
• Recipient, Pro Bono Appreciation Award, Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas (2008)
• Recipient, Equal Justice Award, Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas (2005)
• Chair and Co-Founder, DBA Transition to Law Practice Program (drafted curriculum for year-long mentoring program instructing beginning attorneys on professionalism, practice management, and wellness issues conceived by Justice Douglas Lang, now being taken statewide) (2007-2008)
• Staff Diversity Task Force, Texas Commission on Judicial Efficiency (1995-1997)
• Chairman and Founder, Dallas Bar Association Summer Law Intern Program (Minority Legal Internship Program Honored by the State Bar with "Star of Achievement" in 1994 and by the Dallas Public Schools) (1993-1997)
• Recipient, Dallas Bar Association’s Moreland Outstanding Committee Chair Award (1996)
• Recipient of “Belo Hero” award for work on DBA Headquarters Expansion (2001)
• Member, Legislative Advisory Committee, Texas Access to Justice Commission (2014-Present)
• Member, State Bar of Texas Pro Bono Work Group (2014-Present)
• Member, The College of the State Bar of Texas
• Member, Texas Center for Legal Ethics
• Member, State Bar of Texas James C. Watson Inn Section
• Mentor, E-mentoring Program to disadvantaged high school students (2004-2014)
• Member, American, Texas and Dallas Bar Associations
• Sustaining Life Fellow, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
• Sustaining Life Fellow, Dallas Bar Foundation
• Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Association
• Life Fellow, American Bar Association
• Named, The Best Lawyers in America (2017-2020)
• Received "Top Rated Lawyer®" AVPreeminent® status in both Banking and Finance Law and Transportation Law by American Lawyer magazine and Martindale-Hubbell
• Named, Best Lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine (2017-2018)
• Former Hiring Partner and Compensation Committee Member at law firm
• Frequent speaker at Dallas Bar Association CLE and other events, including its Evening Ethics Program, Summer Professionalism Program, and Transition to Law Practice Program.

Community Leadership

• Committee for a Qualified Judiciary (2018-Present)
• Board of Directors, Sammons Center for the Arts (2010 - 2016)
  • President, (2014-2016)
• Board of Directors, North Dallas Chamber of Commerce
  (2007-Present)
• Associate Member, Dallas Citizens Council (2008-Present)
• Recipient, Medal for Eminent Service from Amherst College (annual award given to one alumnus/ae) (2009)
• Outstanding Alumnus Award from Fort Worth Country Day School (2016)
• Executive Committee, Amherst College Alumni Council (2001-2004)
  • Chair, (2002-2004)
• Numerous Alumni Positions for Amherst College: Past President of Amherst Alumni Association of North Texas, Reunion Chairman, Class Agent, Class Secretary, Class Vice President, and Class President
• Parents Board, Bucknell University (2006-2010)
• President’s Visiting Council, Austin College (2013-Present)
• Peer Review Panelist, City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs (2014-Present)
• Scholarship Committee, Dallas Foundation (2014-Present)
• Board of Directors, Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas (2000-2003)
• National Outstanding Eagle Scout Award (2017)
• Eagle Scout; Assistant Scoutmaster, Boy Scout Troop 800 (2000-2007)
• Elder, Teacher, Committee Member, Northridge Presbyterian Church
• Weekly Bible study leader and server, Stewpot Ministries (services to the homeless)  (1982-1991; 2002-2004)