Vanden Eykel Inaugurated as Bar President

Friday, February 12, 2010

DALLAS, TX -- Ike Vanden Eykel, managing partner of the law firm of Koons, Fuller, Vanden Eykel & Robertson, became president of the Dallas Bar Association and immediately dedicated his term to expanding the bar campaign of legal aid to the poor.

Widely recognized as one of the best known and most respected family lawyers in the country, Vanden Eykel was inaugurated as DBA president at an evening gala Saturday, January 23 at the Belo Mansion, headquarters of the law organization, in the Dallas Arts District.

Cheryl Hall, business columnist for The Dallas Morning News, commemmorated the Vanden Eykel presidency as follows:

"As head of the bar association, he intends to strong-arm those at the top of the legal system so that those at the bottom of society can have access to it.

'This sounds soupy, but I happen to believe it: To whom much is given, much is expected. The license to practice law is a privilege, and with the privilege comes the moral obligation.'

The problem here has never been greater, he says. Federal and state assistance for legal aid is evaporating while the need for legal help grows exponentially in this downturn."