Carrington Coleman Attorneys Abbie Blaker, Haley Ablon, and Robert Fountain, have been selected to the 2024 Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (DAYL) Leadership Class. The DAYL Leadership Class was created in 1997 and serves as a way to connect young lawyers who want to grow their leadership skills and who want to make a difference in their community and the bar. It provides opportunities for young lawyers to develop relationships with local city leaders, network with other young lawyers through group activities, and deploy their newly-honed leadership skills. By promoting leadership development within the bar association as well as within Dallas’s nonprofit and civic communities, the DAYL Leadership Class is able to provide a forum for identifying the many ways to give back to North Texas.

Nearly 900 lawyers have participated in the DAYL Leadership Class and have taken what they have learned to advance their careers, serve and lead non-profit and for-profit boards, serve in elected positions, and hold civic positions. Its alumni include judges, general counsels, law school professors, city leaders, and law-firm name partners. The DAYL Leadership Class has been emulated by bar associations across the state and the country and serves as a gateway for leadership among lawyers in the Dallas area.