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| Practice Areas | Commercial and Business Torts Litigation; Products Liability Defense; Life and Health Insurance Litigation; Banking Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Native American Law; Bet -The Company Litigation | | | Education | Stanford Law School, J.D., 1971, University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1968 | | | Admitted | 1971, Oklahoma; 1973, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma | |
| Memberships | Oklahoma County Bar Association (President, 1995-1996; Board of Directors, 1990-2004; Chair, Lawyer Referral Service Committee; Member, Bench and Bar, Membership, and Fee Grievance and Ethics Committees; Vice Chair, Rules & Calendar Committee, 2007-2008); American Bar Association, (Member: Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice, 2003-2005; Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity, 1999-2002; President's Advisory Council on Diversity in the Profession, 1999-2000; Litigation Section Council, 1994-1997; Co-Chair, Elevating Your Game Task Force, special diversity initiatives for Section, 2006-2009; Co-Chair, Diversity Plan Implementation Working Group, 2004-2005; Co-Director, Division 7, 2002-2004; Co-Chair, Task Force for the Minority Trial Lawyer, 1993-1997; Chair, 1988-1991 and Member, 1991-1993, Task Force on Trial by Jury). | | | Born | Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1945 | | | Biography | Stanford Law Review, Editor, 1970-1971. American Bar Association House of Delegates Oklahoma State Delegate, 2005-2011; Oklahoma County Bar Association Delegate, 1996-2005 (Vice Chair, Rules & Calendar Committee, 2007-2008). Chair, 2008-2009, and Sustaining Life Fellow, The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation. ABA Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice, 2003-2005. ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity, 1999-2002. Member, ABA President's Advisory Council on Diversity in the Profession, 1999-2000. ABA Section of Litigation (Council, 1994-1997); Co-Chair, Elevating Your Game Task Force (special diversity initiatives for Section), 2006-2009; Co-Chair, Diversity Plan Implementation Working Group, 2004-2005; Co-Director, Division 7, 2002-2004; Co-Chair, Task Force for the Minority Trial Lawyer, 1993-1997; Chair (1988-1991) and Member (1991-1993), Task Force on Trial by Jury. Oklahoma County Bar Association (President, 1995-1996; OCBA Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates, August 1996-2004; Board of Directors, 1990-2004; Chair, Lawyer Referral Service Committee and Member, Bench and Bar, Membership, and Fee Grievance and Ethics Committees). Oklahoma Bar Foundation Sustaining Fellow (President, 2001; Trustee, 1996-2002). Legal Aid of Western Oklahoma (Board of Directors, 1989-1995). Oklahoma County Bar Association Bobby G. Knapp Award for Leadership, 2006 Pro Bono Award, 2005; Journal-Record Leadership in Law Award, 2006; Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award, Legal Aid of Western Oklahoma, 1994; Oklahoma Bar Association — Public Service Award, 1986, and John E. Shipp Award for Ethics, 2006. William J. Holloway, Jr. American Inn of Court CV, Emeritus Master (President, 2003-2004). Oklahoma Supreme Court Standing Committee on Preparation of Uniform Civil Jury Instructions (Member, 1991 —). Sustaining Fellow, Oklahoma Bar Foundation (President, 2001; Trustee, 1996-2002); Sustaining Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation (Chair-Elect, 2007-2008). | | | ISLN | 906990429 | |
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