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Bench & Bar Committee

Jack Lawrence Brown, Co-Chairperson
Jones Gotcher & Bogan
15 E. 5th St., Ste. 3800
Tulsa, OK 74103-4309
(918) 581-8211
jbrown@jonesgotcher.com

Cathy M. Christensen, Co-Chairperson
2933 NW 138th St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73134
(405) 752-5565
Cathy@CathyChristensenLaw.com

Glenn Allen Devoll, BOG Liaison
P. O. Box 1549
Enid, OK 73702-1549
(580) 234-0436
devoll@enidlaw.com

Richard Lawrence Rose, YLD Liaison
300 NE 1st St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
(405) 236-0478
rrose@mahaffeygore.com

Committee Members: 2010 — Frederick J. Berger, Clayton, MO; Belinda Darlene Crutchfield, Tulsa; Benjamin J. Curtis, Poteau; Kathryn Lyle Flood, Oklahoma City; Judge Stephen P. Friot, Oklahoma City; Judge Carol Hansen, Oklahoma City; Mead John Hedglon III, Oklahoma City; Brian T. Hermanson, Ponca City; Judge Arlene Joan Johnson, Oklahoma City; William George LaSorsa, Tulsa; John D. Loughlin, Oklahoma City; Anthony M. Massad, Frederick; LeAnne McGill, Edmond; Jacqueline Tara Miller, Oklahoma City; H. Terrell Monks, Choctaw; Brandon Scott Nichols, Oklahoma City; Sharisse Lynn O’Carroll, Tulsa; Judge Millie E. Otey, Tulsa; Robert Lee Pendarvis, Norman; Deborah Ann Reheard, Eufaula; Carol Joy Russo, Tulsa; Bob A. Smith, Blanchard; Coree L. Stevenson, Oklahoma City; David Swank, Norman; Judge Joe Clinton Taylor, Durant; Bradley Craig West, Shawnee; Clinton David Whitworth, Oklahoma City; Carlos Lemond Williams, Tulsa; E. Vance Winningham Jr., Oklahoma City; Harry Arthur Woods Jr., Oklahoma City

Committee Members: 2011 — Charles F. Alden III, Oklahoma City; Hugh Alan Baysinger, Oklahoma City; Gerald Matthew Bender, Tulsa; Robert Lamar Betts, Bristow; James Edward Britton, Oklahoma City; Jack Lawrence Brown, Tulsa; Judge Kenneth Louis Buettner, Oklahoma City; Judge William Baxter Buxton, Duncan; Terri Lynn Calloway, Oklahoma City; Jennifer Burchett Carter, Edmond; Cathy M. Christensen, Oklahoma City; Judge Michael Dan DeBerry, Idabel; R. Hayden Downie, Broken Arrow; Amy Susanne Ellingson, Oklahoma City; Linda Michelle Gambill-Branstetter, Nowata; John Howard Graves, Moore; Stephen James Greubel, Tulsa; John Thomas Hall, Tulsa; Richard James Harris, Oklahoma City; James Duke Logan, Vinita; Jared Aden Looper, Oklahoma City; Malinda S. Matlock, Oklahoma City; Katherine Ruth Mazaheri, Oklahoma City; Linda H. McGuire, Edmond; Shanda Marie McKenney, Oklahoma City; Judge Charles Anthony Meyers, Stillwater; Gloria J. Moore, Oklahoma City; Judy Hamilton Morse, Oklahoma City; Elizabeth Christine Nichols, Edmond; Jill Marie Ochs-Tontz, Guthrie; James David Ogle, Oklahoma City; Jeremy Daniel Oliver, Wynnewood; David Allen Poarch Jr, Norman; Shaun Thomas Riley, Oklahoma City; Tracy Erin Schumacher, Norman; Judge Deborah C. Shallcross, Tulsa; Judge Darrell G. Shepherd, Wagoner; Benjamin Paul Sisney, Tulsa; Judge David Charles Youll, Tulsa

Committee Members: 2012 — Victoria Lee Allen, Oklahoma City; Judge D. W. Boyd, Newkirk; Ruseal Ely Brewer, Oklahoma City; N. K. Bridger-Riley, Tulsa; Susan Kelly Carns, Oklahoma City; John Andrew Chaffin, Oklahoma City; Michael Perry Copeland, Palau, FO; Dustin Allen Davis, Edmond; Timothy John Doty II, Oklahoma City; John Joseph Foley, Oklahoma City; Marna Swanda Franklin, Oklahoma City; Kimberly Hays, Tulsa; Stephanie Gail Houle, Okahoma City; Andrew M. Ihrig, Stillwater; Tina Lynn Izadi, Oklahoma City; Donald Duane Jackson, Oklahoma City; Judge Charles A. Johnson, Oklahoma City; Erik Christopher Johnson, Miami; Nathan Mark Johnson, Lawton; Lance Timothy Lance, Sulphur; David Donald Leavitt, Edmond; Lydia Kaye Heimer Lee, Edmond; Jodi Beth Levine, Oklahoma City; 2012 Daniel Alan Loeffler, Oklahoma City; Kenneth N. McKinney, Oklahoma City; Yasodhara Mohanty Means, Norman; Judge Gordon R. Melson, Seminole; Jeremy Earl Melton, Tulsa; John Edward Miley, Oklahoma City; Michael Minnis, Oklahoma City; Eric Brann Mitts, Edmond; William J. Molinsky Jr., Edmond; Kimberly K. Moore-Waite, Tulsa; Judge Robert Moore Murphy Jr., Spokane, WA; Jeffrey Blaine Noble, Oklahoma City; Richard C. Ogden, Oklahoma City; Amber Nicole Peckio Garrett, Tulsa; Theodore Price Roberts, Norman; Judge Vicki Lynn Robertson, Oklahoma City; Darla Sue Sedgwick, Tulsa; Thomas Ryan Showman, Norman; Georgenia Anne Van Tuyl, Tulsa; Leah Phelps White, Tulsa; Paula Jo Davidson Wood, Oklahoma City; Dawn Collins Zellner, Edmond; Tara Tahereh Tabatabaie, Oklahoma City

Aims and Objectives

  1. Actively support adequate funding to meet the requirements necessary for a modern and efficient Oklahoma Judicial System.
  2. To marshall the influence of the Bar to secure adequate resources for use by the judiciary.
  3. To marshall the influence of the Bar Association to secure fair and competitive salaries for all members of the state and federal judiciary and their staff.
  4. To continue to study and survey the present state judicial system in Oklahoma, its administration and operations, the methods of selection, tenure and removal of judges, and report thereon to the Board of Governors and House of Delegates, with such recommendations as appear desirable.
  5. To make recommendations to the Board of Governors on matters affecting the Oklahoma Judiciary.
  6. To encourage an atmosphere of civility and courtesy in the court room.
  7. To foster continued good relations between the state and federal judiciary and all other members of the bar.
  8. To continue to assist in the implementation of a system to reduce scheduling conflicts between the state and federal judiciary.
  9. To assist in the establishment of Bench and Bar Committees on a county or judicial district level.
  10. To identify problems common to the Bench and Bar and collaborate on ways to resolve them.
 


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