THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL 102 | APRIL 2024 ON THE MOVE Taylor McLawhorn has joined the Oklahoma City office of the Wyatt Law Office. He has spent most of his 16 years as a criminal defense lawyer in the public and private sectors, having served as lead counsel in hundreds of preliminary hearings and more than 20 jury trials. Mr. McLawhorn received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law in 2008. Joseph W. Lang has joined the Tulsa office of the law firm of GableGotwals as of counsel. He practices in the areas of commercial litigation and labor and employment matters. Mr. Lang previously served as a judicial law clerk for Judge John E. Dowdell and Judge Terence C. Kern in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. He received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law. Michaya Collier has joined the Oklahoma City law firm of DeBee, Clark & Weber PLLC as an associate attorney. She primarily practices in the areas of tax-exempt organizations and business transactions. Ms. Collier received her J.D. from the OU College of Law in 2023. Judge Mark Barcus has been named assistant chief immigration judge for training and management by the U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review. He coordinates and supervises all judicial, legal and staff training for immigration courts nationwide. He also supervises the new West Los Angeles training court. Judge Barcus is a former Tulsa County district judge and has been with the immigration courts since 2017. Mark Melton has been selected by Gov. Stitt to serve as associate district judge for Murray County. He began his career as a personal injury attorney and practiced civil litigation. In 2014, he opened his private practice in Davis, where he handled family, criminal and civil matters. Mr. Melton received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law in 2005. Jason Temple has been promoted to shareholder in the Corporate Group of Brown & Fortunato. Based in Tulsa, he advises public and private clients on a broad spectrum of business matters. He has experience in matters related to entity formation, corporate governance, financing, reorganization and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, business transactions, contract drafting and negotiation, taxation and business succession. Bench & Bar Briefs HOW TO PLACE AN ANNOUNCEMENT: The Oklahoma Bar Journal welcomes short articles or news items about OBA members and upcoming meetings. If you are an OBA member and you’ve moved, become a partner, hired an associate, taken on a partner, received a promotion or an award or given a talk or speech with statewide or national stature, we’d like to hear from you. Sections, committees and county bar associations are encouraged to submit short stories about upcoming or recent activities. Honors bestowed by other publications (e.g., Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, etc.) will not be accepted as announcements. (Oklahoma-based publications are the exception.) Information selected for publication is printed at no cost, subject to editing and printed as space permits. Submit news items to: Hailey Boyd Communications Dept. Oklahoma Bar Association 405-416-7018 barbriefs@okbar.org Articles for the June issue must be received by May 1.
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