JUNE 2024 | 67 THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL In the OBA, Mr. Williams has served as governor for Judicial District 6 on the Board of Governors and as a master, vice chief master and presiding master for the Professional Responsibility Tribunal. He has also served as chair of the Professionalism Committee and the Environmental Law Section and on various other OBA committees. Currently, Mr. Williams serves on the Budget Committee and the Judicial Professional Responsibility Commission. He is a frequent CLE presenter and a former recipient of the OBA Earl Sneed Award in recognition of his contribution to continuing legal education. The TCBA also awarded him the Gary C. Clark Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his many years of service to the TCBA and the legal profession. Mr. Williams serves as an elder of The Park Church of Christ, where he and his wife, Teresa, and two of their three adult children and families also attend. Their third adult child and two of their eight grandchildren live in Scottsdale, Arizona. Elected as the 2024 president-elect and serving one year in that position, Mr. Williams automatically becomes president Jan. 1, 2025. 2025 NEWLY ELECTED BOARD OF GOVERNORS Pursuant to Rule 3, Section 3 of the OBA bylaws, the following nominees have been deemed elected due to no other person filing for the position. Vice President Richard D. White Jr., Tulsa Richard D. White Jr. is a shareholder at the Tulsa law firm of Barber & Bartz PC. During his 40 years of practice, he has represented businesses throughout the U.S. in commercial disputes and has maintained a substantial family law practice. He is licensed to practice in all Oklahoma courts, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western districts of Oklahoma, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. White represented Supreme Court Judicial District 6 as a member of the OBA Board of Governors from 2021 to 2023. He is a member of the Tulsa County Bar Association and has served as budget chair (2014 to 2015), treasurer (2015 to 2016), secretary (2016 to 2017) and professionalism chair (2019 to the present). He is a long-standing member of the Commercial Law League of America, having served as chair of the southern region and a term on the Board of Governors. He has been a Tulsa City-County Law Library Commission member since 2011. Mr. White received his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from California State University Long Beach and his J.D. from the TU College of Law.
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