JUNE 2024 | 69 THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL President-Elect Kara Vincent, Tulsa Kara Vincent, a shareholder at Barber & Bartz PC, boasts 28 years of experience as both a CPA and attorney. She holds a BBA in finance from Northeastern State University, a BBA in accounting from Langston University and a J.D. from the TU College of Law. She primarily practices in estate and trust matters, covering design, administration, special needs planning and litigation. She holds certifications as a Certified Fraud Examiner, a CPA with a specialization in financial forensics and a Chartered Global Management Accountant through the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Ms. Vincent has been extensively involved with the Tulsa County Bar Association and the OBA, serving in various roles, including mid-year coordinator, treasurer, secretary and chair of the Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Section board. She has also held leadership positions in the Tulsa County Bar Association at all levels and in all executive roles, culminating in her term as president in 2022. Currently, Ms. Vincent is a Tulsa County Bar Foundation Trustee and co-chair of Street Law, a program started by the TCBA during her presidency. She serves as vice chair of the ADR Committee for the Real Property, Trusts and Estate Law Section of the American Bar Association. In her community involvement, she has volunteered and served on the Board of Directors for various organizations, including CASA for Children in Muskogee and Wagoner counties, the Tulsa Artists’ Coalition, Oaks Indian Mission Inc. and the Asbury Development Center, which serves seven nonprofits in the community. Amber Peckio, Tulsa Amber Peckio is a solo practitioner with the Amber Law Group in Tulsa. As an AV-Rated Preeminent attorney with more than 20 years of trial experience, Ms. Peckio primarily practices in litigation, insurance dispute litigation, complex family litigation and personal injury litigation. She also works extensively in the newly established cannabis law field in Oklahoma and routinely counsels Oklahoma businesses in all cannabis-related legal matters. Ms. Peckio currently serves as vice president on the OBA Board of Governors and is the past chair of the OBA Cannabis Law Committee. She is a member of the American Bar Association, where she previously served as vice chair of the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Cannabis Policy and Law Committee and as state membership chair for Oklahoma. She also co-hosted “Between Two Weeds – Joint Sessions: 2024 Cannabis Legislation Preview” for OBA CLE. She has served the OBA as an Oklahoma Bar Foundation Trustee (2014 to 2019), Women in Law Committee chair (2007), Lawyer Advertising Task Force member (2007), Young Lawyers Division board director for Tulsa (2006 to 2014), Professionalism Committee member, Law Related Education Committee chair, Solo and Small Firm Conference Planning Committee member, Audit Committee member (2022), graduate of the inaugural OBA Leadership Academy (2009) and as a frequent CLE speaker. Ms. Peckio was also active in the Tulsa County Bar Association, having served as vice president (2020), secretary (2019) and small firm director (2021). She received her J.D. from the TU College of Law in 2003 and is admitted to practice in all courts in the state of Oklahoma and before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Northern and Western districts of Oklahoma and the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. As a graduate of the TU College of Law, she has served as a past member of the Alumni Association board. She is also a sustaining member of the Junior League of Tulsa. Ms. Peckio lives in Tulsa with her fiancé, C. Alex Stodghill, and their beloved dogs, Woody, Bulliet and Hendricks. Member at Large Rhiannon K. Thoreson, Broken Arrow Rhiannon K. Thoreson is a civil litigator for the city of Broken Arrow who defends tort, property, employment and Section 1983 claims. She earned her undergraduate degree from TU and her master’s degree from OU. She worked for several years in the social services field before receiving her J.D. from the TU College of
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