SEPTEMBER 2024 | 107 THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL KUDOS Amy Stipe has been selected as a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. The invitation-only organization is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than 0.5% of American lawyers. Ms. Stipe is the president of and a shareholder at GableGotwals. Her civil litigation practice includes a broad range of areas, including class actions, complex contracts, business torts, insurance bad faith, oil and gas and labor and employment. She has successfully tried cases in federal and state courts, as well as before arbitration panels. Jake Krattiger received the 2024 Visionary of the Year Award from the Red River Region of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The award celebrates community leaders raising funds for local blood cancer patients through a 10-week philanthropic competition. Mr. Krattiger spearheaded a campaign that raised more than $90,000 out of the total $200,000 raised during the competition. Kelli J. Stump was installed as president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association on June 13. The association is an organization of members across the world dedicated to the practice of U.S. immigration law. Arvo Q. Mikkanen received the Advocacy Warrior Award from the National Native American Bar Association. The award recognizes legal practitioners who have demonstrated exceptional excellence in the legal practice advocating for Native American justice, rights and tribal sovereignty. Mr. Mikkanen is president of the Oklahoma Indian Bar Association and has a legal career spanning more than 30 years. He has served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma since 1994 – handling over 750 criminal cases, including violent crimes and a variety of other crimes – and in the civil division. AT THE PODIUM Nicholas E. Thurman presented “Preparation and Presentation of a Marijuana Case in 2024 – From Charging to Conviction” at the Association of Oklahoma Narcotic Enforcers’ annual summer conference. Kevin Kuhn made two presentations. He presented “Answering Written Discovery – Taking the ‘Ugh’ Out of It” to a Colorado defense lawyer audience at the law firm of Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell LLP, where he is a partner, and “Direct Examination” at the Colorado Bar Association’s CLE program “2024 Winning at Trial.” Kimberly Lambert Love spoke at the Oklahoma Office of Civil Rights Enforcement 2024 Employment Law Symposium on employer dress codes and religious accommodations and advised employers on responding to employee requests for religious accommodations in the workplace. Ms. Love practices at the law firm of Titus Hillis Reynolds Love and focuses her practice on all areas of employment law. 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 November issue must be received by Oct. 1.
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