SEPTEMBER 2024 | 53 THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL Judge Loretta F. Radford Judge Loretta F. Radford received her bachelor’s degree in business administration from TU, and she is a 1984 graduate of the OU College of Law. She is admitted and licensed to practice law in the state of Oklahoma and is authorized to practice law in the federal courts located within Oklahoma. On Sept. 13, 2019, Judge Radford retired from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Oklahoma after 26 years and accepted a position as legal director for the Center for Criminal Justice at the OCU School of Law, where she worked from 2019 until 2022. As a part of her legal career, she has had the honor of serving as the first assistant to the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma and later as acting United States attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma during a presidential transition period. Prior to these appointments, Judge Radford prosecuted criminal cases and defended the government in civil actions. Before working for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, she was an assistant public defender in Tulsa County for approximately eight years, providing legal representation to indigent defendants charged with felony and misdemeanor crimes. In May 2018, she was inducted into her high school alma mater’s hall of fame. Judge Radford has received numerous honors and awards throughout her legal career that highlight her work as a public servant in the legal community and the Tulsa area. She currently serves as a special judge for the 14th Judicial District in Tulsa County. Emma Rolls Emma Rolls is the first assistant federal public defender for the Western District of Oklahoma and the chief of its Capital Habeas Unit. She represents individuals under a sentence of death during their federal habeas proceedings, as well as through the clemency process. In 2021, Ms. Rolls received the Opio Toure Courageous Advocate Award from the Oklahoma Coalition
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