THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL 54 | SEPTEMBER 2024 to Abolish the Death Penalty and the Thurgood Marshall Appellate Advocacy Award from the Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. She is a member of the Oklahoma bar, as well as all the federal district courts in Oklahoma, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Prior to her service at the Federal Public Defender’s Office, she was a legal research and writing professor at the OCU School of Law for nine years, during which time she received the J. William Conger Mentor of the Year Award and the Professor of the Year Award from the Student Bar Association. She began her career as an attorney with the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System, representing capital defendants during their state direct appeals. She graduated with distinction from the OU College of Law in 2000. Ms. Rolls currently serves on the board of the Western District of Oklahoma Historical Society. She has also served on numerous other boards, including Planned Parenthood of Central Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Children’s Theater. She lives in the heart of Oklahoma City with her husband, Professor Lee Peoples, their daughter, Amelia Peoples, and their two beloved rescue mutts, Trixie and Teddy. Marshal Sharon Schooley Marshal Sharon Schooley has been privileged to serve as the marshal of the Oklahoma Supreme Court since 2017. She manages cases in the Supreme Court from filing to mandate and assists the chief justice with court proceedings and various administrative and procedural matters. She is honored to have worked for five chief justices, including Justices Reif, Combs, Gurich, Darby and Kane. In 2020, she received the Chief Justice Award of Excellence presented by Chief Justice Noma Gurich in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the Oklahoma judiciary. She also serves as marshal for the Court on the Judiciary, Trial Division, and for the Court of Tax Review. She earned her bachelor’s degree at OU as a Phi Beta Kappa and her J.D. from the TU College of Law, where she received the Order of the Curule Chair. She began her legal career as a staff attorney for the Court of Civil Appeals and then became an associate attorney at Blackstock, Joyce, Pollard & Montgomery. She represented nonprofit organizations in tax litigation and handled matters in securities law and immigration. She became a member of the State Bar of California and assisted tax-exempt clients in California. Marshal Schooley returned to the Court of Civil Appeals in Tulsa and became an adjunct professor at the TU College of Law, where she was voted the Outstanding Adjunct Professor in 1997-98. She was also a co-adjunct professor with Justice Reif for Business Law at Oral Roberts University. She then returned to private practice and enjoyed working with Clay Roberts in general civil practice. Unable to resist the draw of the court, she accepted a staff attorney position with the Oklahoma Supreme Court and was proud to be subsequently appointed as the sixth marshal of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
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