THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL 50 | JANUARY 2025 NEW OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS TOOK OFFICE ON JAN. 1. A formal swearing-in ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, in the Supreme Court Courtroom at the state Capitol. AMBER PECKIO President-Elect Tulsa Amber Peckio is a solo practitioner with the Amber Law Group in Tulsa. As an AV-Rated Preeminent attorney with more than 23 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 served as OBA vice president in 2024 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. RICHARD D. WHITE JR. Vice President 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 serves on the Professional Responsibility Tribunal, and he chaired the Professionalism Committee in 2024. 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 Meet Your Bar Association Meet the Volunteers Who Guide Your Association
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