JANUARY 2025 | 51 THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL the southern region and a term on the Board of Governors. He has been a Tulsa City-County Law Library Commission member since 2011. Mr. White received his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from California State University Long Beach and his J.D. from the TU College of Law. MILES PRINGLE Immediate Past President Oklahoma City Miles Pringle is the executive vice president and general counsel at The Bankers Bank in Oklahoma City. A native Oklahoman and third-generation attorney, Mr. Pringle is licensed to practice law in Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas. After graduating from Heritage Hall High School, he obtained his bachelor’s degrees from the University of Kansas in political science and history and his J.D. from the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law, where he was a member of the national moot court team. Prior to joining The Bankers Bank, he was a partner with the law firm of Pringle & Pringle. He has served the OBA and the legal community for many years, including as president, vice president and governor of the OBA Board of Governors, chair of the OBA Financial Institutions and Commercial Law Section and chair of the OBA Legislative Monitoring Committee. He is a frequent CLE speaker on topics ranging from banking law to legislative issues, and he has had multiple articles published in the Oklahoma Bar Journal and regularly contributes to the Oklahoma County Bar Association Briefcase. In 2018, he was awarded the Oklahoma County Bar Association Geary L. Walke Briefcase Award, and in 2021 and 2022, he received the OBA President’s Award. Mr. Pringle is a recognized leader in the banking community. He has been a teacher for the Oklahoma Bankers Association Intermediate Banking School and other banking organizations. As an officer and past chair of the Financial Institutions and Commercial Law Section, he helps coordinate and present at the Annual Banking and Commercial Law Update. In 2022, Mr. Pringle was named on the 40 Under 40 list of national emerging community bank leaders by the Independent Community Bankers of America. He is also very involved in his community. He is a board member of the Oklahoma City Rotary Club, Oklahoma’s oldest and largest civic organization, and he has served on the boards of local nonprofits. Mr. Pringle and his wife, Andrea, have two sons and are members of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. WILLIAM LADD OLDFIELD Governor – District 1 Ponca City William Ladd Oldfield was born in Stillwater and grew up in Osage County. He graduated from OSU with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and received his J.D. from the OU College of Law. He was admitted to the Oklahoma bar in 2005. Mr. Oldfield is a partner with the Ponca City law firm of Northcutt, Clark, Oldfield & Jech, where his practice is primarily focused on civil litigation. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Western, Northern and Eastern districts of Oklahoma. He also serves as the chief trial court judge for the Osage Nation.
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