Admitted
1974, Oklahoma, 1987, New Mexico, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Oklahoma City University, J.D., 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
Texas Christian University, B.A., 1967
Memberships
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Life Member); Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards for Criminal Law and Administrative Law; The Judge Tom Brett Criminal Law Award; 1998, Angie Debo Civil Liberties Award. Assistant District Attorney, Oklahoma County, 1974-1975. First Assistant Public Defender, Oklahoma County, 1976-1978. Instructor: Trial Lawyers College, 1994; National College for Criminal Defense, 1979-1990. University of Wyoming Western Institute for Trial Advocacy Institute, 1981—; Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy, 1985. Lecturer: Florida Public Defenders Association, 1981; New Mexico Public Defenders, 1981; Colorado Public Defenders, 1983, 1985; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1983; Nebraska Trial Lawyers, 1985; Kansas Public Defenders, 1985, 1990, 1998; Vermont Public Defenders, 1987; Canadian Criminal Trial Lawyers, 1987; Trial Advocacy Workshop, Harvard Law School, 1991; New Hampshire Public Defenders, 1993, 1999.