Admitted
1971, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1973, American Samoa and U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia; 1976, Oklahoma; 1985, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma; 1992, New York; 1998, Connecticut;
Law School
Yale University Law School, J.D.
Law School Graduation Year
College
University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1966; Air War College, USAF, 1984
Memberships
Federal (President, Tulsa Chapter, 1977-1978) and American (Member, Section on Taxation) Bar Associations.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Member, Yale Law School Association, New York City and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Recipient: Meritorious Service Medal Second Oak Leaf Cluster, 1995; Legal Writing Award, Exploring the Boundaries of the Roe Doctrine, an Imaginary Supreme Court Opinion, Arkansas Bar Foundation, 1977-1978. Author: Aviation Law Practice: Civil Penalty Programs, Lawyer Pilot Bar Association, Fall 1994; Guam v. Olsen, Preview of U.S. Supreme Court cases, October 1976, ALI-ABA, No. 51; J. Missouri Bar 33:242, 1977; Res Gestae, Indiana, July 1977. Registered Solicitor, Board of Trade, City of Chicago, 1970-1971. (Also Member, Choate & Choate, P.C.)
Military
USAFR, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.), 1971-1995