Admitted
1972, Oklahoma, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth and Tenth Circuits; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Oklahoma, J.D., 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1969
Memberships
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (Member, Civil Procedure Committee, 1980-2002; Chairman, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993; Member, House of Delegates, 1991, 1992), Federal and American (Member, Tort Reform Task Force) Bar Associations; Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1982; Legislative Chairman, 1985-1987; Member, Board of Directors, 1979-2002; Fellow, Roscoe Pound Foundation; Member, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1988-2006; Chairman, Labor Law Section, 1977-1979; Legal Affairs Committee; Budget Committee; Judicial Selection Committee; Advisory Committee, Center for Constitutional Litigation); American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics; American Judicature Society; American Board of Trial Advocates; Master, American Inns of Court. Fellow: International Society of Barristers; Oklahoma Bar Foundation.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Member, Governor's Committee on Workers Compensation, 1985. Member, Select Committee on Insurance Rates and Tort Claims, 1986-1988. Member, Interim Advisory Committee on Judgments and Appeals, 1991-1992; Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules Revision Committee, 1993, 1994. Member, Governor's Task Force on Medical Malpractice Rates, 2003. Recipient, Earl Sneed CLE Award. Member, Judicial Selection Committee and Advisory Committee, Center for Constitutional Litigation.