Admitted
1977, Oklahoma, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1980, District of Columbia
Law School
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
Howard University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1973
Memberships
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, National and American Bar Associations.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Hon. William J. Holloway, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit, 1976-1977. Lecturer: Special Lecturer in Law, Appellate Advocacy, 1978 and Constitutional Law and Minorities, 1978, 1979 and 1980, University of Oklahoma College of Law; Co-Chair ABA Products Liability Committee, Litigation Section; Vice-Chair, Small Firms and Sole Practitioners Committee of the General Practice Section of the ABA 1990-1991; Chairman, Oklahoma Section, ABA Appellate Practice Committee 1979-1981; Appointments: Judge, Oklahoma Court of Appeals by temporary appointment of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, 1981. Municipal Judge, City of Forest Park, 1984-1986. Appointed by Governor of the State of Oklahoma to the Oklahoma Industrial Development Commission, 1978; Finalist, United States District Court Judgeship, 1986. Member: Products Liability Advisory Council; Board of Directors, Oklahoma County Bar Association, 1985-1988; Board of Trustees, Oklahoma Bar Foundation, 1985-1987; 1993-1995; Board of Trustees (Secretary), Oklahoma City Public School Foundation; Board of Trustees, Oklahoma Health Sciences Foundation, Inc. Member, Executive Committee, Board of Directors, Leadership Oklahoma, 1987-1990; Board of Governors, Oklahoma Heart Center at Baptist Medical Center, 1984-1991; Board of Directors, Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc., 1978-1983. Recipient: Distinguished Service Award, Board of Trustees, Oklahoma Bar Foundation, 1987.