Admitted
1966, Oklahoma; 1969, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma; 1970, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S
Law School
University of Oklahoma, LL.B., 1966
Law School Graduation Year
1966
College
University of Texas
Memberships
Garfield County, Oklahoma and American (Member, Section of: Criminal Justice; Taxation) Bar Associations; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Board of Directors; Recipient, Lord Erskine Award, 1989).
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta. Associate Editor, Oklahoma Bar Journal, 1979-1986. Author: John W. Davis, Oklahoma Law Review Vol. 27 No. 1, Winter, 1974; The Case Against Presidential Impeachment, Oklahoma Bar Association Journal, Oklahoma Criminal Defense Form Book, 1974; Oklahoma Politics, Vol. I, 1907-1962; Was President Nixon Guilty: The Case For The Defense, Oklahoma Bar Association Journal, Winter 1978; Vernon's Oklahoma Forms, 2d: Criminal Law, Practice & Procedure, West Group, 1999; U.S. v. McVeigh: Defending the ‘Most Hated Man in America,’ Oklahoma Law Review Vol. 51 No. 4, Winter, 1998; Others Unknown: The Oklahoma City Bombing Case and Conspiracy, Public Affairs, 1998; A Lawyer's Ethical Duty to Represent the Unpopular Client, Chapman Law Review Vol. 1 No. 1. Spring, 1998; Representing Timothy McVeigh, Litigation, Spring, 2002, Vol. 28, Number 3. Listed in, Who's Who in America. Chester Bedell Memorial Lecturer, The Independence of American Lawyers, Florida Bar Association, 1999. Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma, 1973-1976; Adjunct Professor, Phillips University, 1983-1990. Secretary, Minority Conference, Texas Legislature, 1960-1961. Assistant to Honorable Richard Nixon, New York, 1964. Administrative Assistant, Congressman Paul Findley, Washington, D.C., 1966-1969. Legal Assistant to Governor of Oklahoma, 1967. Member, U.S. Delegation to NATO (North Atlantic Assembly), 1968. Special Assistant District Attorney, 1977. Member, State Supreme Court Committee on Civil Jury Instructions, 1979-1981. Special United States Attorney, Northern District of Oklahoma, 1979. Special Counsel to the Governor of Oklahoma, 1995. Member, Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Advisory Committee on Court Rules, 1980. Judge of Temporary Division, Oklahoma Court of Appeals, 1982. Republican Nominee, United States Senate, 1990.