Admitted
1980, Oklahoma; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit and U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court; 1987, U.S. District Court, Western and Northern Districts of Oklahoma; 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma; 1995, U
Law School
University of Oklahoma, J.D., with honors, 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
University of Oklahoma, B.A., with honors, 1977
Memberships
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif; Order of the Barristers. Member and Note Editor, University of Oklahoma Law Review, 1978-1980. Author: Constitutional Law: A Constitutional Analysis of the New Oklahoma Abortion Statute, 32 Oklahoma Law Review 138, 1979; Constitutional Law: Substantive Due Process and the Incompetent Organ Donor, 33 Oklahoma Law Review 126, 1980; The Parameters of Judicial Conduct during an Oklahoma Jury Trial of a Criminal Defendant, 53 Oklahoma Bar Journal 1307, 1982; Military Rule of Evidence 404(b): A Case Study in ‘Whodunit’?, 16 The Advocate 51, 1984; Rehabilitative Potential of the Accused: Have the Floodgates Been Opened on Sentencing? 16 The Advocate 75, 1984; Opening Statement: An Opportunity for Effective Defense Advocacy, The Army Lawyer, September 1986 at 10; Rights Warnings in the Military: An Article 31(b) Update, 115 Mil. L. Rev. 261, 1987; Oklahoma Trial Handbook (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1995); Co-author: Oklahoma Trial Practice (West Group, 1999). Instructor, Legal Research and Writing and Appellate Advocacy, University of Oklahoma College of Law, 1979-1980. Master of the Bench and Past President, Luther Bohanon American Inn of Court XXIII.
Military
Capt., JAGC, U.S. Army, 1980-1987; Major, JAGC, USAR, 1987-1991