CATHY CHRISTENSEN received the 2013 Oklahoma Supreme Court Sovereignty Symposium Award. RAND C. EDDY joined the Oklahoma City firm of Mulinex Ogden Hall & Ludlan PLLC as Of Counsel. ALBERT J. HOCH Jr. received the Fern Holland Courageous Lawyer Award at the 2013 Oklahoma Bar Association Annual Awards. Class Representative(s): Cathy Christensen
GEORGE BURNETT was named the chief of the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Workers' Compensation, Insurance, and Social Security Fraud Unit. DAVID H. DOBSON was named Of Counsel for the Oklahoma City firm of Andrews Davis. RICHARD LEE SLATER was hired as the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Ethics Commission.
CYNTHIA J. CLINE was admitted to practice law before the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands. DONNA J. JACKSON was awarded the Earl Sneed Continuing Legal Education Award at the 2013 Oklahoma Bar Association Annual Awards. MORRIS PURCELL presented a seminar on Florida's stand your ground law at the Center for Public Safety Innovation in October 2013. Class Representative(s): Donna Jackson, Debra Tourtelotte Thomas & Jan Preece Gaddis
ROBERT GRAY was named Chairman of the Boy Scouts of America’s Eagle District in Edmond, OK. JOHN HENRICHS was selected as one of the top rated lawyers in Southern California for 2013. Judge SUSAN K. JOHNSON was appointed an Oklahoma County Special Judge in March 2013. Johnson is a former prosecutor with the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office, Oklahoma Attorney General and the City of Oklahoma City. ELAINE R. TURNER was chosen by Super Lawyers as one of their Top 25: 2013 Women Oklahoma Super Lawyers. Turner is a Shareholder at the Oklahoma City office of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C. Class Representative(s): Judge Lynne McGuire & Shannon Davies
BROOKS DOUGLASS was the keynote speaker at the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara (CA) For the Kids Breakfast. REBECCA L. THOMPSON joined the Oklahoma City branch of Kirkpatrick Bank as an Assistant Vice President and Director of Compliance. Class Representative(s): Tina Hughes, Cary Pirrong, Amie Colclazier & Jerry Colclazier
ANGELITA AUNKO HAMILTON was selected to be an Administrative Law Judge for the Social Security Office of Disability Adjudication and Review in Valporaiso, IN. Class Representative(s): Michelle Johnson
JAMES P. BUCKLEY joined the Bothwell Regional Health Center Foundation (Sedalia, MO) as a board member. KEVIN FREEMAN was promoted to lead attorney at Alliant Energy Corporate Services in Madison, WI. Class Representative(s): George Milner
LESLIE LYNCH was chosen by Super Lawyers as one of their Top 25: 2013 Women Oklahoma Super Lawyers. Lynch also coached the Oklahoma City University School of Law 2013-2014 American Association for Justice (AAJ) Trial Advocacy Team to a second place finish in the New York regional. Class Representative(s): Leslie Lynch, Kim Spady & Rochelle Guinn
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LISA OZAETA was named Senior Manager of ECG Management Consultants, Inc. Ozaeta is in the San Francisco, CA office. NOEL TUCKER was included in the Oklahoman article Bombing: Scary Moments in Boston. Tucker had nearly completed the marathon when the first bomb exploded.
TODD A. LARD rejoined the Washington, D.C. firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP as a Partner. During his previous tenure, Lard worked in Sutherland’s State and Local Tax (SALT) practice. ANN ROBERTS became the Willcox City, AZ City Attorney in 2013. She had been serving as interim city attorney for a year. Class Representative(s): Toby McKinstry & Keri Prince
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AMIR FARZANEH co-presented Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, What Does It Mean for Employers to human resources professionals at the Farzaneh Law Firm. CHRISTOPHER A. MONSEY was recognized by the Department of Defense for his outstanding accomplishments and contributions to Technology Transfer (T2) initiatives. Monsey is an intellectual property attorney at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC).
ERIC L. JOHNSON joined Hudson Cook LLP as a Partner establishing the firm’s Oklahoma City office. JAMES ROTH was elected a Director by the Phillips Murrah law firm Shareholders. He was also featured in a February 2014 Slice Magazine article titled Jim Roth: Authentically Original. In Slice Magazine’s 2013 Best in Central Oklahoma, Roth came in second place in the Non-politician You’d Like to Vote into Office category. (He came in behind Flaming Lips lead singer Wayne Coyne.) SCOTT ROWLAND received the 2013 award for outstanding prosecutor from the Oklahoma District Attorneys Association. Rowland also authored An Overview of Recent Changes in the Miranda Doctrine and the Rights to Counsel and Silence for the Oklahoma Bar Journal (Vol. 84, No. 21). Class Representative(s): Cindy Andrews & Laura Beckman Hedge
Judge LaRONNA WILLIAMS HARRIS was named Administrative Law Judge with the Social Security Administration in Huntington, WV. Judge NIKKI LEACH was appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma as an Associate District Judge for Noble County, OK.
WE WANT YOU! We are asking alumni from each class to volunteer to be their class’ representative. What does a class rep do, you ask? Simply put, we need your help communicating to your class about events and opportunities at the law school, as well as help collecting updated records and alumni news. If you are interested in being a class representative, please contact Keri Williams Foster at 405.208.7102 or kgfoster@okcu.edu.
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