2019-2020 Awards Recognition
2020 - 2021 TCBA CONTACTS, COMMITTEE & SECTION CHAIRS
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TCBA OFFICERS
President................................................................ Kimberly Moore Past President......................................................... Jim Milton President-Elect............................................................ Kara Vincent Vice President.......................................................... Philip D. Hixon Secretary..................................................................... Natalie Sears Treasurer................................................................. Mike Esmond Budget/Internal Operations........................................ Lisa Creveling Foundation President ...........................................Christina Vaughn Director at Large (1) Large Firm................................. Philip Hixon Director at Large (2) Large Firm.......................... C. Austin Birney Director at Large (1) Medium Firm................................ Kara Pratt Director at Large (2) Medium Firm.................. Jennifer L. Struble Director at Large (1) Small Firm...........................Tamera Childers Director at Large (2) Small Firm...........................Linda Morrissey Director at Large (2) Public Sector.........................Hon. Ann Keele ABA Delegate............................................................. Molly Aspan OBA Delegate.........................................................................Open Library Trustee (1)......................................................... Julie Evans Library Trustee (2)............................................ Trisha Archer Presiding Judge ..................... Judge William LaFortune U.S. District Court .................................. Hon. John Dowdell C.J., Tulsa Municipal Court............................. Hon. Gerald Hofmeister TU Law School.......................................................... Rachel Baker
FOUNDATION APPOINTMENTS
Law Day ......................................................................Lizzie Riter Community Outreach................................................ Ashley Webb Golf Chair................................................................................TBD Scholarship Chair.................................................... Faith Orlowski Submission, Grapevine & AdvertisingVisit www.tulsabar.com Subscriptions to Tulsa Lawyer are available for $40.00 a year to those who are not Tulsa County Bar Association members or others who do not currently receive the publication. Contact Lisa Laughrey at llaughrey@tulsabar.com
FOUNDATION
President...........................................................Christina M.Vaughn Treasurer..................................................................... Philip Hixon Trustee....................................................................... Chad McLain Trustee.......................................................................... Jim Gotwals Trustee.................................................... Hon. Martha Rupp Carter Trustee....................................................................... Ken Williams Trustee...........................................................................Lizzie Riter Trustee........................................................... Honorable Ann Keele Trustee..........................................................................Justin Munn TCBA President.....................................................Kimberly Moore TCBA Pres. Elect........................................................Kara Vincent
COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS
Access to Justice.............................................. ......Shena Burgess Access to Justice Co-Chair...............................Hon. Tanya Wilson Animal Law..................................................... ..........Katy Inhofe Bench & Bar.................................................... Kevinn Matthews Children & the Law......................................... .....................TBD Children & the Law Vice Chair....................... ....................TBD CLE ................................................................. .........James Asbill Diversity Development......................................................Ben Fu Diversity Co-chair............................................ .................TBD Fee Arbitration................................................. ..........Gary Crews Law Related Education...................................Stephanie Jackson Law Related Education Co-Chair.................... ........Ron Jones , II Lawyer Referral............................................... Catherine Hoopert Membership Services....................................................Kara Pratt Mentoring......................................................... .....Faith Orlowski Mentoring Co-chair.......................................... ........Randy Lewin Military/Veterans ............................................ ...Mitchell Garrett Military/Veterabs Co-Chair.............................. Hon. David Guten Nominations & Awards.................................... ...........Jim Milton Pro Bono............................................................... Mac Finlayson Professionalism................................................ ...........Rick White Public Relations....................................................Steve Layman Social Media.........................................................Collaborative Special Events.................................................. .......Natalie Sears Tulsa Lawyer.................................................... Michael Taubman Young Lawyers Division................................. ....Ephraim Alajaji
SECTION CHAIRPERSONS
ADR/Mediation..........................................................Melissa Fell Bankruptcy....................................................... ........Paul Thomas Corporate.......................................................... .............................. Criminal Law................................................... ........Daniel Levy Employment Law............................................. ...Kassidy Quinten Energy & Mineral Law.................................... .......Ryan Pittman Family Law...................................................... ...Todd Alexander Health Law . .................................................... ..... Kristen Evans Health Law Vice Chair..................................... Whitney Dockrey Immigration Law Chair.................................... Whitney Webb Juvenile Law.................................................... ..........Lizzie Riter Juvenile Law Co-chair.......................Timothy Michaels-Johnson Litigation Co-Chairs...............Robert Mitchener & Robert Winter Municipal Law................................................David Weatherford Paralegals/Legal Assistants.............................. .........Gloria Jones Paralegal /Legal Assistants Vice Chair............ Deborah Gresh Probate/Estate/Elder......................................... ...Catherine Welsh Solo/Small Firm............................................... ............................ Tax ......................................................... .....Ashlee Crouch Technology ...................................................Pansy Moore-Shrier Workers Comp................................................. ............................ * Section Chairs will be updated as positions are filled.
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A Message from the President
Kimberly K. Moore 2020-2021 TCBA President
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Congratulations to the 2019-2020 Award Recipients! Participation & contribution make ideas of success become reality.
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In this Issue
September 2020
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Gary C. Clark Distinguished Service Award Tamera Childers
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A Note from Your Executive Director Tami Williams
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Neil Bogan Professionalism Award Robbie Burke
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Member Benefits - Check out what's new!
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Roger R. Scott Community Service Award Katy Inhofe
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Outstanding Senior Lawyer Award The Honorable Jefferson Sellers
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Outstanding Young Lawyer Award KatieBeth Garner
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Courthouse Badge Reminder
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VP's Corner - “In the event of ‌ Philip Hixon
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The Greg Gordon Standards of Excellence Award Greg Gordon
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Introducing VocalMeet - TCBA's New CLE
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2019-2020 Outgoing President's Letter Jim Milton
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Foundation Scholarship Recipients Announced
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TCBA President's Awards
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Annual Lunch Sponsors
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4th Quarter Golden Rule Recipients Martha & David Cordell
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Ponderings by Lulu
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No Such Thing as Too Many Cookies!
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In Memoriam
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Classifieds
Pet Photo Fundraiser Event
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A Message from the President
Kimberly K. Moore
Changing to Thrive I want to welcome all TCBA members to a new year. A year that will no doubt continue to present challenges and changes, where our minds may be focused on the welfare of ourselves, our families, our friends, clients and community more so than years before. Thank you for being part of the TCBA family, and we join with you as we all navigate these uncertain times. As we embark on this new year, we resolve to grow in our strength, in our ability to persevere, and to overcome obstacles as an organization. In that resolve, I stand as one with each and every one of you, and I am honored to serve as your TCBA President. At this time, I would like to introduce the 2020/2021 TCBA Executive Committee: Past President, Jim Milton
President-elect, Kara Vincent Vice President, Philip Hixon Secretary, Natalie Sears
Treasurer, Mike Esmond
Budget Chair, Lesa Creveling I am thrilled to be a part of this dedicated team. However, we could not do our job without the support of the TCBA staff: Executive Director, Tami Williams; Membership Director, Lisa Laughrey; Jeril Haug, Lawyer Referral/Community Resource Navigator; and Mallory Sanstra, Front Desk Coordinator. I begin this organizational year by asking myself two questions: “How am I going to change?” and “How are we going to change as a community?” As your President of the TCBA, I promise you one thing - we are here to serve you, our members,
and thorough our service to our community, we will continue to thrive. This is your Bar Association. Membership is always a priority because everything that we create, plan, design and implement is with you in mind. We listen to your comments, and we understand that each member’s needs are not all the same. We strive to make sure that we can provide for your professional development as well as your personal needs in your practice. We began rebranding the TCBA under Jim Milton’s leadership, and this year you will see a new TCBA unfold as we undergo an interior transformation. This interior remodel will give the members a place to be proud of when attending CLE, meetings and events. To date, we have an updated video display system downstairs with a new overhead projector for our CLE presentations, along with a wireless display system that was added for any laptop/pc/phone device for our CLE presenters.
Navigator. Beyond Lawyer Referral, this resource in our team will assist walk-ins with their needs to direct them to other organizations within the community to help, whether it be legal, housing, food, or medical. They will assist them in filling out forms, making contact with area agencies and following up to make sure they were able to get the assistance they needed. Each year is not without its own, unique challenges. This year will present challenges in ways many of us could never have imagined a short while ago. Please know that we are all committed to serve you in your TCBA, as our members are the foundation of our Association. If you are not yet a member, I urge you to reach out and get involved. The TCBA has so much to offer both professionally and personally, and we all benefit from joining together to serve this community. Again I am honored and humbled to serve as your President. I invite you to contact me if you have anything to discuss, and I look forward to meeting and speaking with you over this year.
As an attorney with Legal Aid, it is often the case that when a client comes to you with their legal Sincerely, issue you discover they have other needs beyond legal, Kimberly K. Moore which is why it is so important to connect them with TCBA President, 2020-2021 community organizations. The TCBA hired Jeril Haug as our new Lawyer Referral/Community Resource
Gary C. Clark Distinguished Service Award Tamera Childers Tamera Childers served as the chairperson for the Tulsa County Bar Association Fee Arbitration committee for the last five years. Her dedication to this committee helped countless attorneys and clients resolve their disputes regarding legal fees and costs. Her service is vital to the TCBA’s commitment to serving our community and ensuring access to justice. Ms. Childers’ service to the bar goes beyond her role on this committee. In addition to role on the Board of Director’s, Ms. Childers is supportive and encouraging of her fellow attorneys. Ms. Childers is known to send a card or gifts to attorneys in our community when they are going through a difficult time. She is a true example of how we should treat those around us. She is an extraordinary and detailed attorney that still maintains a distinguished level of professionalism and commitment to elevating our profession. Tamera has provided extraordinary service to our bar association in her role as chairperson of the Fee Arbitration and with her commitment to uplifting and caring for her fellow attorneys. We congratulate her on being the 2019-2020 recipient of the Gary C. Clark Distinguished Service Award.
Tu l s a C o u n t y B a r A s s o c i a t i o n Virtual Continuing Legal Education Presented by the TCBA & Opveon
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A Note from Your Executive Director
Tami Williams
As I look back over the 2019-2020 membership year, I am filled with gratitude for the many people involved at the Tulsa County Bar. I am grateful for an outstanding Board of Directors that give their time to ensure that the resources of the Association and Foundation are used wisely, and the organization is well-governed. They consistently support me in my role as Executive Director and encourage the professional growth of the entire staff along with that of members. I am thankful for the cadre of attorneys and paralegals that join our staff and board in all manner of work, from representing low income tenants on the verge of being evicted, packing boxes of food for the Food Bank or Lawyers Fighting Hunger, or cleaning and painting apartments for the Mental Health Association in Tulsa. I also appreciate the many business supporters that partner with TCBA and TCBF on events that ultimately support many worthy organizations in Tulsa County.
We love to feature photos of our members. Send us pics of your TCBA activities so we can share with members. Sometimes all it takes is knowing others are doing what you WANT TO DO! Send to tulsabarnews@yahoo.com with a suggested caption and names of those pictured. Make sure those pictured want their few minutes of fame in Tulsa Lawyer!
Despite suffering through a pandemic, TCBA members pulled together and • Raised $8,655 or 34,620 meals for the food bank. • Donated $5,000 to City Lights Tulsa to fight homelessness. • Raised over $30,000 for the Judicial Dinner fund. • Provided $1,000 to Spay Oklahoma and Paws for Paws though fun events hosted by the Animal Law Committee and the incredible Katy Inhofe. • Adopted 28 families and raised over $1,300 for Family & Children Services holiday challenge organized by the amazing Natalie Sears. • Partnered with Oklahoma Blood Institute to provide donations to 78 area hospital patients. I am also grateful for my dedicated staff, Mallory, Lisa and Jeril; who continue to provide outstanding service to members and the public. And I am thankful for you. Whether you have volunteered, attended or presented a CLE, made a donation, attended a meeting, written an article for Tulsa Lawyer, shared a social media post, walked in a parade, or cheered from the sidelines, you are an important part of our work, and my hope for the future of the Bar Center. I look forward to continuing to provide outstanding service to members, especially during these times of uncertainty. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any suggestions on virtual events or CLE. The staff and I are here to serve you and make your experience the best possible. Sincerely, Tami Williams
Neil Bogan Professionalism Award R obbie Emery Burke Posthumously Honored Robbie Emery Burke, Counselor and Attorney at Law, practiced Guardianship, Probate and Estate Planning Law in Tulsa County and Eastern Oklahoma for years until her untimely death on May 22, 2020. She represented the best in our profession. She was a formidable advocate, soft-spoken, focused and diligent. She was caring and careful. She was a zealous advocate, with civility and respect for the law, for her colleagues and the Court. Her professional behavior demonstrated respect for others and she consistently curtailed her own immediate self-interest. She honored her personal values while simultaneously listening to disparate points of view. She was dedicated to civility and candor between clients, professionals and the tribunal. Robbie demonstrated fidelity to the law, competence, diligence, civility and respect. She was equally loving and dedicated to her family, and was a wonderful person to have the privilege of knowing. She is most deserving of this award.
Monday, Sept. 7th
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and wellbeing of our country.
Bar Center Closed for Labor Day Tulsa Lawyer 7
TCBA BENEFIT Need to get fit? Trainers, located next door to the TCBA is now offering a pay by the month option with no contracts! TCBA members get 20% off sessions in their first 4 weeks. Each session puts 1 trainer with 1-2 clients. 30 min sessions are $35, 45 min sessions are $45 before discount. For booking, call 918-693-8133. 12 Tulsa Lawyer 8 Tulsa Lawyer
Renew Now!
The new year has started so don't delay in getting your membership forms filled out! Be sure to select your section choices and get ready for an exciting year! Send us your photos related to Tulsa's legal history. Be sure to include a description, who owns the photo and permission to reprint. Send to tulsbarnews@yahoo.com.
Member Benefits New & Exciting!
Current Favorites
• 20% off Massages & Private Yoga Sessions with Caroline Meeks, Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher.
• Free Live Continuing Legal Education (CLE)! Now live streaming for members at no cost!
• Trainers Discount! Our personal trainer neighbor is offering a pay by the month option with no contracts! Members get 20% off sessions in their first 4 weeks. 1 trainer per 1-2 clients max.
• Master Clean Carpet and Tile Cleaning of Tulsa, LLC 20% off all services including commercial and residential carpet cleaning, steam cleaning, tile & grout cleaning, upholstery cleaning, and more.
• AmericanChecked is offering 15% off volume discount pricing from a full-service, nationally accredited background screening company based in Tulsa. FCRAcertified screening experts can help members build the perfect package for their firms.
• The Philbrook Museum of Art is providing a 20% discount for all 1st time Philbrook members from TCBA. • Tulsa Ballet is offering TCBA members unlimited number of tickets 50% off! (Based on availability. Section availability varies for each performance). • The Tulsa Symphony Orchestra is offering a 10% discount on subscription packages and select performances.
• You Move Me Tulsa is a veteran-owned local 5-star moving company offering TCBA members 10% off the hourly rate.
• Exclusive discount on the purchase of the Courthouse Access Security Badge.
• Ability to purchase the O.R. Card for O.R. privileges.
• Free subscription to Tulsa Lawyer Magazine! A $40 savings! Digital copies included. (Applies to paid memberships only). • Opportunity to increase your client base through TCBA’s Lawyer Referral Program.
• Timely notices regarding administrative orders from the Tulsa County District Court, and other similar updates as they are made available, concerning closings and special rules during the pandemic. • Ability to develop strategic relationships through professional networking opportunities.
• Opportunities to volunteer in the specific law area of your choice through sections, committees, and community projects with other attorneys. • Discounted tickets to local sporting events including the Thunder, Oilers, Drillers, Roughnecks and Golden Hurricane.
• TCBA Job Board! A free for members benefit coming soon. Our site will host legal job postings in one place to help you more effectively reach your targeted candidate pool or for job seekers to find the perfect position. • Free Live Streaming Yoga! Two sessions every week with instructor Caroline Meeks.
Membership Year 2020-2021
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Roger R. Scott Community Service Award
Katy Day Inhofe and includes serving six years on its Board and co-chairing the new Tulsa’s Pet Project, a model effort to provide veterinary care to pets of the homeless. Katy’s work for the TCBA has been similarly dedicated—in addition to her service on the Tulsa County Bar Foundation’s Community Outreach Committee since 2010, she has chaired the Animal Law Committee since 2017, and currently serves on the TCBA’s Board.
The Board of the Tulsa County Bar Association is very happy to announce that the recipient of 2020’s Roger R. Scott Community Service Award is Katy Day Inhofe. Katy’s important, dedicated and long-standing work for the community, as a member of the TCBA Board, of its Community Outreach Committee, and chair of the TCBA Animal Law Committee, and, as well, through other community service organizations, is exemplary and honors this award as much as it honors her. Graduating with honors from the University of Tulsa College of Law, in 1992, Katy served as law clerk to the Chief Judge for the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas before she returned to Tulsa to begin her law practice. She joined Conner & Winters in 2001, where her practice was focused on mergers and acquisitions and where she became a partner in 2006. She was a member of Leadership Tulsa Class 49, which led to her joining the Board of Mental Health Association Oklahoma in 2014. Katy’s service at MHAO has continued uninterrupted 10 Tulsa Lawyer
The Animal Law Committee was rejuvenated in 2017 with Katy’s first year as chair, when it established Lawyers Against Pawverty, an annual effort to raise funds to support worthwhile local organizations that positively impact both animals and people. Since 2017, the Animal Law Committee, in conjunction with the TCBF’s Community Outreach Committee, has raised close to $10,000 for Lawyers Against Pawverty. In addition, it has raised $1,500 for Spay Oklahoma by hosting Santa Paws where pets and their owners can get their pictures taken with Santa Claus.
can get critical medical health care they need. Katy continues to serve as President of Pause4Paws, which has a full-time Executive Director who manages it day to day to serve its clients in need of help.
The TCBA is proud to announce this Award, in honor of Katy’s hard work and, too, in honor of the In 2018, the Animal Law Committee started the tradition of inviting the Tulsa County District Attorney’s goals that it has served, the dedication that has made it Court Dogs to the lobby at the TCBA’s Law Day possible, and the principles of compassion and caring Luncheon. Lawyers can meet the Court Dogs who sit that underlie and suffuse it all—values dear, both to in the witness stand with frightened kids to calm them Katy and to the TCBA. down while they testify in adult criminal proceedings.
Katy’s genuine compassion and caring, so evident at the TCBA, the TCBF and the MHAO, informs her other community work too. She served two terms as President of Homelife Association (since merged into A New Leaf), an organization that provided residential services to persons with developmental disabilities. And she served on the Board (2010-14) and then as President (2013-14) of the Tulsa SPCA.
In 2018 Katy formed Pause4Paws, Inc., a 501(c) (3) organization that serves individuals struggling with homelessness, mental illness or addiction by providing short-term foster care for their pets so that their owners
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Outstanding Senior Lawyer The Honorable Jefferson Sellers In 1993, Jefferson Sellers was appointed as District Judge for Office 5 of the Fourteenth Judicial District, covering Tulsa and Pawnee Counties. He took the bench on September 13, 1993, and held the position until he retired at the end of April 2020. Judge Sellers continues to serve as a Retired Active Judge, with the intention of staying on until his replacement is appointed. Judge Sellers was initially assigned to a domestic docket, and a Pawnee County criminal docket over which he presided for twenty years. In Tulsa County, he was soon moved to the civil docket, but then took over Judge Clifford Hopper’s criminal docket for six years. He then returned to the civil docket and remained through his retirement. After serving on the bench for only a few years, Judge Sellers was appointed to a term as Presiding Judge for the Fourteenth Judicial District, during which term he dutifully signed purchase orders for pencils, in duplicate, and handled the other glamorous duties of the position. This service as Presiding Judge is one of Judge Sellers’ best memories as District Judge. Throughout his tenure as a District Judge, he tended to be known as the conscience of the bench. As a civil judge, Judge Sellers handled numerous “business divorces.” Judge Sellers has ample stories from other business divorces,
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including stories that unfolded in the courtroom in a manner that would make a good film noir. Your author remembers one such case well. As a brand new associate attorney, probably before I was sworn in, I attended my first hearing in the Tulsa County Courthouse as an observer. The hearing was in a notable case that drew a great deal of attention in the Tulsa community, and involved some of the best lawyers in Tulsa. Trial had concluded a few weeks before. The hearing was on various motions for new trial, JNOV, and remittitur. The issues were complex. The arguments by counsel were excellent on both sides. At the end of the hearing, Judge Sellers read his decision into the record from a legal pad that he had in front of him during the hearing. This experience underscored for me what I would later hear from many of Judge Sellers’ colleagues among the bench and bar – that Judge Sellers is one of the smartest attorneys in the courthouse. Judge Sellers’ work ethic is also widely respected. This is amply demonstrated, of course, by his act of staying on until his replacement is sworn in. But despite his dedication to the work, he would always stop and dedicate time to assisting others in the courthouse.
Written by James C. Milton
Outstanding Young Lawyer KatieBeth Gardner
At Still She Rises, KatieBeth represent mothers in the criminal legal system facing everything from traffic tickets to felonies. This past year, she secured not guilty verdicts for two clients at jury trials. In addition to representing women in the courtroom, she led the organization’s annual gift giving campaign this past Christmas. Still She Rises provided 63 families, including 162 children, with 433 gifts in time for the holidays thanks to generous supporters. This past year she volunteered time to help immigrants complete applications for naturalization with the TCBA’s Naturalization Clinic, provided answers to the public’s legal questions with the OBA Ask-a-Lawyer event, provided support for demonstrators with the NLG’s local hotline, and served as a judge for various competitions with OU Law. She is also a member of this year’s Thrive Tulsa cohort, a program of Leadership Tulsa for people who seek to learn and collaborate with others to make positive change in Tulsa.
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Courthouse Badges • Everyone needs to turn in their old or expired badges to the Tulsa County Sheriff Office in order to receive a new badge. • To receive or renew your badge for the 20-21 year, pay the $50 fee, and return your signed and notarized oath to TCBA. • Badges will be valid 09/01/20-08/31/21 • Non-TCBA members must also submit a signed and notarized oath and payment of $150. Oaths can be found online or email lisal@tulsabar.com. • The authorization receipt will be mailed unless you make other arrangements to pick it up. • This receipt must be presented at the Sheriff’s Office, along with a photo ID, and your old or expired badge to have your picture and fingerprints taken and to receive your access badge. New badges will be valid until the expiration date of August 31, 2021.
All courthouse security badges expired August 31st. Renew now! TCSO is now issuing badges!
* NOTICE REGARDING COURTHOUSE BADGES *
We are aware that some of the badges issued by the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office in October 2017 listed an incorrect expiration date. We believe that all badges issued by the TCSO from September 2017 through current have an expiration of August 31, 2019. Renewal information was included in the membership renewal mailing that went out in August, but you can contact LisaL@tulsabar.com for a copy of the new oath. 14 Tulsa Lawyer
VP'S CORNER
Philip Hixon TCBA Vice President Welcome to a new TCBA program year! I was elected as vice president earlier this calendar year in the first, and hopefully last, election cycle in the COVID-19 era. According to the TCBA bylaws, my duties are twofold. First, in the event Kimberly resigns or is otherwise unable to perform her duties as president, I shall perform the presidential duties. Second, I will perform the duties assigned to me by Kimberly or the TCBA board. As I write this article, I am confident in the stability of Kimberly’s leadership, and I have not yet been assigned any duties. I could end my article here and finish my lunch uninterrupted, but I am bound by unwritten precedent to go above and beyond the formal duties assigned (or not assigned) to the vice president. Historically, at least based on my observation, the vice president has been a combination human bulletin board, town crier, rover, cheerleader, recruiter, and person-about-town—all things suitable for a self-confessed curmudgeon like me. As it has in recent months, the TCBA will continue to face challenges and new opportunities in the coming year. The unwritten duties of the vice president will play an important role in managing the challenges and opportunities of our association and membership.
“IN THE EVENT OF … RESIGNATION, REMOVAL, DISABILITY, OR DEATH ….” For those of you who are not active members of the association, I encourage you to get involved in any way you can. The TCBA committees perform great services to association members and to the community and provide an excellent opportunity to expand your professional network. The association has committees that work on access to justice and diversity issues and others that organize recreational activities, CLE, and other worthy events. There’s something for nearly everyone. By way of example, as YLD chair years ago, I met a pretty girl through bar activities—specifically, a mentoring program and the annual bowling league for elementary students—who became my wife. (Disclaimer: past performance is not indicative of future results.) The committee chairs are identified in the front cover of this publication. Reach out to them, Tami Williams, or me to get involved.
In addition to the good work that the Association currently does, the pandemic presents new opportunities that may be worthy of a special committee or other focused efforts. As one among many examples, the current environment begs for an electronic state court filing system comparable to the federal CM/ECF system. Could a group of Tulsa lawyers do something to revive previous, now dormant, efforts started in Throughout the year, I will endeavor to keep all Oklahoma City? I don’t know. Let’s think about it. If members abreast of association events on the TCBA you have ideas on this issue or others, give me a ring or master calendar—an in-progress project began by Kara drop me a line. during her year as vice president. I may recruit you for a leadership or other position on a committee or simply I look forward to serving as your vice president attend your committee meeting to lend a hand. And if in the coming year. I don’t attend your meeting and you want me to, I will gladly accept your invitation. Please feel free to email or call: phixon@gablelaw.com or (918) 595-4831.
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The Greg Gordon Standards of Excellence Award It is with great pleasure that TCBA’s Nominations and Awards Committee announces the creation of a new award in honor of our recently retired Executive Director, Greg Gordon: The Greg Gordon Standards of Excellence Award.
not Greg. His unwavering dedication and calm not only righted the ship, but provided the necessary framework for TCBA to excel - and he did all of that as an Interim Executive Director. We are so thankful that he accepted the permanent Executive Director position just five months later, and continued his yeoman’s For those of you who know Greg, this award work before retiring earlier this year. Greg still serves will come as no surprise, but for those who may not in an advisory capacity, ready to help when we need have had the opportunity to work closely with him, him. this is a brief overview of some of his highlights. There just are not enough superlatives to Greg joined the TCBA leadership team as describe Greg Gordon, nor are there sufficient words Interim Executive Director at a very critical time. The to express the gratitude we have for his incredible organization was vulnerable, and desperately in need service to TCBA. Creating this award will serve as of a leader who was caring, skillful, knowledgeable, a long-standing tribute to this wonderful leader, and and diligent. Greg embodies all of those qualities as a reminder that extraordinary people who make a plus so much more. His tireless commitment to profound difference in our community deserve to be methodically sort through years of disorganized data, recognized and celebrated. creatively solve complex problems, and painstakingly create new processes was a daunting feat that would have caused the ordinary person to turn and run, but 16 Tulsa Lawyer
Kara Pratt is now accepting parenting coordinator and guardian ad litem appointments. Please call her at 918-599-7755 or 918-899-0900.
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HOLIDAY CHALLENGE
The holidays are just around the corner!
Start making your plan to adopt a family in need for the Holiday Challenge. This is a big year for families in need! Watch for more information coming soon!
Introducing VocalMeet, TCBA's New On-Demand CLE Platform! The TCBA is pleased to announce a new and innovative way to fulfill your Oklahoma CLE requirements from the comfort of your own home or on-the-go. Our CLE's are now online through VocalMeet and available for purchase to members at a discount with code tcbamem1.
Check it out at www.tcba.vocalmeet.com *Please note virtual CLE's will remain free for members when watched live. Current Available CLE’s On-Demand (all are one general credit hour, unless indicated by 1 ethics credit hour included)
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Habits of Healthy & Happy Attorneys by John Lieber. Ethics in Quarantine by Richard Stevens How Not To Be Dumb On Social Media by Sheila J. Naifeh COVID-19 and Force Majeure Clauses in Contracts by Jim Hicks A New Take on Trial Skills by Matt & Darrah Day Employment Law Hot Topics by Randall Snapp The Role of a Step-Parent by Todd Alexander, Linda Van Valkenburg and Jaime Vogt Working From Home: Tech Tools, Tips and Real Life Challenges by Jim Calloway Overview and Mechanics of the Small Business Restructuring Act ("SBRA")
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2019-2020 TCBA Outgoing President's Letter Jim Milton
Last Dance This column is my last as President of this great Association. I truly appreciate those who have read these columns. It has been an honor to write them. We had great plans for this past year, but the best laid plans sometimes do not come to fruition. The pandemic disrupted most if not all of our in-person events beginning in March and continuing through now. At the same time, though, the pandemic gave the TCBA an opportunity to take a leading role in updating the legal community regarding courthouse developments, advocating for attorneys’ interests with regard to the courthouse’s approach to the pandemic, and regarding adjustments to the new way of working.
We have made a conscious effort to recruit and promote diverse leaders within the TCBA this year. The TCBA has been around a long time, and likely has in the past excluded certain communities whether overtly or otherwise. This past needs to be reckoned with. It is also important that we include diverse members in all aspects of the TCBA, including leadership. We have some young leaders who may well become the first black person or person of color to serve as president of our Association. I’m looking forward to seeing this occur.
In January of this year, although it seems like a lifetime ago, we held our most successful Judicial Dinner ever. We had more in attendance, and raised more money, than ever before. And it was for a good cause. We had an opportunity to honor all of our Tulsa County judges, including Hon. Bill LaFortune, who took over as Presiding Judge at the first of the year. The money raised benefited the judicial dinner fund The TCBA has great leadership in the pipeline maintained by the Tulsa County Bar Foundation. This who stepped up and helped guide us through the perilous was the biggest fundraiser of the year benefitting the path of dealing with a pandemic and its impact on the funds held by the TCBF, and it was planned and put on legal profession. The concept of a leadership pipeline by your Association. has been important to me this past year. One of our goals for the year was to bring community leaders into The Association’s own volunteers and staff have our monthly board meetings to speak about leadership worked with the TCBF in several other fundraisers and resources. We did that for at least three board this year. Among other things, funds raised from the meetings before the pandemic shutdown, bringing in TCBA’s Annual Meeting, including funds contributed Hugh Robert with Lawyers Against Hunger, Wendy by presenting sponsors and friends of the bar listed in Thomas with Leadership Tulsa, and Katie Dilks with this issue of Tulsa Lawyer, will be distributed by the the Oklahoma Access to Justice Foundation. TCBF’s golf committee in lieu of the golf tournament that was cancelled due to COVID. In our multiple ongoing projects, we have done our best to include emerging attorneys in the process. As it turns out, the fundraising for the judicial Emerging attorneys represent a growing segment of dinner fund was very timely. The pandemic shutdown the TCBA’s volunteer leaders, and they represent our in March of this year brought multiple new realities to future. Those of us who have grey hair or receding the Tulsa County Courthouse. The judicial dinner fund hairlines should remain involved, of course. But we had previously provided Google Chromebooks for the need to recognize the need for diversity as to the level District Judges. of experience and other diversity factors among our bar leaders. Tulsa Lawyer 19
As the pandemic was looming, the Special Judges also received Chromebooks. These devices assisted the judges in holding virtual meetings and hearings. The judicial dinner fund also paid for Bluejeans training for the judges, provided by the TCBA’s “friend of the bar association,” OPVEON. As Bluejeans meetings and hearings proceeded in Tulsa County, we all learned what we already knew – the courthouse WIFI capacity was substandard for the increased need. Tulsa County DA Steve Kunzweiler ran the groundwork for a WIFI upgrade using Tulsa County funds from the CARES Act. Mr. Kunzweiler enlisted multiple interest holders from around the courthouse, including the TCBA. The WIFI upgrade was approved by the County Commissioners, and was in the final stages of installation when I was last in Judge Glassco’s courtroom on the Seventh Floor
advocacy. The CAP program has remained vibrant with volunteers, led by Mac Finlayson as Chair of the Pro Bono Committee. But the program is currently idle due to the risks associated with the pandemic. Mr. Finlayson constantly monitors the situation, with the help of Beth Nellis, in order to determine when volunteers can and should be redeployed to the FED docket. Running a program like CAP takes a great deal of work, and Mr. Finlayson has done an outstanding job. The personal dynamics of such a program are also important. Our Association includes many attorneys from around Tulsa County and the region, some of whom represent landlords. Mr. Finlayson has navigated these dynamics expertly.
Working alongside LASO is an important component of the TCBA’s role in our community. LASO maintains a large legal staff and meets critical Many of our other in-person events were needs that could not be met with volunteer, pro bono cancelled due to the pandemic, but we initiated online attorneys. LASO and the TCBA continue to enjoy a CLE seminars that have gone over very well. In fact, strong relationship, and deserves our appreciation for the TCBA is in the process of deploying a new online what it does. CLE platform to enhance the experience. The Oklahoma Access to Justice Foundation Our Executive Director, Tami Williams, has (“OAJF”) is a relative newcomer to the block in terms demonstrated outstanding leadership regarding the online of addressing access to justice needs. The OAJF is CLE platform but so many other projects. Ms. Williams the fundraising arm of the Oklahoma Access to Justice started in this role earlier this year, after Greg Gordon’s Commission formed by the Oklahoma Supreme (second) retirement, and after a thorough and exhaustive Court. Beyond fundraising, the OAJF is working the set of listening sessions and interviews to ensure that relationships between and among providers, including Ms. Williams was the right choice. I’m looking forward the creation of the Pro Bono Opportunity Portal to watching Ms. Williams continue in this role, to grow (okprobono.org), designed to connect volunteer lawyers in her relationships with TCBA members, and to grow with volunteer opportunities. The TCBA is proud to be in her leadership for our Association. a supporter of the OAJF. Access to justice was a big part of our plans for the With our emphasis on access to justice, it makes year. The pandemic shifted focus, with Shena Burgess, sense that our incoming TCBA President is Kimberly our Access to Justice Committee Chair, spending a great Moore, a staff attorney at LASO and a veteran legal deal of time on courthouse procedures and advocating aid attorney. Ms. Moore has outstanding ideas and for attorney needs at the courthouse. Nonetheless, the initiatives in the pipeline for the coming year. TCBA continued some level of work on some of our The TCBA’s finances are in excellent shape. I objectives related to access to justice. served as Budget Chair for two years before becoming The Courthouse Assistance Project (“CAP”) is President Elect two years ago. I have had the opportunity a group of attorney volunteers who assist unrepresented to watch the TCBA’s finances over this four year period. tenants at the FED docket. CAP started out with Legal Our financial accounting system has improved greatly Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. (“LASO”), but was “off- over that time. The reliability of our financial reporting ramped” to the TCBA Pro Bono Committee a few years has become much more solid over that time. These ago in order to give LASO some further flexibility in its developments have taken place due to the hard work 20 Tulsa Lawyer
of outside auditors, an outstanding staff (including Mr. Gordon and Ms. Williams), and outstanding volunteer leaders (including Kara Vincent, Phil Hixon, and Mike Esmond). Next year, as Past President, I will urge the TCBA’s executive committee and board of directors to maintain a fiscally conservative approach regarding the funds that are held by the TCBA, for your benefit, resulting from your dues. These funds should be held as a reserve, and used for your benefit in a cautious and appropriate manner. As long as I remain on the board of directors, I will advocate for that approach. In the end, this past year was not what was expected, but it was a good year. There is a great number of volunteer leaders and staff leaders with a passion for the TCBA and its objectives. We have an outstanding leadership pipeline. And we are financially solid. I could not be more proud of the Association, as I wrap up this, my final monthly column.
Sincerely,
James C. Milton
TCBF Scholarship Award Recipients Each year as part of the TCBF Fellows program, the Tulsa County Bar Foundation awards scholarships to students to assist in their educational pursuits. This year the scholarship committee has selected three individuals to each receive a $2,500 scholarship. Congratulations to...
Tristan Reagan
1L, University of Tulsa
Caroline Gressett 2L, University of Tulsa
Grayson Elaine Kirk 3L, University of Tulsa
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President's Awards 2019-2020
Shena Burgess
the public’s and attorneys’ interests when it came to the specifics of the shutdown. Without Judge LaFortune, the courthouse shutdown could have looked very different. The TCBA appreciates Judge LaFortune and all of the Judges of the 14th Judicial District for their steadfast work during this most unusual time.
Shena Burgess is awarded a President’s Award this year for her work as Chair of the Access to Justice Committee, especially during the pandemic. Last year, when seeking a Chair for Dan Crawford the newly-formed Access is awarded a President’s to Justice Committee, I Award this year for his asked around to determine work leading Ask-awho would be best. There Lawyer event every year was only one name. Shena Burgess. It took some for thirty years. Every convincing, because those who know her know that year, the call came for she stays busy. But we talked about what could be volunteers. Every year, accomplished by this special committee, and she the volunteer lawyers agreed to do it. Then came the pandemic. Shena stepped up and staffed the phone banks. Even this jumped into action, seeking ways to make the path to year, during the pandemic, Dan had a plan. The TCBA justice easier for lawyers and clients alike during the and its sister organization, the TCBF, appreciate Dan disruption caused by the COVID pandemic. Shena Crawford more than he could ever know for his work did an outstanding job, and earned the appreciation is on this most important project. awarded a President’s Award this year for his work on pandemic-related issues and for his responsiveness to attorney concerns during the pandemic.
Dan Crawford
Judge Bill Lafortune Judge LaFortune took an active role once the pandemic hit Oklahoma and Tulsa County in March of this year. He organized the judges, consulted with them, appointed a committee of judges to address procedures during and after the shutdown, and advocated in favor of 22 Tulsa Lawyer
Catherine Hoopert
Catherine Hoopert is awarded a President’s Award this year for her long-time work in chairing the Lawyer Referral Service Committee, including the proposed kiosk that might have been installed by now if it had not been for the pandemic. I’ve been on the TCBA board for a few years now, and I cannot remember what the Lawyer Referral Service looked like before Catherine Hoopert took the
Still She Rises
reins. She has served the Committee and its panel of lawyers very well by working for positive changes to the service, how matters are received, and how matters are assigned. When we formed the Access to Justice Still She Rises, Tulsa Committee a year ago, Catherine had already launched is awarded a President’s steadfastly into the kiosk project, which is designed Award this year in recognition to install a kiosk in the Tulsa County Courthouse to of its focused work in a provide a directory of attorneys to those who enter the critical and underserved area, Courthouse without an attorney. This project was all but helping break the cycle of launched when the COVID pandemic hit. I anticipate poverty and instability among that this project will be launched not long after the NBA indigent mothers who have players start playing outside the bubble. Which I hope had negative interactions with is soon the legal system. When SSR arrived in Tulsa, I was intrigued by their mission – providing client-centered, innovative, holistic representation of indigent mothers. Gradually, I was able to meet some of their lawyers and staff, and I was impressed. These were excellent professionals recruited from around the country, to Mac Finlayson is serve indigent mothers … in Tulsa! During my year awarded a President’s Award as TCBA President, I have had an opportunity to get to for his tireless work as Chair know them better, and continue to admire their mission of the Pro Bono Committee, and approach. including the Courthouse Assistance Program (CAP) to assist tenants in eviction proceedings. To me, Mac is Mr. Pro Bono. He is passionate about pro bono Michael Taubman is work, and about helping awarded a President’s Award tenants who appear at the FED this year for his long-time work docket without attorneys. He knows his stuff, and in chairing the Tulsa Lawyer can navigate the specifics of eviction actions Committee, and serving as a in a way that protects unrepresented persons from trusted advisor on all issues homelessness if possible. Mac knows that it is related to the bar association. a thankless job, and one with little odds of success if Under Michael’s watch, the the landlord has dotted the i’s and crossed the t’s. But Tulsa Lawyer was changed with his group of attorney volunteers, he stays after it, from an ordinary circular to an seeking dismissal where possible, compromise where incredibly professional, slick feasible, and more time for move-out when available. magazine, trumpeting all that is good about practicing Perhaps most importantly, Mac leads by example with law in Tulsa. With the trusted help of Milly Dunlap, a high volume of pro bono hours committed to this the magazine is published each month, with columns great cause. from TCBA leaders, articles from members, scholarly articles, book and movie reviews, grapevine news from around the bar, and a bit of humor. While working hard on the Tulsa Lawyer publication, Michael still finds time to provide his sage wisdom to the TCBA board of directors when important issues come across our agenda.
Mac Finlayson
Michael Taubman
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Golden Rule Award 4th Quarter
Martha & David Cordell
Martha and David Cordell add quality and value to every effort they undertake, both together and separately. They are the kind of people we all aspire to be. Tulsa's legal and greater communities were benefited when they chose to return to David's Tulsa roots. Martha and David met at a Halloween party when he attended Washington & Lee and she Sweet Briar College. They chose Tulsa for their home following his graduation from University of Oklahoma College of Law and hers from Tulane Law School.
beyond those typical of law school. She served as a right hand to five different law school deans before her retirement. On a day-to -day basis, she helped and guided law students to understand what becoming lawyers meant. She did this in part through her own personal embodiment of ethics and honor, a living example of how to conduct one's self as a lawyer. When her alma mater almost closed in 2015, Martha was there in full support and leadership to save Sweet Briar from closure. She served the Oklahoma Bar Foundation as a Martha and David are behind-the-scenes people trustee for many years. who do the heavy lifting that makes a difference in the David's support of scouting transcended his son's lives of others. As Dean of Students at University of participation; he continued as a Scout leader after his Tulsa Law, Martha went the extra mile for her students, son graduated and attended law school. David actively supporting them when they encountered difficulties supported ZBasin, an incredible facility that draws Scouts from across the country. His commitment to young people is further exhibited through his thirty years of support of Tulsa Boys Home, Oklahoma's first and now largest residential treatment facility for troubled youth, where David serves on the Board of Director. Martha and David both participate with Tulsa Lawyers for Children, representing children in deprived cases in Tulsa County District Court's Juvenile Division. They meet all criteria for Golden Rule award winners. They dedicate themselves fully within the legal profession and to service beyond their profession in a way that honors all lawyers. Their mentorship and commitment to helping young people, their ongong service to others, and their professionalism and dedication call for recognition of Martha and David Cordell as Golden Rule Award recipients.
GOLDEN RULE
1: capitalized G&R : a rule of ethical conduct: do to others as you would have them do to you 2: a guiding principle 26 Tulsa Lawyer
2019-2020 Golden Rule Winners 1st Quarter Judge Dawn Moody 2nd Quarter Sam P. Daniel, III 3rd Quarter Shena Burgess 4th Quarter Martha & David Cordell
All Golden Rule earlier quarter winners have been featured in previous issues of Tulsa Lawyer.
Award Criteria The Golden Rule award is given to lawyers who make outstanding contributions to their profession and have the highest of ideals and are willlng to mentor to those with less experience. Criteria for Award: 1. Recognizes the ethical and professional obligations as an officer of the court as well as the spirit and intent of the Rules of Professional Conduct.
5. Sets a model example for conduct with members of the Bar and the Judiciary not only by words but more importantly by deeds.
2. Practices ethically and honestly and is true to his/ her word.
8. Avoids the temptation to make his/her client’s case into a personal vendetta.
3. Strives for the traditional goals of moral excellence. 4. Exhibits the highest standards of fairness and integrity.
6. Is civil, courteous and respectful towards the court and his/her opponents.
7. Is loyal to his/her client without trickery and deception and without using abusive practices or misleading the court or opposing counsel.
9. Conducts himself/ herself in a manner that improves the image of the legal profession in the eyes of the public.
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Ponderings by Lulu The official TCBA Bar Center Morale Officer Lulu has been working hard and networking. She is super exctited to introduce you to a few of her peers. Fifteen year old Norman has been enjoying working from home, but recently expresssed his frustration with his human that it is interrupting his sleep schedule. And at his age, sleep is very important to keep up your routine. His pet human, Kimberly Vojvoda is doing her best to keep it quiet for him.
Send Lulu photos of your office humans or animals! And be sure to let us know how they are doing! Send to tulsabarnews@yahoo.com with their name & story.
Lulu's suggested activities for September:
Yoga & Stretches
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Although Bruce McKenna's office officially remains closed, there are many times that he must go to the office to take care of business. Yoda loves to tag along with his pet human and takes over the very important role of “office wanderer.” Yoda is a rescue; found chained to a tree with her collar digging into her neck, leaving a huge depression because she had outgrown it. Like all rescues, Yoda is a faithful companion. She recently had a five star review for her companion abilities. Way to go Yoda!
And as Lulu does...always wash your paws!
Napping with your human
Reading-
for enjoyment!
TCBA Member Virtual Event -August 6th
There is no such thing as too many cookies!
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Grapevine News
Hall Estill announced that Kristen P. Evans has been named to the 2020 Benchmark Litigation annual 40 & Under Hot List for the third consecutive year. In its fifth edition, Benchmark’s 40 & Under Hot List recognizes the top up-andcoming litigation attorneys in the U.S. Those aged 40 or younger named to this exclusive list have proven their ability as attorneys at their respective firms. Each attorney has had a hand in some of their firms’ most noteworthy recent cases and have earned praise from clients and peers regarding the quality of their work. “It is an honor to have Kristen receive this recognition for a third year and it is a testament to her expertise and counsel,” said Mike Cooke, managing partner for Hall Estill. “We take pride in our commitment to our clients and Kristen is an outstanding representative of our firm.” Evans has represented, counseled and advised clients ranging from local, familyowned companies to national, Fortune 500/100 companies, in a wide array of industries, including energy and energy services, manufacturing, construction, logistics and heavy haul, financial services, and healthcare. Although she has handled a wide range of general commercial litigation matters, her primary focus covers three areas: Commercial Litigation, Employment and Personal Injury Defense. Attorneys named to the 2020 publication were chosen through several phases of research, including the review of their recent case work, peer review in which attorneys are evaluated based on how peer legal institutions might rank them, and a consideration of client feedback on their performances.
Caroline G. Lindemuth recently joined Crowe & Dunlevy’s Tulsa office as an associate attorney. Lindemuth is a graduate of the University of Tulsa College of Law where she was inducted into the Order of Barristers. She holds a master of arts degree from the University of Tulsa and graduated summa cum laude from Sewanee: The University of the South.As a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment and Litigation & Trial Practice Groups, Lindemuth will advise clients on a variety of general litigation issues.
Larry E. Evans
Larry E. Evans of Tulsa passed away unexpectedly on July 21, 2020 while vacationing in Sheridan, MT. Larry was born in Moline, IL, in October, 1948 to Lawrence and Lillian Evans. He attended Rock Island High School and received a B.A. from the University of Illinois where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He served in the U.S. Army from 1970-1972 and afterward he earned his J.D. from the University of Tulsa. He remained a resident of Tulsa for the rest of his life where he began his career as a lawyer practicing law primarily in the oil and gas industry. He actively served for years on the Real Property Law Section Title Examination Standards Committee.
Larry enjoyed woodworking, golf, fly fishing and helping others. He actively supported fishing conservation efforts in Oklahoma, Colorado and Montana throughout his life. He was an active member of the Christ Episcopal Church in both Tulsa and Sheridan, MT. He also supported numerous social causes throughout his life including The Rotary Club of Tulsa, where he served as President in 1989, and Habitat for Humanity. Larry is survived by his partner, Barbara Kauffmann of Tulsa, OK; his son, Allan Evans of San Francisco, CA; his sister, Lynne Hoots of Bluffs, IL; and his four beloved dogs. A memorial celebration of Larry's life is planned on October 17, 2020 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at the Five Oaks Lodge in Jenks, OK. Larry's ashes will be scattered overlooking the Montana trout streams and vistas he loved so much. In lieu of flowers, donations to your favorite charity or animal rescue organization would be appreciated.
Is your pet tired of quarantine selfies with you? Lulu was ... so she went to the professionals! • Professional Pet Portrait Fundraiser • Benefitting Lawyers Against Pawverty • Call Studio D at (918) 494-6686 to schedule an appointment. • Sessions available Oct. 1 - 21. • Fundraiser open to all members of the legal community. • All pet portraits will be entered into a cutest pet contest!* • A 5 x7 print of your favorite picture = $30 • A 8 x 10 print of your favorite picture = $35
A fundraiser hosted by the TCBA Animal Law Committee benefitting Lawyers Against Pawverty.
*participants may be showcased on FB and in an issue of the Tulsa Lawyer magazine. Pictures for contest must only contain animals. *participants are welcome to take additional pictures with themselves and their pets, or family portraits and purchase a photo package from Studio D.
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