Roger R. Scott Community Service Award Kevinn Matthews

The Tulsa County Bar Association is proud to award Kevinn Matthews with the Roger R. Scott award for Community Service. Those who know Kevinn can attest to his abundance of energy and his passion to make the community better. The results of his many years of volunteer service have left a positive impact on the lives of the students and attorneys he has mentored and the community he has tirelessly served.

Kevinn was celebrated by the Tulsa Heart Walk for outstanding leadership and fundraising in 2017 and 2018. In the same year, he also received the TCBA James C. Lang Mentoring Award for his commitment to providing encouragement, guidance and support to aspiring attorneys and the University of Tulsa College of Law's Office of Professional Development service award that same year. Rachel Baker, Associate Dean, Director of Professional Development, The University of Tulsa College of Law adds that “Kevinn is always ready and willing to help the students at The University of Tulsa College of Law. Not only does he help when asked, but he regularly checks in to ask what more he can do. I am deeply grateful for his ongoing service and support.” Kevinn continues to meet and mentor with students from years past because he is committed to seeing other attorneys succeed.

Since its launch in 2019, Kevinn has been a part of Nest Collective Tulsa sponsored by Black Wall Street. This is an entrepreneurial program offered through the Black Wall Street Chamber of Commerce. This program focuses on nurturing, developing, advising, and educating Black, Indigenous, People of Color business owners that need support in taking their businesses to the next level. In 2021 he was instrumental in the TU College of Law’s launch of the Buck Colbert Franklin Legal Clinic, which provides legal assistance to residents of Tulsa’s Greenwood District. During this time, he also received the Oklahoma Access to Justice Summer Pro Bono Challenge winner for solo attorneys and the Caring for the Community Award, sponsored by T-Mobile, News on 6 and K-Hits 106.9. In 2022 he has been commended for his work in the Greenwood District. He received the 2022 Tulsa Juneteenth "Community Leader Impact Award" which was created to honor persons who are making significant contributions to the Tulsa Community through their actions, talents, and dedication to the Black community. The Historic Vernon AME Church also presented Kevinn with a brick from the basement of the church for his generous donations, time and continuous support to restoring the Grandmother of Greenwood.

During this past year he volunteered at the Tulsa County Expungement Expo and for the TCBA Street Law program where he escorted middle and high school students on a tour and meeting with the Honorable Sharon Holmes. He has been a part of several initiatives introducing students from diverse backgrounds to the legal profession as a career. Kevinn currently serves as the Chair of the TCBA Bench & Bar Committee where he is working passionately to bring community partners into the Courthouse with the goal of building relationships with community partners to increase the court’s Access to Justice efforts.

Kevinn currently serves as a managing attorney for the Cochran Law Firm where he specializes in oil field injury law where his larger purpose is to prevent future accidents, injuries, or deaths, by advancing oil field safety and creating safer energy industry workplaces. Even in his practice, he pays attention to the things that matter. The TCBA encourages all its members to emulate Kevinn’s enthusiasm for community service as he truly lives up to the qualifications of a James C. Lang award winner.