Jack Lawrence Brown, Co-Chairperson
15 E. 5th St., Suite 3800
Tulsa, OK 74103-4309
(918) 581-8211
jbrown@jonesgotcher.com

Cathy M. Christensen, Co-Chairperson
2932 N.W. 122nd St., Suite A
Oklahoma City, OK 73120
(405) 752-5565
christensencathe@aol.com

2007 Report

Committee Members: 2008 – Judge Danny Glenn Allen, Perry; Victoria Lee Allen, OKC; Mary Brown Boren, Norman; Terri Lynn Calloway, OKC; J. William Conger, OKC; Michael David Denton Jr., Mustang; Mark W. Dixon, Tulsa; Robert S. Dobbs, OKC; Allen K. Harris, OKC; Richard James Harris, OKC; Judge Charles A. Johnson, OKC; Duke Logan, Vinita; Linda H. McGuire, OKC; Shanda McKenney, OKC; Kenneth N. McKinney, OKC; Judge Charles Anthony Meyers, Stillwater; Gloria J. Moore, OKC; Tracy Erin Schumacher, Norman; Judge Deborah C. Shallcross, Tulsa; Douglas James Shelton, OKC.

Committee Members: 2009 -- Sheila Diane Barnes, OKC; Susan Bussey, OKC; Sandee Coogan-Sutter, Norman; Janis F. Darley, OKC; Keith French Givens, OKC; Judge Jerry Lynn Goodman, Tulsa; Charles B. Goodwin, OKC; Karen Marie Grundy, Tulsa; Leslie Guajardo, OKC; Robert Stephen Haynes, OKC; Janis Hubbard, OKC; Nathan Mark Johnson, Lawton; Myra Kaufman, OKC; Jodi Beth Levine, OKC; Ron Main, Tulsa; Eric B. Mitts, Edmond; Judge Mark A. Moore, Watonga; Patrick Dennis O’Connor, Tulsa; Jennifer Lynn Sanbrano, Claremore; Kim Spady, Hinton; Christopher Thomas Stein, OKC; Rex K. Travis, OKC.

Committee Members: 2010 -- Hugh Baysinger, OKC; Judge D. W. Boyd, Newkirk; N. K. Bridger-Riley, Tulsa; James Edward Britton, OKC; Jack L. Brown, Tulsa; Judge Kenneth L. Buettner, OKC; Cathy M. Christensen, OKC; Belinda Darlene Crutchfield, Tulsa; Benjamin J. Curtis, Poteau; Judge Mike DeBerry, Idabel; Timothy John Doty II, OKC; R. Hayden Downie, Broken Arrow; Amy Susanne Ellingson, OKC; Kathryn Lyle Flood, OKC; Judge Stephen P. Friot, OKC; Stephen James Greubel, Tulsa; Judge Carol Hansen, OKC; Mead John Hedglon III, OKC; Brian T. Hermanson, Ponca City; Judge Arlene J. Johnson, OKC; Bill LaSorsa, Tulsa; Jodi Beth Levine, OKC; John D. Loughlin, OKC; Tony M. Massad, Frederick; LeAnne McGill, OKC; John E. Miley, OKC; Judge Jacqueline Tara Miller, OKC; Terrell Monks, Edmond; Brandon S. Nichols, OKC; Elizabeth Christine Nichols, OKC; Sharisse Lynn O'Carroll, Tulsa; Judge Millie E. Otey, Tulsa; Robert Lee Pendarvis, Norman; Deborah Ann Reheard, Eufaula; Carol Joy Russo, Tulsa; Bob A. Smith, Purcell; Coree L. Stevenson, OKC; David Swank, Norman; Judge Joe Clinton Taylor, Durant; Brad West, Shawnee; Clinton David Whitworth, OKC; Carlos Lemond Williams, Tulsa; E. Vance Winningham Jr., OKC; Harry A. Woods Jr., OKC; Judge Rick A. Woolery, Sapulpa.

Aims and Objectives

1. Actively support adequate funding to meet the requirements necessary for a modern and efficient Oklahoma Judicial System.
2. To marshall the influence of the Bar to secure adequate resources for use by the judiciary.
3. To marshall the influence of the Bar Association to secure fair and competitive salaries for all members of the state and federal judiciary and their staff.
4. To continue to study and survey the present state judicial system in Oklahoma, its administration and operations, the methods of selection, tenure and removal of judges, and report thereon to the Board of Governors and House of Delegates, with such recommendations as appear desirable.
5. To make recommendations to the Board of Governors on matters affecting the Oklahoma Judiciary.
6. To encourage an atmosphere of civility and courtesy in the court room.
7. To foster continued good relations between the state and federal judiciary and all other members of the bar.
8. To continue to assist in the implementation of a system to reduce scheduling conflicts between the state and federal judiciary.
9. To assist in the establishment of Bench and Bar Committees on a county or judicial district level.
10. To identify problems common to the Bench and Bar and collaborate on ways to resolve them.