President-Elect
Nominating Petition
Resolution

Vice President
Nominating Petition
Resolution

District Position
Nominating Petition
Resolution

Member-At-Large
Nominating Petition
Resolution

OFFICERS
President-Elect
Current: Jon K. Parsley, Guymon
Mr. Parsley automatically becomes OBA president Jan. 1, 2009
(One-year term: 2009)
Nominee:

Vice-President
Current: Michael C. Mordy, Ardmore
(One-year term: 2009)
Nominee:

BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Supreme Court Judicial District One
Current: Brian T. Hermanson, Ponca City
Craig, Grant, Kay, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers and Washington counties
(Three-year term: 2009-2011)
Nominee:

Supreme Court Judicial District Six
Current: Robert S. Farris, Tulsa
Tulsa County
(Three-year term: 2009-2011)
Nominee:

Supreme Court Judicial District Seven
Current: Alan Souter, Bristow
Adair, Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee and Wagoner counties
(Three-year term: 2009-2011)
Nominee:

Member-At-Large
Current: Julie E. Bates, Oklahoma City
(Three-year term: 2009-2011)
Nominee:

Vacant positions will be filled at the OBA Annual Meeting Nov. 19-21. Terms of the present OBA officers and governors listed will terminate Dec. 31, 2008.

Summary of Nominations Rules

Not less than 60 days prior to the Annual Meeting, 25 or more voting members of the OBA within the Supreme Court Judicial District from which the member of the Board of Governors is to be elected that year, shall file with the Executive Director, a signed petition (which may be in parts) nominating a candidate for the office of member of the Board of Governors for and from such Judicial District, or one or more County Bar Associations within the Judicial District may file a nominating resolution nominating such a candidate.

Not less than 60 days prior to the Annual Meeting, 50 or more voting members of the OBA from any or all Judicial Districts shall file with the Executive Director, a signed petition nominating a candidate to the office of Member-At-Large on the Board of Governors, or three or more County Bars may file appropriate resolutions nominating a candidate for this office.

Not less than 60 days before the opening of the Annual Meeting, 50 or more voting members of the Association may file with the Executive Director a signed petition nominating a candidate for the office of President-Elect or Vice-President or three or more County Bar Associations may file appropriate resolutions nominating a candidate for the office.

See Article II and Article III of OBA Bylaws for complete information regarding offices, positions, nominations and election procedure. Bylaws are published online and election information appears under Articles II and III.

More Information

• Nominees must determine which signatures and what order they want them to appear in the Oklahoma Bar Journal. Judges may sign nominating petitions, but their names cannot be published in the Oklahoma Bar Journal (see Judicial Ethics Opinion 2002-3).
• Nominating petitions and resolutions must be sent to John Morris Williams, OBA Executive Director, P.O. Box 53036, Oklahoma City, OK 73152. Questions may be referred to Debbie Brink, Executive Assistant to the Executive Director, at (405) 416-7000.
• Nominating petitions will be published in the Oklahoma Bar Journal. They must be filed with the OBA Executive Director by the following deadlines to be considered for publication: