(OKLAHOMA CITY— June 18) Attorney Dan Little of Madill was elected by Oklahoma Bar Association members to a six-year term on the Judicial Nominating Commission. Attorney Jim Loftis of Norman will also begin a six-year term on the commission, after he was declared winner of an uncontested race. Both men’s terms will begin in October.

The Judicial Nominating Commission reviews applications for certain judicial vacancies and submits at least three nominees to the governor, who appoints a judge from the nominees. The commission has 13 members with six appointed by the governor, six elected by the OBA and one member appointed by the commission. Both attorneys and non-attorneys serve as commission members.

Little defeated David A. Burrage of Durant, and he will represent District Three, which includes Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Cotton, Garvin, Haskell, Hughes, Jefferson, Johnston, Latimer, LeFlore, Love, Marshall, McCurtain, Murray, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Seminole and Stephens counties.

Little began practicing law in Madill 1969. He is a general practitioner, concentrating in litigation in state and federal courts. He is a longtime member of the Oklahoma and American bar associations, the Oklahoma and American trial lawyers associations and a lifetime member of the Oklahoma Bar Foundation.

Loftis will represent District Four, which includes Caddo, Cleveland, Comanche, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, McClain, Pottawatomie, Tillman and Washita counties, as well as parts of eastern Oklahoma County, including the communities of Choctaw, Harrah, Luther, Midwest City, Newalla, Nicoma Park and Spencer.

Loftis is a trial lawyer in Norman. His practice focuses primarily in the area of personal injury. He is a member and past president of the Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association and the Cleveland County Bar Association. He served as an adjunct professor at the OU College of Law from 2000-2006 and is a member of the Luther Bohanon American Inn of Court.

The 15,000-member Oklahoma Bar Association, headquartered in Oklahoma City, was created by the Oklahoma Supreme Court to advance the administration of justice and to foster and maintain learning, integrity, competence, public service and high standards of conduct among Oklahoma's legal community.