Annual Meeting Events

The Annual Meeting is an excellent opportunity for coming together as colleagues and professionals as well as conducting important bar business.

All Annual Meeting events will be held Nov. 6-7 at the Sheraton Oklahoma City Downtown Hotel.

Register now for Annual Meeting events!

Annual Luncheon | Thursday, Nov. 6 | Noon

Guest Speaker, Joel Oster

An Annual Meeting tradition! During this event, several 2025 OBA award recipients will be honored.

During the event, “Comedian of Law” Joel Oster will serve as keynote speaker, presenting “Professionalism Tips From Vinny Gambini, Harvey Specter and other Hollywood Lawyers.” Mr. Oster is a litigator, podcaster and stand-up comedian. He practices in Kansas City, focusing on the areas of constitutional litigation, ethics and appellate advocacy. Mr. Oster was counsel for the Town of Greece, New York, in the landmark case Galloway v. Greece. He argued the case before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York and the 2nd Circuit, and he was part of the legal team that presented the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, where they successfully defended the town against a challenge to its practice of opening its sessions with an invocation. Mr. Oster has also spoken to thousands of attorneys across the country and has learned from their successful and unsuccessful legal practices. He brings this practical perspective to all his seminars. Mr. Oster earned his J.D. in 1997 from the University of Kansas School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Kansas, Missouri, Florida and numerous federal courts.

Tickets are $75. Register for this event by Oct. 29.

Delegates Breakfast | Friday, Nov. 7 | 7:30 a.m.

Guest Speaker, Kevin Ward

Tulsa sports broadcaster Kevin Ward will join us as the guest speaker during the 2025 Delegates Breakfast. Mr. Ward serves as the program director for The Sports Animal in Tulsa and ESPN Tulsa for Stephens Media Group. He will celebrate 20 years with the company in February 2026. Currently, Mr. Ward voices the weekday hourly sports updates on The Sports Animal in Tulsa and hosts the weekly high school football preview show and scoreboard show each Friday. He also produces the podcast Suit Up, airing every Sunday morning on The Sports Animal in Tulsa and streaming on www.suitup611.com. In his 45-plus-year radio career, he has served as the play-by-play voice for several Oklahoma high schools, and in 2023, he was given a “distinguished service award” by the Oklahoma Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association for his work. He was the play-by-play voice for Union High School in 2005, which was named the “best large school broadcast” by the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters. He has also served as color analyst on the Oklahoma Sooner Basketball Radio Network, host of The Cowboy Network Scoreboard Show, public address announcer for the Women’s College World Series and in-house press box announcer for OU football. Mr. Ward also serves as an elder at The Park Church of Christin Tulsa. He has been married to his wife, Suzanne, for 34 years and has three children, three grand children and three great-granddaughters (with a fourth on the way).

This event is free for delegates with code DELEGATE2025 when registering. The cost is $40 for nondelegates and alternates.

The deadline to register for this event is Oct. 29.

General Assembly and House of Delegates | Friday, Nov. 7 | 9 a.m.

The most important association business of the year takes place Friday morning – OBA awards presentations, updates from judicial and OBA leaders, elections and other bar business.

Law School Luncheons | Friday Mid-day

Law School Luncheons will be held following the conclusion of the OBA Annual Meeting and require a separate registration.

Connect with your fellow law school alumni from the OU College of Law, OCU School of Law or TU College of Law luncheon. The luncheons include featured speakers and recognition of outstanding senior law students. Contact your law school for more information and to register.

TU College of Law | Sheraton Oklahoma City Downtown Hotel | 12:30 p.m. | Contact Reese Merriman

OU College of Law | Sheraton Oklahoma City Downtown Hotel | 12:30 p.m. | Contact Jonathan Rogers

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